Border wall dispute arrives on interim docket

The holiday season is quickly approaching, and the SCOTUStoday team recently became aware of a potential gift for Supreme Court nerds. Fort Circle Games, a company focused on developing “beautiful board games that are grounded in historical events,” is now taking preorders for First Monday in October, its new game […]

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Justices leave lower court order in place preventing Trump administration from implementing transgender inmate policy

The Supreme Court on Wednesday left in place an order by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that prohibits the Federal Bureau of Prisons from enforcing a new policy on healthcare for transgender inmates that would prevent such inmates from obtaining (among other things) hormone therapy and “social accommodations” (such […]

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The separation and expansion of powers between Congress and the president

Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. *** This is the fourth and final part in a series for SCOTUSblog recounting two decades of constitutional change through the five editions of our casebook, the first published in […]

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Justices grant two significant cases

Mark your calendars for Thursday, Oct. 29, at 1 p.m. EDT, when Amy will join Briefly’s Adam Stofsky on LinkedIn Live to discuss what unfolded at the Supreme Court this month. Register here for the event. At the Court The Supreme Court on Monday added two cases to the oral […]

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Supreme Court declines to take up cases on vehicle seizures in Chicago, 9/11 plea disputes, and the president’s removal of National Labor Relations Board members

For the second week in a row, Justice Sonia Sotomayor penned a statement regarding the denial of review that was joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch. Sotomayor’s opinion in O’Donnell v. City of Chicago, a challenge to the city’s policy of seizing and selling (without any compensation to the owners) cars […]

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