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

Yesterday, June 12, the court issued opinions in Rivers v. Guerrero, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Zuch, Martin v. United States, Parrish v. United States, Soto 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:

• A Supreme Court Win for Special-Needs Kids’ Lawsuits Against Schools (Dan McLaughlin, National Review)
• Gorsuch warns Supreme Court decision gives IRS ‘powerful new tool to avoid accountability’ (Stephen Sorace, Fox News)
• The Supreme Court’s Inconsistency Is Very Revealing (Paul Rosenzweig, The Atlantic)
• The Supreme Court Could Cut Off Classroom Internet Connections (Peter Greene, Forbes)
• Peak absurdity on campaign finance reform heads to the Supreme Court (George F. Will, The Washington Post)

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.”

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:

• Supreme Court asked to permit pregame prayer on loudspeaker (Alex Swoyer, The Washington Times)
• Trump Fights to Move Appeal of Hush-Money Conviction to Federal Court (Jonah E. Bromwich, The New York Times)
• Supreme Court Pauses Auto Notifications After Software Glitch (Lydia Wheeler, Bloomberg)
• Map Shows Where Gay Marriage Would Be Banned if Supreme Court Overturns Law (Sophie Clark, Newsweek)
• The enormous stakes in a new Supreme Court case about Trump’s mass firings (Ian Millhiser, Vox)

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.) 

On April 23, 2025, United States Deputy Solicitor General Edwin S. Kneedler made his 160th argument before the Supreme Court, following which he will be retiring. This article is one in a series of tributes from Mr. Kneedler’s former colleagues on his remarkable career.

Edwin Kneedler was the very model of a public servant. His career at the Justice Department spanned nine presidential administrations and coincided with remarkable changes in constitutional law and statutory interpretation. The Constitution as interpreted by the courts is very different today from what it was in the final years of the Carter administration. When Ed joined the Justice Department, Antonin Scalia was a law professor, Sandra Day O’Connor was a state-court judge, and John Roberts was graduating from law school. Courts still looked to the legislative history as often as the statutory text and interpreted statutes consistent with their remedial purposes, the wall of separation between church and state was high, and executive power was near its post-Watergate nadir. All of that changed over the course of Ed’s career.