Outside the Beltway

The 6-3 ruling broke down on predictable lines.

A slim majority upheld an injunction, kicking the can down the road.

The highest court in the land issued a split decision on President Biden’s COVID policy.

Oral arguments on the biggest abortion case in decades will be heard today.

A few observations on Whole Woman’s Health, et al., Applicants v. Austin Reeve Jackson, Judge, et al.

Things that make you go Hmmm.

Another narrowly-crafted but overwhelming opinion from the Supreme Court.

The law and justice are frequently not the same thing.

Is a de minimus standard too small?

Overruling every case President Trump was involved in is getting silly.

What has the Supreme Court wrought?

A seemingly obvious result that isn’t.

A reprise of an almost identical case with a different group of Justices–and the Chief Justice switching sides.

The 6-3 opinion written by Justice Gorsuch and joined by Chief Justice Roberts defies conventional wisdom.

SCOTUS and “faithless electors.”

An 8-1 rebuke from the nation’s highest court.

Late last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a trio of cases healing with subpoenas for the President’s financial records.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Supreme Court heard a significant Second Amendment case, but it is unlikely to rule on the merits of the case.

The Supreme Court took up the DACA issue today. No matter what it decides, this will likely become a big issue in the 2020 elections.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case likely to decide the fate of former President Obama’s DACA program.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court held oral argument in a series of cases asking it to decide if existing civil rights laws cover discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

The Supreme Court handed the President a victory last night, ruling that the Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging his funding of the border wall did not have standing to challenge his diversion of Defense Department funds. This may only be a temporary victory, though.

Just over nine years after retiring from the Supreme Court, former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away at the age of 99.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal in a series of cases challenging the President’s decision to end the DACA program.

The Supreme Court issued a significant ruling on Monday that could make it easier to buy and sell alcoholic beverages across state lines.

The Supreme Court ordered a new trial in the case of a Mississippi defendant whose trial was tainted by a prosecutor who routinely struck black jurors from the jury pool.

The Supreme Court ruled that a World War One memorial that had been on public grounds for 70 years can stay where it is.

The Supreme Court rejected an effort by the Virginia House of Delegates to overturn a Federal Court ruling that the state’s district lines constituted gerrymandering by race. But they didn’t rule on the merits of the appeal.

Starting tomorrow, we should be getting some headline-grabbing opinions from the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears poised to uphold the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

The Supreme Court has agreed to accept a group of cases dealing with the issue of whether or not existing civil rights laws bar discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Expert analysis from expert analysts

The replacement of Anthony Kennedy with Brett Kavanaugh is already having a significant impact.

Oral argument hints that we may have a 5-4 ruling allowing state legislatures to continue stacking the deck.

The Supreme Court appears to be leaning toward letting a war memorial on public property stay in place.

The Supreme Court issued a ruling that places new limits on civil asset forfeiture by state and local government.

The Supreme Court will hear a case dealing with a challenge to the Commerce Department’s decision to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census.

Late last night, the Supreme Court blocked a Louisiana abortion law from going into effect, the first significant abortion rights ruling since Justice Kavanaugh took the bench.

For the first tine in nearly ten years, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving Second Amendment rights.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case that could make it easier for consumers to buy and ship wine and other adult beverages across state lines.

Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that could make it easier to order and ship wine from out-of-state retailers.

The Supreme Court is taking up the issue of partisan gerrymandering. This time, though, they’re likely to reach the merits of the cases rather than punting like they did last year.

The Supreme Court appears reluctant to overturn a century of case law that established a significant exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause.

Later this week, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could rewrite decades of law interpreting the Fifth Amendment’s Double Jeopardy rule.

The Supreme Court appears ready to impose at least some limits on civil asset forfeiture at the state level.

Yesterday. the Supreme Court heard argument in a case that makes the argument that nearly half of Oklahoma is actually Native American territory.

There’s a new church/state separation case on the Supreme Court’s docket.

The Supreme Court is set to consider whether to take a case involving employment discrimination based on gender identity.

Debunking a theory for why the Kavanaugh nomination was supposedly “rushed.”