Announcement of opinions for Thursday, May 29 (closed)

On Thursday, May 29, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. The post Announcement of opinions for Thursday, May 29 (closed) appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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The morning read for Thursday, May 29

We’re expecting one or more opinions from the court at 10 a.m. EDT. Join us for the live blog, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: New immigration case arrives to […]

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The morning read for Friday, May 30

Yesterday, May 29, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: The Supreme Court May Not Step in and Save Trump’s Tariffs […]

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Supreme Court limits scope of environmental review 

The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled to limit the scope of environmental review required under a seminal 1970s environmental protection law. The move brought a proposed 88-mile railroad line that would transport crude oil from oilfields in northern Utah to refineries on the Gulf Coast one step closer to production. Environmental […]

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Supreme Court allows DHS to end parole for a half-million noncitizens

The Supreme Court on Friday morning cleared the way for the Trump administration to revoke the Biden administration’s grant of parole – that is, permission to stay in the United States for humanitarian or public interest reasons – to more than 500,000 noncitizens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. In a […]

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The morning read for Monday, June 2

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Move to Canada? Migrants Face ‘No Good Options’ After Supreme Court Ruling. (Sarah Mervosh and Mark Bonamo, The New York Times) Stakes are high for US democracy as […]

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Supreme Court declines to hear gun-control challenges 

After considering them at 15 consecutive conferences, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up two challenges to gun-control laws in Maryland and Rhode Island. In each case, three justices indicated that they would have granted the petition for review, leaving the challengers one vote short of the four needed for […]

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Supreme Court adds four cases to next term’s docket 

The Supreme Court on Monday morning added four new cases to its docket for the 2025-26 term, on issues ranging from whether a political candidate can bring a lawsuit challenging Illinois’s procedures for counting votes to the extent of police officers’ ability to enter one’s home under the Fourth Amendment. […]

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Trump administration again comes to the Supreme Court seeking large-scale reductions in the federal workforce 

The Trump administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday afternoon, making another request to pause an order by a federal judge in San Francisco that bars the Trump administration from implementing an executive order calling for large-scale reductions in the federal workforce.  In Trump v. American Federation of Government […]

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