Questions about Thursday’s oral argument in the birthright citizenship dispute? We have (some) answers.

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

• In birthright citizenship case, US Supreme Court gets two controversies in one (Andrew Chung, Reuters)
• Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Venezuelan Deportations to Resume (Abbie VanSickle, The New York Times)
• What’s At Stake As Trump’s Assault On Birthright Citizenship Heads To The Supreme Court (Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone)
• Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship heads to the Supreme Court (Jean Lantz Reisz, The Conversation)
• With Trump’s ban on trans troops in effect, US tests lawful discrimination (Sara Pequeño, USA Today)

Coming up: On Thursday, May 15, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. The justices will then hear oral arguments in Trump v. CASA. We’ll be live at 9:30 a.m. EDT for the opinions and argument.

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

• Trump uses Supreme Court birthright citizenship case in bid to limit judges’ power (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
• These pregnant moms eye Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship arguments with fear (John Fritze, CNN)
• David Souter Set an Example for the Supreme Court (Noah Feldman, Bloomberg)
• Despite Souter’s objection, SCOTUS should absolutely televise its public hearings (Jordan Rubin, MSNBC)
• Should Reporters Identify Judges by the President Who Nominated Them? (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times)

Coming up: On Thursday, May 15, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. The justices will then hear oral arguments in Trump v. CASA. We’ll be live at 9:30 a.m. EDT for the opinions and argument.

The court announced this morning that Retired Associate Justice David Souter died yesterday at his home in New Hampshire. He was 85 years old.

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

• Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter dies at 85 (Dan Mangan, CNBC)
• David H. Souter, Republican Justice Who Allied With Court’s Liberal Wing, Dies at 85 (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times)
• Hegseth initiates ban on transgender troops after Supreme Court ruling (Alex Horton & Casey Parks, The Washington Post)
• The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship case isn’t really about birthright citizenship (Ian Millhiser, Vox)
• A Way Out of SCOTUS Charter School Ruling Mess: Focus on Mission, Not Religion (Richard D. Kahlenberg, The 74)

The Trump administration returned to the Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon, once again seeking emergency relief from the justices. This time Solicitor General D. John Sauer, asked the court to pause a ruling by a federal district judge in Massachusetts that blocked the Department of Homeland Security from revoking the Biden administration’s grant of parole – that is, permission to temporarily stay in the United States for humanitarian or public interest reasons – to more than 500,000 noncitizens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. 

Sauer told the justices that the order by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani “has nullified one of the Administration’s most consequential immigration policy decisions,” blocking a decision by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem “and maintaining parole for up to two years for 532,000 aliens whose continued presence in the United States the Secretary deems contrary to U.S. interests.” 

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

• Called out by Trump for how he leads the Supreme Court, John Roberts is fine keeping a low profile (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
• Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts Sends New Message to Trump (Anna Commander, Newsweek)
• One of the most controversial executive orders will shortly land at SCOTUS (The Economist)
• C-SPAN asks the Supreme Court to televise arguments for Trump’s birthright citizenship case (Amanda Friedman, Politico)
• The Universal Injunction Cases, Part 1: The Origins Debate (Samuel Bray, Divided Argument)