Every post published in October 2025, most recent first.
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Happy Halloween to those who celebrate! Did you know that Halloween helped Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett connect when Barrett first joined the court? Barrett has repeatedly shared the story of Sotomayor making candy bags for her kids after her confirmation.
Updated on Oct. 31 at 8:42 a.m. On Nov. 5, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a pair of challenges to President Donald Trump’s power to impose sweeping tariffs on virtually all goods imported into the United States.
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, in Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited Inc. v. Burton, the Supreme Court will consider a disagreement among the federal courts of appeals over whether there is a time limit for setting aside a judgment as void for lack of personal jurisdiction – that is, because the trial court did not have the authority to exercise power over the litigant.
The arguments next Tuesday in The Hain Celestial Group v Palmquist probably will sound like a session of a first-year civil procedure course, as the Supreme Court will consider what to do when a trial court improperly dismisses a defendant who would have deprived it of jurisdiction to hear the case.
You’ve likely heard of AI-driven mistakes in legal filings, but what about AI juries?
The Supreme Court on Wednesday afternoon asked the litigants in the challenge to President Donald Trump’s effort to deploy the National Guard to Illinois to file supplemental briefs addressing the interpretation of the law on which Trump relied in his Oct. 4 memorandum calling up the National Guard.
In Rico v. United States, the Supreme Court will consider whether the fugitive-tolling doctrine – the legal principle that a criminal defendant should not receive credit toward his sentence for time spent as a fugitive – applies when a defendant absconds from (that is, flees from or evades) supervised release, thereby preventing the term of supervision from expiring while the defendant is on the lam.
Updated on Oct. 29 at 12:36 p.m. Next Monday’s argument in Hencely v Fluor Corporation asks the justices to consider the extent to which military contractors can be held liable in tort suits – that is, a lawsuit seeking damages for harm caused by someone else’s wrongful actions or negligence – brought under state law.
Updated on Oct. 31 at 6:25 p.m. ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. While all media eyes will be on the tariff cases set for oral argument on Nov. 5, the fact is that over half of the 11 cases set for the two-week November sitting are criminal-and-related cases.