Every post published in May 2025, most recent first.
The Supreme Court on Friday morning cleared the way for the Trump administration to revoke the Biden administration’s grant of parole – that is, permission to stay in the United States for humanitarian or public interest reasons – to more than 500,000 noncitizens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled to limit the scope of environmental review required under a seminal 1970s environmental protection law.
Yesterday, May 29, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court is making good progress in sorting through the current relists. This week it disposed of four.
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.
This article is part of a series on the legacy and jurisprudence of the late Justice David Souter. Kent Greenfield is Professor of Law and Dean’s Distinguished Scholar at Boston College. He clerked for Justice Souter during the 1994 Term.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
This article was updated on May 28 at 10:56 a.m.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to weigh in on the bid for compassionate release by a New York man convicted of murder for hire a quarter-century ago.
Brent Newton is a Practitioner in Residence at Penn State Dickinson Law. Law review articles have long been criticized for being out of touch with actual legal practice and having little influence on judicial decision making.