Lydia Wheeler
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Legal affairs reporter at The Wall Street Journal. Send tips to: lydia.wheeler@wsj.com
Good morning from the Supreme Court on the last day of the term.
We’re expected to get 6 rulings starting at 10 on Obamacare preventive services, religious opt outs to LGBTQ-themed books in elementary school, and Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions.
We’re expected to get 6 rulings starting at 10 on Obamacare preventive services, religious opt outs to LGBTQ-themed books in elementary school, and Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions.
June 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Good morning from the Supreme Court on the last day of the term.
We’re expected to get 6 rulings starting at 10 on Obamacare preventive services, religious opt outs to LGBTQ-themed books in elementary school, and Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions.
We’re expected to get 6 rulings starting at 10 on Obamacare preventive services, religious opt outs to LGBTQ-themed books in elementary school, and Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions.
Good morning from a Supreme Court that’s getting a face lift.
More opinions are coming at 10.
We’re waiting for rulings on religious opt outs for LGBT books in school, enforcement of Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions and Obamacare coverage for certain preventive health services.
More opinions are coming at 10.
We’re waiting for rulings on religious opt outs for LGBT books in school, enforcement of Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions and Obamacare coverage for certain preventive health services.
June 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Good morning from a Supreme Court that’s getting a face lift.
More opinions are coming at 10.
We’re waiting for rulings on religious opt outs for LGBT books in school, enforcement of Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions and Obamacare coverage for certain preventive health services.
More opinions are coming at 10.
We’re waiting for rulings on religious opt outs for LGBT books in school, enforcement of Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions and Obamacare coverage for certain preventive health services.
Have a tip related to the Supreme Court, its cases or the parties involved? Do you know about something happening with its staff, security or operations? Share it with me privately on Signal.
June 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Have a tip related to the Supreme Court, its cases or the parties involved? Do you know about something happening with its staff, security or operations? Share it with me privately on Signal.
Quite the scene at the Washington Hilton tonight where protesters stormed a ballroom while Charles Koch was accepting an award from the Cato Institute. Several got onto the edge of the stage while Koch was speaking.
May 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Quite the scene at the Washington Hilton tonight where protesters stormed a ballroom while Charles Koch was accepting an award from the Cato Institute. Several got onto the edge of the stage while Koch was speaking.
Good morning from the Supreme Court where the justices will consider if states must include religious schools in their taxpayer-funded charter school programs.
The case could create the nation’s first religious public school.
The case could create the nation’s first religious public school.
April 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Good morning from the Supreme Court where the justices will consider if states must include religious schools in their taxpayer-funded charter school programs.
The case could create the nation’s first religious public school.
The case could create the nation’s first religious public school.
Supreme Court announces it will hear arguments on May 15 over Trump's requests to partially enforce his executive order that seeks to restrict automatic birthright citizenship.
April 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Supreme Court announces it will hear arguments on May 15 over Trump's requests to partially enforce his executive order that seeks to restrict automatic birthright citizenship.
The Supreme Court announces Thursday will be an opinion day.
April 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Supreme Court announces Thursday will be an opinion day.
Good morning! We’re in Spring of Deception here in D.C. where the Supreme Court will release opinion(s) at 10 and then hear arguments in a reverse discrimination case.
February 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Good morning! We’re in Spring of Deception here in D.C. where the Supreme Court will release opinion(s) at 10 and then hear arguments in a reverse discrimination case.
Good morning! It’s another chilly day in D.C.The Supreme Court will issue opinion(s) at 10 and then hear arguments in a free speech challenge to a Texas law that requires porn sites to verify the age of users to protect kids online.
January 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Good morning! It’s another chilly day in D.C.The Supreme Court will issue opinion(s) at 10 and then hear arguments in a free speech challenge to a Texas law that requires porn sites to verify the age of users to protect kids online.
Supreme Court agrees to hear TikTok's challenge to a federal law that bans the social media platform in the U.S. if it's not sold by its Chinese parent company.
Arguments are scheduled for Jan. 10.
Arguments are scheduled for Jan. 10.
December 18, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Supreme Court agrees to hear TikTok's challenge to a federal law that bans the social media platform in the U.S. if it's not sold by its Chinese parent company.
Arguments are scheduled for Jan. 10.
Arguments are scheduled for Jan. 10.
Good morning from a frigid D.C. where the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a transgender rights case over the constitutionality of state laws that ban gender-affirming care for minors.
December 4, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Good morning from a frigid D.C. where the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a transgender rights case over the constitutionality of state laws that ban gender-affirming care for minors.
Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging constitutionality of an $8 billion program that the FCC uses to subsidize telecom services for poor and rural residents.
November 22, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging constitutionality of an $8 billion program that the FCC uses to subsidize telecom services for poor and rural residents.
The Supreme Court added another opinion day this week. The court will issue rulings Thursday & Friday.
Lots left to decide, including immunity for Trump, two abortion related cases and a gun case.
Lots left to decide, including immunity for Trump, two abortion related cases and a gun case.
June 10, 2024 at 4:10 PM
The Supreme Court added another opinion day this week. The court will issue rulings Thursday & Friday.
Lots left to decide, including immunity for Trump, two abortion related cases and a gun case.
Lots left to decide, including immunity for Trump, two abortion related cases and a gun case.
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s casket arrived at the Supreme Court this morning where the court’s first female justice will lie in repose. The public can pay their respects until 8 p.m.
December 18, 2023 at 4:32 PM
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s casket arrived at the Supreme Court this morning where the court’s first female justice will lie in repose. The public can pay their respects until 8 p.m.
The Supreme Court hung a black drape over the courtroom doors as a sign of respect and mourning for the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
December 4, 2023 at 10:16 PM
The Supreme Court hung a black drape over the courtroom doors as a sign of respect and mourning for the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
Good morning from the US Supreme Court where the justices will hear a dispute over a $6 billion bankruptcy settlement involving Purdue Pharma, the maker of the highly addictive opioid OxyContin.
December 4, 2023 at 2:27 PM
Good morning from the US Supreme Court where the justices will hear a dispute over a $6 billion bankruptcy settlement involving Purdue Pharma, the maker of the highly addictive opioid OxyContin.
Well, I had kiddos ring the doorbell at 4:45 while I was still at the office. Nothing since. Starting to worry I’m going to get stuck with 10lbs of candy.
October 31, 2023 at 10:32 PM
Well, I had kiddos ring the doorbell at 4:45 while I was still at the office. Nothing since. Starting to worry I’m going to get stuck with 10lbs of candy.
Good morning from the Supreme Court. The justices will hear arguments in a case that asks what test courts should use in deciding whether and when due process rights require a state or local government to give someone a hearing after their property is seized.
October 30, 2023 at 12:36 PM
Good morning from the Supreme Court. The justices will hear arguments in a case that asks what test courts should use in deciding whether and when due process rights require a state or local government to give someone a hearing after their property is seized.
Good morning from the home office where a sickness has forced me to cover the m Supreme Court remotely today. We’ll get orders at 9:30 and arguments starting at 10.
October 10, 2023 at 1:26 PM
Good morning from the home office where a sickness has forced me to cover the m Supreme Court remotely today. We’ll get orders at 9:30 and arguments starting at 10.
Dreary Saturdays call for homemade apple pie.
October 7, 2023 at 1:56 PM
Dreary Saturdays call for homemade apple pie.