My conversation with @stevevladeck.bsky.social on Humphrey’s Executor, the 1935 decision that protects the heads of independent agencies from unjustified removal, and the likelihood we see it overturned this term:
Will the court overturn a 1930s precedent to expand presidential power, again? - SCOTUSblog
In the two-and-a-half months since Donald Trump’s inauguration, a rush of challenges to executive orders and directives have made their way through the courts and have now started to reach the justice...
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April 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My conversation with @stevevladeck.bsky.social on Humphrey’s Executor, the 1935 decision that protects the heads of independent agencies from unjustified removal, and the likelihood we see it overturned this term:
An actual video Consumers’ Research put out a few years ago. This is the same group bringing tomorrow’s nondelegation challenge to the FCC telecom access program before the Supreme Court.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pEZe...
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Coca-Cola: Always Woka-Cola (sing-a-long version)
YouTube video by Consumers' Research
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March 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
An actual video Consumers’ Research put out a few years ago. This is the same group bringing tomorrow’s nondelegation challenge to the FCC telecom access program before the Supreme Court.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pEZe...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pEZe...
This week’s Relist Watch column: another capital case in which the prosecution confessed error and calls for a new trial — here in Austin, Tex., based on forensic misconduct at the police dept lab that compromised DNA evidence.
Justices consider next steps in murder case in which prosecution admits error - SCOTUSblog
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. The Supreme Court is hitting its st...
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March 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This week’s Relist Watch column: another capital case in which the prosecution confessed error and calls for a new trial — here in Austin, Tex., based on forensic misconduct at the police dept lab that compromised DNA evidence.
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NEW: In several decisions over the past week, judges — including from some deeply conservative courts — have raised key death penalty questions.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and a Louisiana federal judge stopped executions, while the Fifth Circuit tossed out a third death sentence.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and a Louisiana federal judge stopped executions, while the Fifth Circuit tossed out a third death sentence.
In several decisions this past week, judges have raised key death penalty questions
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and a Louisiana federal judge stopped executions, while the Fifth Circuit tossed out a third death sentence.
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March 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
NEW: In several decisions over the past week, judges — including from some deeply conservative courts — have raised key death penalty questions.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and a Louisiana federal judge stopped executions, while the Fifth Circuit tossed out a third death sentence.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and a Louisiana federal judge stopped executions, while the Fifth Circuit tossed out a third death sentence.
Trump has asked the justices to step in on birthright citizenship, for now, to limit the injunctions on his order. Read our explainer on the history of birthright citizenship at the court.
A history of birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court - SCOTUSblog
This article was updated on Feb. 6 at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to anyone born in the United States. Going forward, Trump instructed, p
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March 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Trump has asked the justices to step in on birthright citizenship, for now, to limit the injunctions on his order. Read our explainer on the history of birthright citizenship at the court.
The Supreme Court
turned down an effort by Republican-led states to block major climate suits against oil and gas that allege the companies knew about the risks of climate change and intentionally misled the public.
turned down an effort by Republican-led states to block major climate suits against oil and gas that allege the companies knew about the risks of climate change and intentionally misled the public.
Supreme Court takes up challenge to Colorado ban on “conversion therapy” - SCOTUSblog
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to weigh in on the constitutionality of Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” – that is, the effort to “convert” someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Th...
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March 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Supreme Court
turned down an effort by Republican-led states to block major climate suits against oil and gas that allege the companies knew about the risks of climate change and intentionally misled the public.
turned down an effort by Republican-led states to block major climate suits against oil and gas that allege the companies knew about the risks of climate change and intentionally misled the public.
Texas argues that Gutierrez doesn’t have the right to sue over the constitutionality of the state’s DNA law and hasn’t shown that he would in fact benefit from a favorable ruling.
On Feb. 24, the Supreme Court will hear Ruben Gutierrez's plea for DNA testing of evidence that he says would prove his innocence. Gutierrez has been on death row in Texas for over two decades. Last year, a lower court ruled that he doesn't have the right to sue over Texas’s DNA testing law.
Supreme Court to consider death row plea for DNA testing - SCOTUSblog
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 24 in the case of a man on Texas death row who has long tried to obtain postconviction DNA testing on evidence that he says would exonerate him. Rube...
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February 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Texas argues that Gutierrez doesn’t have the right to sue over the constitutionality of the state’s DNA law and hasn’t shown that he would in fact benefit from a favorable ruling.
As Trump moves to end birthright citizenship, we have a new piece this morning with some background on key Supreme Court precedents.
A history of birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court - SCOTUSblog
Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to anyone born in the ...
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February 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
As Trump moves to end birthright citizenship, we have a new piece this morning with some background on key Supreme Court precedents.
The live blog will be back tomorrow for Supreme Court opinions at 10 am EST
January 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The live blog will be back tomorrow for Supreme Court opinions at 10 am EST
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President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to halt the criminal sentencing in his New York hush money case on Wednesday morning. The New York judge in that case declined on Monday to put the sentencing, scheduled for Jan. 10, on hold.
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in hush money sentencing - SCOTUSblog
President-elect Donald Trump came to the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, asking the justices to halt the criminal sentencing scheduled for Friday morning in his New York hush money case. In a 40-p...
