The morning read for Friday, March 7

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Texas tells Supreme Court it shouldn’t be ‘left holding the bag’ for US nuclear waste (Maureen Groppe, USA Today) Oklahoma’s ‘dirty political laundry’ on full display as […]

Read More

Restitution, medical malpractice, and a capital appeal

Share 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. Once again this week, the Supreme Court has been busy sifting through the relists. The court granted review of one of last week’s new […]

Read More

The morning read for Thursday, March 6

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Supreme Court Rejects Trump on USAID Foreign-Aid Freeze (Greg Stohr, Bloomberg) Supreme Court split over spent nuclear fuel fight (Niina H. Farah, E&E News) US foreign aid […]

Read More

The morning read for Wednesday, March 5

Share The court will issue one or more opinions this morning at 10 a.m. EST. Join us for live coverage. Following the opinion announcements, the court will hear Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas, a dispute about nuclear waste management.  Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and […]

Read More

Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, March 5

Share On Wednesday, March 5, 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 Wednesday, March 5 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

Read More

High court likely to block Mexico’s suit against gun makers

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled that it was likely to shut down a lawsuit brought by the Mexican government, seeking to hold seven major U.S. gun makers and a gun wholesaler responsible for violence committed by Mexican drug cartels with U.S.-made weapons. A majority of the court appeared […]

Read More

The morning read for Tuesday, March 4

Share We are expecting one or more opinion from the court this morning at 10 a.m. EST. Join us for live coverage. Following the opinion announcements, the court will consider the Mexican government’s effort to hold U.S. gun manufacturers liable for cartel violence committed with U.S.-made weapons. Listen to Smith […]

Read More