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The state of the death penalty
As the justices make their final preparations this week for the start of the 2025-26 term, they’ll also address the latest request for a stay of execution.
September 2025 Archive
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SCOTUStoday for Tuesday, September 30
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s investiture ceremony took place on this day in 2022, but she actually had been serving on the court for three months by that point after taking the Constitutional Oath and Judicial Oath on June 30.
Venezuelans ask Supreme Court not to allow Trump administration to end their protected status
Lawyers representing Venezuelan citizens living in the United States under a program that provides them with a safe harbor here urged the Supreme Court on Monday afternoon to leave in place an order by a federal judge in San Francisco that temporarily bars the Trump administration from ending their protected status under that program.
How birthright citizenship made it back to the Supreme Court
On Friday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of its birthright citizenship order. Although the administration’s decision to do so was not a great surprise, the issue has taken a somewhat meandering path to get to the court.
SCOTUStoday for Monday, September 29
The leaves are changing, pumpkin bars are baking, and the justices are back at the Supreme Court. They’ll gather today for the annual “long conference,” the unofficial end of their three-month summer break (though, to be fair, they’ve been kept plenty busy with emergency applications).
Trump urges Supreme Court to decide whether to end birthright citizenship
The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the legality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end the guarantee of citizenship to virtually everyone born in the United States.
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to withhold billions in foreign-aid funding
The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to withhold nearly $4 billion in foreign-aid funding. Over a dissent by the court’s three Democratic appointees, the justices paused a ruling by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that would have required the government to commit to spending the funds by Sept. 30, the end of the government’s fiscal year.
SCOTUStoday for Friday, September 26
Today marks five years since President Donald Trump formally nominated Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Justice Barrett made an appearance yesterday at the inaugural SCOTUSblog Summit.
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Justice Barrett reflects on public scrutiny, swing votes, and recusals at SCOTUSblog Summit
Justice Amy Coney Barrett is not on social media to see critics calling her too conservative when she sides with her fellow Republican-appointed justices and too liberal when she doesn’t, but she’s well aware that not all court watchers are fans of her work.
Federal Reserve governor asks Supreme Court to prevent Trump from removing her
Lawyers for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook urged the Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon to allow Cook to remain in office while her challenge to President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire her continues.