More election-related action on the interim docket

Justice William Paterson died on this day in 1806. Among other things, he was the subject of a recent Closer Look. At the Court On Tuesday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to clear the way for it to use the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for […]

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Aesthetic injuries, standing, and the White House ballroom

The Supreme Court’s decision to allow President Donald Trump to demolish the East Wing of the White House and build a huge ballroom is troubling enough. But it could also have long-term consequences by making it much harder for plaintiffs to sue to enforce something even more important: federal environmental […]

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Justice Kavanaugh turns down request from Missouri to use congressional map expected to aid Republicans

Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday blocked Missouri from using a new congressional map, intended to give Republicans an additional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, in the November elections. In a brief order sent to reporters on Tuesday afternoon, Kavanaugh – who handles emergency appeals from the 8th Circuit, […]

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The century-old fight to test birthright citizenship

As SCOTUSblog readers are well aware, on June 30, a majority of justices struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. Much of this decision relied on the 1898 case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark , which (in the court’s words) held that “the […]

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One very busy weekend

On this day in 1953, Chief Justice Fred Vinson died unexpectedly of a heart attack at age 63, seven years after he joined the Supreme Court. At the Court On Sunday, the Trump administration again appealed a dispute over President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting to the Supreme […]

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Missouri organizer urges Supreme Court to leave ruling in place preventing use of congressional map expected to benefit Republicans

A Missouri man on Monday urged the Supreme Court to leave in place a ruling by the Missouri Supreme Court that bars the state from using a new congressional map that could give Republicans an additional seat in the upcoming November elections. Richard von Glahn, one of the organizers of […]

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