Justices take up case on race and school admissions

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument early next year in Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education, a challenge to the process that a Maryland county uses to determine who will be admitted to a group of highly selective public magnet schools. The challengers, a group […]

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Where the Supreme Court favors Trump on the emergency docket – and where it doesn’t

In August 2024, the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to partially lift lower-court injunctions blocking its new Title IX regulations, which expanded protections against sex discrimination in education. The justices refused. Less than eight months later, the Trump administration asked the same court to intervene after a federal judge […]

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Court unlikely to alter deference to sentencing guidelines commentary

In Beaird v. United States, argued on Tuesday, Oct. 13, the Supreme Court considered when courts should defer to the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s commentary interpreting the federal sentencing guidelines. More specifically, the question presented in Beaird is whether the court’s 1993 decision in Stinson v. United States still correctly describes […]

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Getting the Second Amendment right

In New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, the Supreme Court announced a two-step test for adjudicating Second Amendment challenges. Step one: Decide whether “the Second Amendment’s plain text covers an individual’s conduct.” If so, courts should move on to step two: Decide whether the regulation of that […]

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The Supreme Court and the midterms

With the 2026 midterm elections less than three weeks away, Republicans and Democrats have, unsurprisingly, put the Supreme Court in the spotlight. “I think it’s important to remind some of these Republicans who are not energized yet that the Supreme Court’s on the ballot,” said Sen. Steve Daines, a Republican […]

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An immigration-heavy term

This week, the second and final one of the October sitting, the justices heard two oral arguments and added three cases to the oral argument docket while continuing to manage emergency applications. We’re expecting an order list on Monday, but, after that, things should be a little quieter at One […]

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Challengers ask court to pause agreement between Texas and the DOJ on deportation proceedings

Three cities and a group that provides legal services to immigrants came to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to pause an agreement between Texas and the Department of Justice that they described as the product of “egregious collusion.” A ruling in the challengers’ favor would temporarily restore a Biden-era […]

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