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OPINION ANALYSIS

Court upholds Tennessee’s ban on certain medical treatments for transgender minors

By Amy Howe on June 18 at 11:50 am

In the 6-3 decision, the court’s conservative majority said that Tennessee’s ban is not subject to heightened scrutiny under the Constitution’s equal protection clause. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the court “leave[s] questions regarding its policy to the people, their elected representatives, and the democratic process.”

RELIST WATCH

RLUIPA personal liability and Bivens on the brink

By John Elwood on June 19 at 12:43 pm

A regular round-up of “relisted” petitions. This week: The court addresses actions against officials in their individual capacity under RLUIPA, and faces the potential of Bivens actions.

VIEW FROM THE COURT

Watching environmental law get eclipsed by Skrmetti

By Mark Walsh on June 18 at 6:47 pm

It was a full courtroom as the justices issued various environmental decisions before moving on to one of the most contentious cases of the term, United States v. Skrmetti. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sonia Sotomayor both read from the bench, with Roberts advocating adherence to the political process while Sotomayor issued an impassioned warning.

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Bogart says this shift from well-supervised class actions to the “wild west” of MDLs – seen in cases with hundreds of thousands of separate filings – has meant less judicial oversight and more paperwork chaos, suggesting that courts’ resistance to class actions has actually created a messier and harder-to-manage system for handling large-scale lawsuits.

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WHAT WE’RE READING

The morning read for Friday, June 20

By Zachary Shemtob on June 20, 2025

We’re expecting one or more opinions from the court at 10 a.m. EDT. Join us for the live blog, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

Coming up: On Thursday, June 26, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:30 a.m. EDT that day for the opinion(s).

WHAT WE’RE READING

The morning read for Thursday, June 19

By Zachary Shemtob on June 19, 2025

Good morning. I hope you have a meaningful Juneteenth.

Yesterday, the court issued decisions in United States v. SkrmettiNRC v. TexasEPA v. CalumetOklahoma v. EPA, and Perttu v. Richards

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:

Coming up: Tomorrow, June 20, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:30 a.m. EDT for the opinion(s).

OPINIONS OVERVIEW

Additional opinions from Wednesday, June 18

By SCOTUSblog on June 18, 2025

On Wednesday, June 18, the Supreme Court also released the following opinions:

— In Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas, the court considered who has a right to challenge the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing decisions. Texas and a private company were seeking legal review of one of the commission’s licensing decisions from 2021 regarding the storage of spent nuclear fuel.

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OPINION ANALYSES

Supreme Court issues two rulings specifying where challenges to EPA actions on clean air must be filed

By Amy Howe on June 18, 2025

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued two rulings on where certain challenges to actions taken by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act must be filed. In the first decision by Justice Clarence Thomas, EPA v. Calumet, the court ruled that one set of challenges, brought by a group of small refineries in Louisiana, should have been filed in a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. And in a second decision by Thomas, Oklahoma v. EPA, the court ruled that challenges by Oklahoma and Utah (as well as companies from those states’ energy industry) should have been filed in a federal appeals court in Denver. 

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WHAT WE’RE READING

The morning read for Wednesday, June 18

By Zachary Shemtob on June 18, 2025

We’re expecting one or more opinions from the court at 10 a.m. EDT. Join us for the live blog, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

Coming up: On Friday, June 20, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:30 a.m. EDT that day for the opinion(s).

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