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• Court considers whether Trump administration properly ended temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian nationals
  Posted on Thursday April 30, 2026
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• Racial considerations in voting rights and immigration policy on the last day of oral argument
  Posted on Wednesday April 29, 2026
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• Twinkies, tribunals, and tainted statements
  Posted on Wednesday April 29, 2026
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• In major Voting Rights Act case, Supreme Court strikes down redistricting map challenged as racially discriminatory
  Posted on Wednesday April 29, 2026
  The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a Louisiana congressional map that a group of voters who describe themselves as “non-African American” had challenged as the product of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. Continue Reading »
• The final argument day
  Posted on Wednesday April 29, 2026
  Wednesday is expected to be the final argument day of the 2025-26 term, as well as an opinion day. Continue Reading »
• Court seems likely to narrow ability of plaintiffs to bring claims for violations of international law
  Posted on Tuesday April 28, 2026
  The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared poised to further narrow the extent to which U.S. courts can be used as a forum to consider alleged violations of international law. Continue Reading »
• Justices debate who gets to decide that pesticide labels need a cancer warning
  Posted on Tuesday April 28, 2026
  The dispute centers on Monsanto’s popular line of Roundup herbicide products, whose main active ingredient is glyphosate. Continue Reading »
• So you want to argue before the Supreme Court?
  Posted on Tuesday April 28, 2026
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• Court to consider visa program for farmworkers
  Posted on Tuesday April 28, 2026
  Today is Justice Elena Kagan’s birthday. Born in 1960 in New York City, Kagan has served on the Supreme Court since 2010. Continue Reading »
• Court decides to hear additional case next term, turns down petition from parents challenging school gender-identity policy
  Posted on Monday April 27, 2026
  The Supreme Court on Monday morning agreed to decide whether the Department of Labor has the power to hold hearings to collect money from employers who violate the terms of the visa program for seasonal farm workers. Continue Reading »
• Justices appear mixed on whether geofence warrant violated the Fourth Amendment
  Posted on Monday April 27, 2026
  Some justices seemed to advocate for a relatively narrow ruling that would clarify what such warrants require, even if it does not ultimately resolve all of the thorny issues potentially raised by the case. Continue Reading »
• When NASA made Scalia turn on judicial restraint
  Posted on Monday April 27, 2026
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• Supreme Court to hear argument on whether corporations can be held liable as accomplices in violations of international law
  Posted on Monday April 27, 2026
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• Final arguments of the term
  Posted on Monday April 27, 2026
  Welcome to what’s expected to be the final week of arguments for the 2025-26 term. Continue Reading »
• Court to consider thorny dispute between manufacturers of medication and its generic substitute
  Posted on Friday April 24, 2026
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