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EMERGENCY DOCKET

Group challenges ruling that potentially weakens the Voting Rights Act

By Amy Howe on July 15 at 5:50 pm

On Tuesday, a group of plaintiffs asked the Supreme Court to stay a lower court ruling prohibiting private plaintiffs from challenging discrimination under a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. According to the plaintiffs, the lower court’s decision means that voters in that circuit “have fewer enforceable rights and protections against racial discrimination in voting than citizens elsewhere in the nation.”

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IMMIGRATION MATTERS

Taking stock of Trump’s immigration requests on the emergency docket

By César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández on July 16 at 2:27 pm

In the six months since President Trump resumed office, the Supreme Court’s emergency docket has become key to his administration’s immigration agenda. The federal government has seen success in almost every immigration policy dispute to reach the court.

COURTLY OBSERVATIONS

Judicial Deference?

By Erwin Chemerinsky on July 15 at 11:41 am

A central question in constitutional law is when courts should defer to the political branches of government and when courts should overrule them. Liberals and conservative justices both sometimes want to defer and sometimes not. What accounts for the difference isn’t about methods of constitutional interpretation or judicial philosophy. In so many cases, especially controversial ones, it is instead about the ideology and values of the justices. It always has been and always will be, and we shouldn’t pretend it is anything else.

EMERGENCY DOCKET

Supreme Court clears the way for Trump administration to massively reduce the size of the Department of Education

By Amy Howe on July 14 at 4:26 pm

On Monday, the Supreme Court paused an order by a district court requiring the Department of Education to reinstate nearly 1,400 employees fired by the Trump administration as part of its effort to dismantle the DOE. In a dissent joined by her two fellow Democratic appointees, Justice Sonia Sotomayor contended that the court’s decision would “unleash untold harm.”

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The morning read for Wednesday, July 16

By Zachary Shemtob on July 16, 2025

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

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The morning read for Tuesday, July 15

By Zachary Shemtob on July 15, 2025

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

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The morning read for Monday, July 14

By Zachary Shemtob on July 14, 2025

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

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The morning read for Friday, July 11

By Zachary Shemtob on July 11, 2025

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