The morning read for Wednesday, July 2

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Trump Is Now More Powerful Thanks to the Supreme Court. But Will It Last? (Damon Root, Reason) How the Supreme Court has opened the way for citizenship chaos […]

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Off the field, off the rails, and off on vacation: The final relists of October Term 2024

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. Every summer, before the justices leave town for the Supreme Court’s recess, they have one last impromptu conference to consider – and usually dispose of – all the […]

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By the numbers

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. As someone who grew up (and continues to be) obsessed with baseball statistics, I think that a great deal can […]

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The morning read for Tuesday, July 1

If you haven’t already, please check out our SCOTUSblog Stat Pack for the 2024-25 term, which can be found here. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: SCOTUS orders judges to revisit decisions on transgender […]

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Court adds seven new cases to the 2025-26 term

The Supreme Court on Monday morning added seven new cases, covering issues ranging from campaign-finance regulations to the flexibility of the deadline to move a case from state to federal court, to its docket for the 2025-26 term. The list of orders released from the justices’ private conference on Thursday, […]

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Court takes up potentially important case on campaign-finance regulations

Creating the prospect of a major case on campaign-finance regulations, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to revisit its 2001 ruling in Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, in which the justices upheld federal limits on coordinated campaign expenditures, which restrict political parties from spending money on campaign […]

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The morning read for Monday, June 30

On Friday, June 27, the court issued its final opinions on the merits docket for the 2024-25 term. It decided the following cases: Trump v. CASA, Mahmoud v. Taylor, Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, and Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research. Please join us over the […]

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