» Colorado man argues last-minute switch in public defenders is unconstitutional
01/08/24 07:06 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. The Sixth Amendment gives everyone who stands trial for a crime the rig...

» Justices appoint former clerk to argue First Step Act cases 
26/07/24 19:54 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon appointed a former clerk to Justice Samuel Alito (who also served as a clerk to then-Judge Neil Gorsuch on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit) to defend a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appe...

» Court schedules first cases for 2024-25 term
26/07/24 14:48 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the Biden administration’s efforts to regulate so-called “ghost guns” in the first week of the 2024-25 term in October, followed the next day by an unusual death-penalty case – in which the stat...

» With Good Neighbor Plan in jeopardy, states, EPA ask: where should the agency’s opponents go to court?
18/07/24 07:48 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. In June, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Environmental Protec...

» Business owners seek to reclaim cash seized in drug bust
09/07/24 18:20 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. Federal agents arresting someone on serious drug charges — those punish...

» Roberts court hands major wins to Trump, conservative movement in 2023-24 term
03/07/24 18:19 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
Former President Donald Trump loomed large over the Supreme Court’s 2023-24 term. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee for 2024 brought two cases to the justices and fared well in both; Trump could also benefit from the decisi...

» Supreme Court expands time frame to sue federal agencies
02/07/24 18:34 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a North Dakota truck stop can bring a challenge to a regulation issued 13 years ago by the Federal Reserve Board. In a 6-3 vote divided along ideological lines, the justices significantly expanded p...

» Justices add five cases out of clean-up conference
02/07/24 14:05 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
The Supreme Court on Tuesday added five new cases – two of which will be argued together – to its docket for the 2024-25 term. The justices declined to take up a number of notable cases, including challenges to Illinois’s regulation of a...

» Court sends social media moderation cases back to lower courts
01/07/24 18:16 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
The Supreme Court on Monday sent a pair of challenges to laws in Texas and Florida that would regulate how large social media companies control content posted on their sites back to the lower courts for another look. In a decision by Jus...

» Fourteen new relists for the end-of-term mop-up conference
01/07/24 18:11 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Every summer, before the justices leave town for the Supreme C...