The Supreme Court on Wednesday debated whether New Jersey’s public transit agency can be sued in state courts in New York and Pennsylvania. The New Jersey Transit Corporation argues that it is an “arm” of the state and therefore is immune from lawsuits elsewhere, but after a little over an hour of arguments, it was not clear whether a majority of the justices agreed.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a Montana man who was convicted of assaulting a police officer. In a unanimous decision written by Justice Elena Kagan, the court ruled in Case v. Montana that police officers in Anaconda, Montana, did not violate the Fourth Amendment when they entered William Case’s home without a warrant, rejecting Case’s contention that the police officers needed “probable cause” to go into his house. Under the Supreme Court’s earlier cases, Kagan wrote, it was enough that the police officers reasonably believed that Case – whose former girlfriend had called them to tell them that Case had threatened to commit suicide – needed emergency assistance.

We were live as the court released its opinions in Barrett v. United States, Case v. Montana, and Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections.

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Supreme Court nominations represent one of a president’s most consequential responsibilities, the impact of which extends decades beyond his term. The language presidents employ when discussing nominees reveals their constitutional philosophy, political strategy, and vision for the court. It is not clear when another Supreme Court seat will open. But, in anticipation of such a vacancy, this article examines how Presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Donald Trump described Supreme Court justices and nominees during their campaigns and in official speeches.

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to uphold laws that prohibit transgender women and girls from competing on women’s and girls’ school sports teams. After nearly three-and-a-half hours of arguments in a pair of cases from Idaho and West Virginia, a majority of the justices appeared to agree with the states that the laws can remain in place, even if it was not clear how broadly their ruling might sweep.