Hemani: proving the reason, not just naming it

It’s not often that opinions written by Justices Neil Gorsuch, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Samuel Alito agree on how to decide a Second Amendment case. In United States v. Hemani they did, though each took a slightly different road to get there. The majority looked to the justifications behind Founding-era […]

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A victory for the defendant in United States v. Hemani, but little guidance for the lower courts

Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. Last week, the Supreme Court decided the case of United States v. Hemani in the defendant’s favor. The government had prosecuted Ali Hemani under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) […]

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A new wave of election cases

Welcome to what will likely be a busy week at the Supreme Court. We’re expecting 17 more opinions by early July, and we know that there will be at least two opinion announcement days this week. Reminder: If you’d like to attend our July 8 term-in-review event at Johns Hopkins […]

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Cameras in the courtroom?

In recognition of Juneteenth, this is an abridged edition of SCOTUStoday. Reminder: If you’d like to attend our July 8 term-in-review event at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, register your interest here. The event will feature a fireside chat with the ACLU’s Cecillia Wang, who argued the birthright citizenship case […]

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Opinions on their way

As we noted in Monday’s newsletter, we are expecting 20 more opinions in argued cases by early July. The court has indicated that one or more will come today, and we will be live blogging beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT. Plus, a reminder: If you’d like to attend our July […]

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Is the Supreme Court running behind?

When the justices take the bench on Thursday morning to issue opinions, the Supreme Court will have 20 cases left to decide, with just under two weeks to go before the end of June – the point by which the justices normally release all of their decisions and leave for […]

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