Oral arguments in the Supreme Court’s tariffs case have concluded, but the conversation isn’t over. Listen now to a special live broadcast of the Advisory Opinions podcast to reflect on what the justices said and what could happen next. Advisory Opinions host Sarah Isgur is joined by SCOTUSblog’s Amy Howe, […]

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court is meeting in conference this Friday for the first time in three weeks. A lot of cases have built up during that time […]

Welcome to Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, or – as we like to call it here at SCOTUSblog – Tariffs Day. SCOTUS Quick Hits The justices will hear argument today in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, on whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act authorizes the president to impose tariffs. SCOTUSblog is hosting […]

The Supreme Court heard argument on Monday in Rico v. United States about whether defendants who flee from their probation officers’ supervision during their term of supervised release (the conditions one must follow after being released from incarceration) can claim that the term of supervision continued and then expired when they were a fugitive. […]

Monday’s argument in Hencely v Fluor Corporation revealed a bench broadly skeptical of the idea that military contractors have absolute immunity for negligent mistakes they make when those mistakes occur in an active war zone.  The case involves a suicide bombing carried out by an Afghan employee on the Air Force’s base at Bagram […]

Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. Do […]

When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Wednesday in the challenges to the tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act in a series of executive orders earlier this year, they will hear from three different lawyers representing small businesses, a group of 12 states, and […]

The Iranian Hostage Crisis began on this day in 1969. As CNN reported last week, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act played a role in President Jimmy Carter’s work to resolve the crisis; he invoked IEEPA to explain why he could use “frozen Iranian assets as a ‘bargaining chip.’” The Supreme […]

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’ decision making and what we can expect from the court in the future. The Supreme Court’s next two weeks of oral arguments are […]

Major Questions is a recurring series by Adam White, which analyzes the court’s approach to administrative law, agencies, and the lower courts. When President Donald Trump announced a new era of tariffs in his “Liberation Day” event, he singlehandedly created a new era of American economic policy and temporarily crashed […]