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The key arguments in the birthright citizenship case
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (409+ words) Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press " to view all results. On Jan, 20, 2025, after he was sworn into office for a second term, Trump issued'the executive order'ending birthright citizenship. Beginning in 30 days, the order indicated, babies born in the…...
Justices agree that actuaries can use up-to-date assumptions in assessing costs of leaving a multi-employer pension plan
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (195+ words) Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press " to view all results. Yesterday's decision in M&K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund was pretty much exactly what you would have expected given the argument: a brisk…...
A history of Supreme Court leaks
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (348+ words) Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press " to view all results. Last month, The New York Times published a major scoop: the inside story of the Supreme Court's 2016 order blocking then-President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, an environmental initiative…...
"Shadow docket" reform?
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (473+ words) Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press " to view all results. A programming note: We are observing Memorial Day on Monday, so you will next receive the SCOTUStoday newsletter on Tuesday. On Thursday, the Supreme Court released its decisions…...
Court rules against cruise lines in Cuban confiscation case
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (332+ words) Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press " to view all results. A federal district judge in Miami awarded Havana Docks more than $400 million. The cruise lines subsequently appealed to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, which " by a…...
Court sidesteps death-row IQ dispute
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (380+ words) Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press " to view all results. The vote was effectively 5-4. Justice Samuel Alito wrote a 24-page dissent that Justice Clarence Thomas (who also wrote his own 16-page dissent) joined in full and Chief Justice…...
Court puts off deciding whether to consider $5 million verdict against Trump " yet again
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (319+ words) Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press " to view all results. When the justices meet for their private conference on Thursday, there is one high-profile petition for review they will not consider, even though it has been fully briefed…...
More opinions on the way
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (398+ words) Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press " to view all results. Love to start your day with a live blog? Then we've got some good news. We're live blogging this morning beginning at 9: 30 a. m. EDT as we await one or…...
What oral argument behavior reveals about Supreme Court unanimity and division
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (524+ words) Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press " to view all results. Empirical SCOTUS'is a recurring series by'Adam Feldman'that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices" decision…...
Justice Jackson criticizes the court
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (624+ words) Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press " to view all results. We realized Ask Amy was making our Friday newsletters rather long, so we'll now run this on Wednesdays in place of a Closer Look. And please join us…...