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SCOTUSblog is an online platform focused on the Supreme Court of the United States (often referred to as "SCOTUS"). It features contributions from legal professionals, including lawyers, law professors, and law students, and is supported by Bloomberg Law. Lyle Denniston serves as the blog's dedicated reporter at the Court. The blog follows cases from the initial certiorari stage all the way through to the merits stage. It provides live updates as the Court releases opinions and decides on cases, sometimes offering insights ahead of other news outlets. Additionally, SCOTUSblog regularly hosts discussions with top experts on current cases. The site thoroughly covers all arguments presented before the Court and keeps a detailed archive of case briefs and related documents.

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Court rules that e-cigarette retailers can seek judicial review in the 5th Circuit - SCOTUSblog

6 days ago | scotusblog.com | Amy Howe

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a challenge by retailers to the Food and Drug Administration’s denial of an application by R.J. Reynolds Vapor to market e-cigarettes can go […]
Supreme Court adds four cases to next term’s docket

3 weeks ago | scotusblog.com | Amy Howe

The Supreme Court on Friday evening released orders from the justices’ private conference on Thursday. The justices added four new cases, involving issues such as federal sentencing, the death penalty, and civil procedure, to their docket for the 2025-26 term.
Supreme Court sides with Trump in two DOGE suits

3 weeks ago | scotusblog.com | Amy Howe

The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon handed a pair of victories to the Trump administration on the so-called emergency docket. Over the objections of the court’s three Democratic appointees, the justices cleared the way for members of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to access the records of the Social Security Administration.
Trump asks Supreme Court to pause order reinstating Department of Education employees

3 weeks ago | scotusblog.com | Amy Howe

The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Friday morning asking the justices to temporarily pause an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts that requires the Department of Education to reinstate nearly 1,400 employees who were fired as part of a reduction in force in March. U.S. Solicitor General D.
Justices dismiss dispute over class-certification standards

3 weeks ago | scotusblog.com | Amy Howe

OPINION ANALYSIS It was no surprise that the justices decided on Thursday to dismiss Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis.They granted review to decide whether a federal court can certify a class action that includes claimants who have not suffered any real injury.
Justices reject Mexico’s suit against gun manufacturers

3 weeks ago | scotusblog.com | Amy Howe

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a lawsuit by the Mexican government against U.S. gun makers cannot go forward. In a unanimous decision by Justice Elena Kagan, the justices held that Mexico’s efforts to hold the gun makers responsible for violence committed by Mexican drug cartels with U.S.-made weapons is barred by a federal law that Congress passed in 2005 to shield the gun industry from lawsuits in U.S. courts for the misuse of guns by others.
Supreme Court rules for straight woman who claims she was subjected to reverse discrimination

3 weeks ago | scotusblog.com | Amy Howe

The Supreme Court on Thursday sent the case of an Ohio woman who contends that she was the victim of reverse discrimination back to the lower courts. In a unanimous ruling by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the justices agreed that a federal appeals court in Cincinnati was wrong to impose a higher bar for the case brought by Marlean Ames to move forward than if Ames had been a member of a minority group.
Supreme Court sides with Catholic social ministry over tax exemption

3 weeks ago | scotusblog.com | Amy Howe

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Wisconsin violated the Constitution when it refused to give a Catholic social ministry group the same exemption from the state’s unemployment tax that it gives to churches, religious schools, and some other religious groups. In a unanimous opinion by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the justices agreed with the Catholic social ministry group that the denial of the exemption constituted religious discrimination.
Immigrants challenge government effort to deport them to third-party countries

3 weeks ago | scotusblog.com | Amy Howe

Lawyers for a group of immigrants facing deportation from the United States urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to leave in place an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts barring the government from sending them to a country not explicitly named in their removal orders unless the government first takes a series of steps to ensure that the immigrants will not face torture there.
Trump administration again comes to the Supreme Court seeking large-scale reductions in the federal workforce

3 weeks ago | scotusblog.com | Amy Howe

The Trump administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday afternoon, making another request to pause an order by a federal judge in San Francisco that bars the Trump administration from implementing an executive order calling for large-scale reductions in the federal workforce. In Trump v. American Federation of Government Employees, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer had asked the justices to put an earlier order by Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Illston on hold last month.