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Groups urge Supreme Court to leave order in place reinstating Department of Education employees

By Amy Howe on June 13 at 6:15 pm

On Friday afternoon various states, school districts, and teachers’ unions asked the Supreme Court to keep in place a district court’s order directing the Department of Education to reinstate approximately 1,400 employees fired by the Trump administration. According to the challengers, if the court sides with the federal government “it will be effectively impossible to undo much of the damage caused.”

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On May 22, the district court ordered the Department of Education to reinstate fired employees. (Abbie Fitz via Shutterstock)

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Supreme Court allows family’s suit against government for “wrong house” raid to continue

By Amy Howe on June 12 at 2:30 pm

On Thursday, the Supreme Court allowed a family to continue suing the government after FBI agents wrongly raided their home. An appeals court had found that the government could not be held liable under a federal law that generally waives the government’s immunity from lawsuits seeking compensation for injuries inflicted by federal employees. In reversing the appeals court, the Supreme Court determined the family’s claims should be evaluated under a different legal standard.

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Justices rule for inmate whose lawsuit was dismissed on procedural grounds  

By Amy Howe on June 12 at 4:32 pm

Writing for an 8-1 majority, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that an inmate attempting to challenge his segregated confinement in a federal prison in West Virginia should not have seen his case dismissed over the timing of his notice of appeal.

OPINION ANALYSIS

Unanimous court rebuffs higher standard for discrimination claims by children with disabilities

By Ronald Mann on June 12 at 6:32 pm

The justices agreed that children with disabilities should not have to prove intent to discriminate in order to recover damages in discrimination cases involving schools, but two concurring opinions drew out lingering conflict.

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San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu discusses City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, in which the court is considering whether the Environmental Protection Agency violates the Clean Water Act when it imposes generic prohibitions in a permit for a city’s water discharges, without specifying explicit standards for discharges.   
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The morning read for Friday, June 13

By Zachary Shemtob on June 13, 2025

Yesterday, June 12, the court issued opinions in Rivers v. GuerreroCommissioner of Internal Revenue v. ZuchMartin v. United StatesParrish v. United StatesSoto v. United States, and A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School District No. 279.  

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

OPINION OVERVIEW

Additional opinions from Thursday, June 12

By SCOTUSblog on June 12, 2025

On Thursday, June 12, the Supreme Court also released the following opinions:

— In Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Zuch, the court considered whether a tax court has jurisdiction to hear a taxpayer’s appeal of a proposed levy to collect unpaid taxes once imposing a levy is no longer an option because the taxes have been paid in full.

In an 8-1 decision by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the court held that tax courts no longer have jurisdiction under these circumstances. Specifically, Barrett wrote that “[b]ecause there was no longer a proposed levy, the Tax Court properly concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to resolve questions about Zuch’s disputed tax liability.”

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Supreme Court rejects inmate’s attempt to invalidate his convictions

By Amy Howe on June 12, 2025

The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down an effort by a Texas inmate to invalidate his convictions using new evidence that he says could clear him. In a unanimous decision by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court ruled that a filing by Danny Rivers raising claims relating to that new evidence was a prohibited “second or successive” petition even though it was made while the district court’s decision denying his first petition was still pending on appeal.

Rivers was convicted in Texas in 2012 of child sex abuse, indecency with a child, and possession of child pornography. After his efforts to overturn his convictions in state court were unsuccessful, Rivers filed a petition for federal post-conviction relief in 2017 in which he alleged (among other things) that his lawyers had been deficient and that prosecutors had engaged in misconduct.

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The morning read for Thursday, June 12

By Zachary Shemtob on June 12, 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 Thursday morning read:

SCOTUS FOCUS

Reporters call for live-streaming opinion announcements

By Amy Howe on June 11, 2025

On June 7, 2024, a large group of reporters covering the Supreme Court (including this reporter) sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, asking him to consider live-streaming the audio of the court’s opinion announcements. They have not received a response to the letter, which they are now publicly releasing. The letter appears below. (In an article we ran on June 3, Kit Beyer of Fix the Court also urged the justices to livestream opinion announcements.) 

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