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By Amy Howe on Aug. 8 at 1:27 p.m.

In a 5-4 decision on Tuesday the justices allowed the Biden administration to temporarily reinstate a rule regulating homemade guns, known as “ghost guns,” as firearms. The unsigned order allows the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives rule to remain in place while challenges continue in a lower court.

Cement building with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives sign

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in Washington D.C. (DCStockPhotography via Shutterstock)

By Kalvis Golde on Aug. 7 at 6:13 p.m.

A weekly look at new and notable petitions seeking Supreme Court review. This week: whether a federal agent’s testimony at a drug-trafficking trial violated the Federal Rules of Evidence, which prevent expert witnesses from “stat[ing] an opinion” about whether someone had a mental state or condition relevant to a criminal charge.

By Amy Howe on Aug. 4 at 4:13 p.m.

In a brief unsigned order on Friday, the justices rejected the city of Tulsa’s request to put on hold a lower court decision that barred the city from enforcing local ordinances against Native Americans on reservations. The dispute, still in its preliminary stages, will now return to the district court.

By Amy Howe on Aug. 1 at 8:10 p.m.

A majority of the court on Tuesday night refused to stay the execution of Johnny Johnson, a Missouri man who argued that medical records of his decades-long struggle with mental illness proved him mentally incompetent to be executed. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.

Since 2017, the Supreme Court has significantly increased its use of the process by which the justices hear and resolves emergency appeals, sometimes known as the shadow docket. Professor Stephen Vladeck has closely tracked that change in recent years and joins Amy to discuss his new book The Shadow Docket.

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By SCOTUSblog on Aug 09, 2023 at 10:39 am

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

US Supreme Court restores Biden ‘ghost gun’ rules – for now (Mike Wendling, BBC News)
Roberts and Barrett join liberals as Supreme Court revives federal ghost gun restrictions (Ariane de Vogue, CNN)
In wake of Supreme Court ruling, environmentalists strategize how to save wetlands (Will Atwater, NC Health News)
Religious Objections Over Pronouns Test High Court’s New Stance (George Weykamp, Bloomberg Law)
Supreme Court Ruling Won’t Affect Tribal Colleges, Universities (Kolby KickingWoman, The74)

By SCOTUSblog on Aug 08, 2023 at 11:19 am

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

9th Circuit overturns butterfly knife ban, citing Supreme Court ‘history’ standard on guns (Kevin Rector, The Los Angeles Times)
Nixon v. Fitzgerald and the President’s “Absolute Immunity” (Steve Vladeck, One First)
A Gambit to Duck Supreme Court Review (The Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal)
The Supreme Court’s “Major Questions Doctrine” Is a Threat to Democracy (Harry Blain, Jacobin)
Clarence Thomas faces yet another round of ethics questions (Steve Benen, MSNBC)

By SCOTUSblog on Aug 07, 2023 at 11:17 am

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

Clarence Thomas’s $267,230 R.V. and the Friend Who Financed It (Jo Becker & Julie Tate, The New York Times)
The Internet Speech Case That the Supreme Court Can’t Dodge (Jeff Kosseff, Wired)
Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action Was Wrong, Asian American Student Organizations Say (TeenVogue)
Democrats vs. the Supreme Court (The Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal)
How I ‘bribed’ a justice to take a no-expenses-paid trip to Mississippi (Margaret McMullan, The Washington Post)

By SCOTUSblog on Aug 04, 2023 at 10:21 am

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

Kagan enters fray over Congress’ power to police Supreme Court (Josh Gerstein, Politico)
Trump calls for Supreme Court to ‘intercede’ against Biden after third indictment (Kevin Breuninger, CNBC)
Senate Democrats ask for Alito to be recused from Supreme Court ethics and tax cases (Ariane de Vogue, CNN)
After Supreme Court victory, anti-affirmative action group turns to military academy exemption (Rachel Nostrant, Reuters)
Man Behind U.S. Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision Sues VC Fund Supporting Black-Women-Owned Businesses (Shanique Yates, Yahoo Finance)

By SCOTUSblog on Aug 03, 2023 at 10:25 am

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

Supreme Court Wetlands Ruling Imperils Waters on Public Lands (Bobby Magill, Bloomberg Law)
New UNC-Chapel Hill policy all but bans asking applicants about racial experiences (Joe Killian, NC Newsline)
Supreme Court justices resist adopting a code of ethics because they don’t want it enforced it against them (Joel Jacobsen, Albuquerque Journal)
ADA Testers Have No Standing, And The Supreme Court Must Decide The Issue Now (Kevin J. Kearns, Washington Legal Foundation)
Justice Alito and the Separation of Powers (Steve Vladeck, One First)

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