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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 11:52 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.” In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor stated that the court’s decision authorizes “untold harm to transgender children and the parents and families who love them.”

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The court rejected the argument that Tennessee’s ban violated the right to equal protection. (A Kiphayet via Shutterstock)

SCOTUS NEWS

Justices’ financial disclosures reveal Justice Jackson earned over $2 million in book advances 

By Amy Howe on June 17 at 2:17 pm

On Tuesday, the justices’ financial disclosures for 2024 were released. Among other things, they revealed payments from book deals, as well as different justices’ earnings for serving as adjunct professors and reimbursements for trips.

IN DISSENT

The lone wolf

By Anastasia Boden on June 17 at 12:49 pm

In Morrison v. Olson, Justice Antonin Scalia penned a thunderous dissent against a majority opinion joined by all of his colleagues. But Morrison didn’t just give us some classic Scalia turns of phrase; it also gave us a prescient warning about the rise of an unaccountable fourth branch of government.

SCOTUS NEWS

Businesses challenge Trump’s tariffs before Supreme Court

By Amy Howe on June 17 at 6:15 pm

Two businesses asked the justices on Tuesday to hear their challenge to the president’s authority to impose hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs. The challengers are asking the Supreme Court to take up their case before it is decided on appeal.

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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 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).

WHAT WE’RE READING

The morning read for Tuesday, June 17

By Zachary Shemtob on June 17, 2025

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

Coming up: Tomorrow, June 18, 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 (with a special guest) for the opinion(s).

SCOTUS NEWS

Supreme Court adds two new cases for next term

By Amy Howe on June 16, 2025

The Supreme Court on Monday added two new cases to its docket for the 2025-26 term, both involving efforts to litigate disputes in federal rather than state courts. In a list of orders released from the justices’ private conference last week, the court announced that it will hear arguments next term in cases arising from New Jersey’s attempt to investigate a group of crisis pregnancy centers and from efforts to hold oil companies responsible for production of crude oil in Louisiana more than 80 years ago.  

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WHAT WE’RE READING

The morning read for Monday, June 16

By Zachary Shemtob on June 16, 2025

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

Coming up: On Wednesday, June 18, 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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