The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to fire FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter Amy Howe has the context — and an explanation of what comes next.

The dog sniff at the center of a Supreme Court petition

Trump administration urges Supreme Court to uphold tariffs in new brief

NEW: Trump again asks Supreme Court to let him end protected status for Venezuelans

NEW: Trump administration urges Supreme Court to prevent transgender people from choosing sex markers on passports

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow for the firing of Fed Gov. Lisa Cook. Amy Howe has the context: www.scotusblog.com/2025/09/trum...

The Supreme Court has updated its November argument calendar

On Wednesday, lawyers for a group of Louisiana voters argued to the Supreme Court that the creation of a majority-Black congressional district was unconstitutional. The court’s decision could have significant implications for the Voting Rights Act.

Justice David Souter was a voracious bookman (so voracious that he had to move because his home could not structurally support all of his books). One of Souter’s former clerks, litigator Mathew Rosengart, is now sharing the justice’s “Top 10 Book List."

Is the emergency docket really for emergencies? Taraleigh Davis explores

Lawyers for a Democratic appointee to the Federal Trade Commission on Monday urged the Supreme Court to allow her to continue to serve despite President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire her.

On Friday, several nonprofit groups and their members asked the justices to leave in place a lower court order mandating that the Trump administration provide $4 billion in foreign aid.

Here's a closer look at two major disputes that are currently pending on the Supreme Court's emergency docket

Supreme Court leaves order in place allowing transgender student to use boys’ bathroom Amy Howe has the context:

In the three years since she joined the court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has quickly become its most conspicuous dissenter. Here's a look at some of her latest solo writings.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court announced that it would determine whether President Donald Trump had properly imposed sweeping tariffs under a 1977 law. The court has fast-tracked two cases, scheduling argument on them for the first week in November.

NEW: The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in early November in the challenge to President Donald Trump's tariffs. The court has granted review in both Learning Resources v. Trump & Trump v. V.O.S. Selections.

Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to fire, at least for now, a Democratic appointee to the Federal Trade Commission.

Supreme Court allows federal officers to more freely make immigration stops in LA

Trump administration asks SCOTUS once again for ability to freeze billions in foreign aid. Amy Howe has the context:

The status of Trump's RIFs

On Friday, challengers to President Donald Trump’s tariffs filed a brief before the Supreme Court. They disagreed with the Trump administration that it has the legal authority to impose the tariffs, but agreed with it that the court should hear the case.

South Carolina enacted a law mandating that students use the restroom matching their biological sex "at the time of birth." According to lawyers for a transgender student, the law, “and bans like it, inflict serious harm on transgender students.”

Lindsay Hecox had challenged an Idaho law banning transgender women and girls from participating on girls’ and women’s sports teams. On Tuesday, Hecox asked the justices to dismiss the case.

NEW on the emergency docket: Trump administration asks justices to block temporary reinstatement of FTC commissioner

The Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court to take up its tariffs case. Here's a look at the new cert petition.

What the Trump administration wants from the Supreme Court this term

Here’s a brief explainer on free speech, flag burning, and what former Justice Antonin Scalia said he would do about flag desecration if he were king.

Even the most passionate New Jerseyan may be unaware of the long history of legal battles between their home state and New York

In a Wednesday filing, Louisiana urged the Supreme Court to uphold an order barring its race-based redistricting map, writing that it "wants out of this abhorrent system of racial discrimination."

NEW: The administration has asked the justices to pause a district court order mandating that it provide billions of dollars in foreign aid. Amy Howe has the context:

Justice Samuel Alito was the last member of the court to file his financial disclosure for 2024. Here's a look at what's in it.

The Supreme Court and Trump’s tariffs: an explainer

The Supreme Court is historically unpopular right now. Or is it? This summer's polls are telling slightly different stories.

Justice Jackson had sharp words for her colleagues, accusing the majority of having “no fixed rules” beyond ensuring that the Trump administration “always wins.” Here's Amy Howe's analysis of the decision:

NEW: A divided Supreme Court is allowing the National Institutes of Health to terminate, at least temporarily, nearly $783 million in grants that the Trump administration linked to DEI initiatives Here's a link to the multiple opinions www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...

Why is Justice Neil Gorsuch such a staunch defender of American Indian rights? Reviewing the justice’s Supreme Court opinions on the subject provides a strikingly clear answer

The upcoming term won’t be the court’s first foray into the world of sports. Far from it. In just the past 25 years, four professional sports leagues, a professional golf tour, and the NCAA have been directly involved in Supreme Court cases.

In 1793, the Supreme Court told Georgia to pay up on an old Revolutionary War debt. Georgia’s reaction? Threaten to hang anyone who tried to enforce the ruling.

As SCOTUSblog readers are well aware, the Supreme Court is deeply divided on a range of consequential issues. But this post investigates some less weighty disputes, like the one over how to pronounce amicus.

NEW: On Thursday, the Supreme Court denied a tech industry group’s request to block Mississippi from restricting children’s social media access.

Kim Davis has asked the Supreme Court to overturn its 2015 ruling on same-sex marriage. Three of the four justices who dissented in that decision are still on the court.

New on the emergency docket: Groups ask Supreme Court to keep in place district court ruling barring immigration stops

The wait is over — The Supreme Court has released the calendars for the October and November argument sessions.

Want to know more about the Supreme Court's "long conference" in late September? Check out Amy Howe's explainer.

NEW: Trump administration urges Supreme Court to block district court ruling preventing certain immigration stops

With new cert petitions on COVID-19 vaccine mandates, the court has a chance to revisit unresolved debates, including about who should have access to exemptions or accommodations.

Is it a 6-3 court or a 3-3-3 court? Here's what voting data shows, according to Adam Feldman

The Supreme Court has asked for new briefs in the Louisiana redistricting case that it will rehear this fall Amy Howe has the latest:

NEW: Groups ask justices to leave order in place requiring Trump administration to fund studies linked to DEI initiatives