The morning read for Friday, July 4

Happy 4th of July! I hope you have a wonderful Independence Day. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Judges are finding workarounds to Trump’s big Supreme Court win (Kyle Cheney and Hassan Ali Kanu, […]

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The use and misuse of medicine in Skrmetti

This is part of SCOTUSblog’s term in review series, in which scholars analyze some of the most significant cases of the 2024-25 Supreme Court term. For a contrasting view on United States v. Skrmetti, please see this piece by Erin Hawley. To uphold Tennessee’s ban on pediatric gender-affirming care, the […]

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Skrmetti: The Supreme Court reaffirms that biology matters

This is part of SCOTUSblog’s term in review series, in which scholars analyze some of the most significant cases of the 2024-25 Supreme Court term. For a contrasting view on United States v. Skrmetti, please see this piece by Craig Konnoth. The majority opinion in United States v. Skrmetti is […]

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Supreme Court agrees to hear cases on transgender athletes

Just over two weeks after the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors, the justices agreed to take up another high-profile issue involving transgender people – specifically, the constitutionality of laws that bar transgender women and girls from participating on […]

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Supreme Court takes up cases on transgender athletes

The Supreme Court on Thursday added two cases on transgender athletes to its docket for the 2025-26 term. In Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., the justices will consider whether state laws restricting participation in girls’ and women’s sports to athletes who were born female violate the equal protection clause of […]

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The Braidwood decision and HHS

This is part of SCOTUSblog’s term in review series, in which scholars analyze some of the most significant cases of the 2024-25 Supreme Court term. In Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc., the Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to the procedure used to appoint members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task […]

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The morning read for Thursday, July 3

Yesterday, July 2, Amy and I were on the podcast Advisory Opinions. Please check out the episode here. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Trump turns to Supreme Court in fight to oust Biden-era […]

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Trump administration urges the court to pause a ruling preventing it from firing Consumer Product Safety Commission members

Although the Supreme Court officially began its summer recess last week, there are already signs that the next few months may not be particularly restful for the justices (or SCOTUSblog). On Wednesday morning, the Trump administration asked the court to temporarily pause a ruling by a federal judge in Maryland […]

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Trump v. CASA and the future of the universal injunction

This is part of SCOTUSblog’s term in review series, in which scholars analyze some of the most significant cases of the 2024-25 Supreme Court term. The best that can be said for Trump v. CASA is that it could have been far worse. Its methodology and conclusions are myopic and wrong, and it […]

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