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January 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to halt the criminal sentencing in his New York hush money case on Wednesday morning. The New York judge in that case declined on Monday to put the sentencing, scheduled for Jan. 10, on hold.
Two petitions at the Supreme Court ask the justices to clarify what their 2022 landmark 2nd Amnd ruling in Bruen means for gun-control laws like Maryland’s.
Two challenges out of Maryland target the state’s assault-weapons ban and gun-license requirements, arguing in petitions to the Supreme Court that they are unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.
Gun-rights advocates bring twin challenges to Maryland gun-control law - SCOTUSblog
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 Supreme Court’s landmark 2022 ...
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January 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Two petitions at the Supreme Court ask the justices to clarify what their 2022 landmark 2nd Amnd ruling in Bruen means for gun-control laws like Maryland’s.
Gabe Roth @fixthecourt.bsky.social calls the conferences conclusion “contrary to the plain-text reading of the financial disclosure law”
The federal courts turned down a request on Thursday to refer complaints that Justice Clarence Thomas violated ethics laws to the Department of Justice. Democratic lawmakers had asked that Thomas’s failure to disclose gifts and luxury travel be referred to the attorney general for investigation.
Federal courts won’t refer Clarence Thomas for DOJ investigation - SCOTUSblog
The federal courts will not refer complaints that Justice Clarence Thomas violated ethics laws to the Department of Justice for investigation. The national policymaking body for the federal courts on ...
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January 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Gabe Roth @fixthecourt.bsky.social calls the conferences conclusion “contrary to the plain-text reading of the financial disclosure law”
The justices will meet for their private conference tomorrow. A few notable petitions up for discussion, from @johnpelwood.bsky.social:
Sacred sites, religious tax exemptions, and whether to reconsider Feres - SCOTUSblog
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. It’s been a big few days for the Su...
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December 12, 2024 at 8:30 PM
The justices will meet for their private conference tomorrow. A few notable petitions up for discussion, from @johnpelwood.bsky.social:
Bill was always kind and an incredible talent. His style made a quiet mark on how we understand some of the Supreme Court’s biggest cases. We will miss him.
Bill was an invaluable contributor to SCOTUSblog from 2022-2024, and we are saddened to learn of his death. Hennessy, a classically trained artist who chronicled oral arguments at the Supreme Court and legal proceedings around the country for decades, died on Tuesday. He was 67.
William Hennessy, Jr., prolific courtroom sketch artist, dies at 67 - SCOTUSblog
William Hennessy, Jr., a classically trained artist and SCOTUSblog contributor who chronicled oral arguments at the Supreme Court and legal proceedings around the country for decades, died on Tuesday....
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December 11, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Bill was always kind and an incredible talent. His style made a quiet mark on how we understand some of the Supreme Court’s biggest cases. We will miss him.
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Tomorrow at the court: It’s Dewberry v. Dewberry and trademark infringement
Federal trademark law and doctrines of corporate identity - SCOTUSblog
In a long-running trademark dispute between two companies marketing real-estate development services, and both using the name Dewberry, a trial court held that Dewberry Group entities infringed the “D...
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December 10, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Tomorrow at the court: It’s Dewberry v. Dewberry and trademark infringement
SCOTUSblog live blogs Will be back in the new year (I’ve been getting some worried emails). We’re just using @scotus-blog.bsky.social on bluesky for these early opinion days.
December 10, 2024 at 5:16 PM
SCOTUSblog live blogs Will be back in the new year (I’ve been getting some worried emails). We’re just using @scotus-blog.bsky.social on bluesky for these early opinion days.
We’re on to oral arguments. Today’s case is on the National Environmental Policy Act and a proposed Utah crude oil transit train.
Following opinions this morning, the justices will hear arguments in a case brought by backers of a proposed train linking Utah oilfields to refineries on the Gulf Coast, Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado.
December 10, 2024 at 3:23 PM
We’re on to oral arguments. Today’s case is on the National Environmental Policy Act and a proposed Utah crude oil transit train.
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NEW: The justices turned down a challenge to a Wisconsin school district’s plan to provide support to transgender and nonbinary students (Parents Protecting Our Children, UA v. Eau Claire Area School District).
December 9, 2024 at 2:45 PM
NEW: The justices turned down a challenge to a Wisconsin school district’s plan to provide support to transgender and nonbinary students (Parents Protecting Our Children, UA v. Eau Claire Area School District).
Today’s grants: another reason to read @johnpelwood.bsky.social’s Relist Watch
December 6, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Today’s grants: another reason to read @johnpelwood.bsky.social’s Relist Watch
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Plumbers' Local has settled and petitioner has moved to dismiss. So I'm afraid that eliminates the possibility it'll be a Facebook replacement.
The @scotus-blog.bsky.social post is up. Tomorrow's/Monday's likeliest #SCOTUS grants: Personal jurisdiction over the PLO, what constitutes a "second or successive" habeas petition, and a possible replacement case for the Facebook case the Court dismissed.
www.scotusblog.com/2024/12/pers...
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December 6, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Plumbers' Local has settled and petitioner has moved to dismiss. So I'm afraid that eliminates the possibility it'll be a Facebook replacement.
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