Court Puts Off Deciding Whether to Consider $5 Million Verdict Against Trump – yet Again
The U.S. Supreme Court has again postponed consideration of former President Donald Trump’s petition to review the $5 million jury verdict in journalist E. Jean Carroll’s sexual‑assault and defamation case. The case, fully briefed since January, has been rescheduled for the eleventh time, with no public explanation. Carroll’s lawsuit, which also resulted in an $83 million verdict in a separate defamation suit, remains upheld by the federal appeals court. Trump argues that testimony from other accusers and the 2005 Access Hollywood tape should have been excluded, while Carroll urges the Court to deny review, asserting the verdict would stand regardless of evidentiary issues.
Rethinking a Supreme Court Principle Used to Undermine the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court’s April 2026 decision in Louisiana v. Callais ignored the long‑standing Purcell principle, allowing a last‑minute suspension of the state’s congressional primary and reshaping the election timeline. The ruling nullified Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act without citing...
Court to Hear Sex Discrimination Case Case Next Term
The Supreme Court placed a new Title IX case on its 2026‑27 docket, asking whether school employees can sue for sex discrimination under the federal education law. At the same time, it sent two Voting Rights Act Section 2 challenges back to...
Court Agrees to Hear Case on Ability of Employees to Bring Certain Suits for Sex Discrimination, Turns Down Child Pornography...
The U.S. Supreme Court added *Crowther v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia* to its 2026‑27 docket, agreeing to hear whether Title IX creates a private right of action for employees alleging sex discrimination at federally funded schools....
Court Allows for Access to Abortion Pill by Mail for Now
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order on Thursday extending its pause on the 5th Circuit’s ruling that barred the mailing of mifepristone, the primary drug used in medication abortions. The stay keeps the abortion pill available by mail while the...
Can the State Force Religious Preschools to Promote Other Religions?
The Supreme Court will consider Foothills Christian Ministries v. Johnson, a challenge to a California statute that obliges licensed religious preschools to post signs and distribute notices informing parents that children may attend religious services of any faith and receive...
Fighting Back After the Gutting of the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court’s May 2026 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, authored by Justice Samuel Alito, effectively gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, stripping away the federal safeguard that required minority‑majority districts. By forcing plaintiffs to meet a new pre‑condition...
True Threats, James Comey, and the Supreme Court: An Explainer
The Justice Department indicted former FBI director James Comey for allegedly threatening President Donald Trump with an Instagram photo of seashells spelling “86 47,” a code some interpret as a call to kill the president. The indictment cites violations of statutes...
Virginia Asks Supreme Court to Allow It to Reinstate Congressional Map that Would Advantage Democrats
Virginia Democrats and Attorney General Jay Jones have filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking permission to use a new congressional map for the 2026 elections. The map, approved by voters in a narrow 3‑point referendum, would...
The Serious Decline in Petitions Before the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s certiorari pipeline has contracted dramatically, falling from a peak of 8,857 petitions in the 2006‑07 term to just 3,856 in the 2024‑25 term. More than half of the recent filings were submitted in forma pauperis (IFP), while...
Alabama Asks Supreme Court to Clear the Way for It to Use Congressional Map Struck as Diluting Black Votes
Alabama has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to allow use of its 2023 congressional map, which contains only one majority‑Black district, arguing the court‑ordered map with two such districts violates the Constitution. The request follows the Court’s April 29 decision...
Will the Supreme Court End Nitrogen Gas Executions?
President Trump’s 2025 directive to restore the death penalty spurred the Justice Department to issue a report expanding federal execution methods to include firing squads, electrocution and nitrogen hypoxia. Nitrogen gas, already authorized in five states, has been used in...
The Extraordinary Power Sought by the Trump Administration in the TPS Case Isn’t Anything New in Immigration Law
The Supreme Court is poised to decide Trump v. Miot, a case that asks whether the Department of Homeland Security can terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti and Syria without any judicial review. The Trump administration argues that the...
More Interim Docket Action
The Supreme Court denied a motion to recall its Louisiana v. Callais opinion, giving the state extra time to redraw congressional maps before the 2026 elections. Justice Elena Kagan rejected Apple’s request to pause a civil contempt order in its...
Court Turns Down Apple’s Request to Pause Order Holding It in Contempt
Justice Elena Kagan denied Apple’s emergency request to pause a civil contempt order stemming from the Epic Games antitrust case. The contempt ruling found Apple still restricting developers from directing users to alternative payment options and imposing higher fees, violating...