The Supreme Court declined on Nov. 12 to take up a challenge to New York’s rent control law, which grants a building’s tenants veto power over condominium conversions. The decision came in the form of an unsigned order regarding the petition filed in G-Max Management Inc. v. State of New York. The court did not […]

The Supreme Court on Nov. 12 turned away former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’s request to transfer his election interference case from a Georgia state court to federal court. The justices issued the court’s new unsigned order without explaining why, as is its custom when rejecting petitions. Meadows filed his petition with […]

A federal judge will allow two states suing the federal government over allegedly encouraging social media platforms to censor user views to do the further discovery needed to keep their lawsuit alive. Discovery helps litigants gather evidence for trial and can consist of examinations under oath and requests for documents. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty […]

The Supreme Court decided on Nov. 4 to hear a racial gerrymandering case from Louisiana. Gerrymandering is the manipulation of electoral district boundaries to favor a particular party or constituency. The case will not be heard in time for the Nov. 5 presidential and congressional elections. The case is actually two cases—Louisiana v. Callais and […]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 31 rejected independent presidential candidate Cornel West’s request to require swing state Pennsylvania officials to advise voters they could write him in as a candidate. A lower court in Pennsylvania removed his name from the Nov. 5 ballot after finding the paperwork in support of his candidacy was not […]

The U.S. Supreme Court voted 6–3 on Oct. 30 to allow Virginia officials to remove suspected noncitizens from the voter rolls. State officials reportedly removed the names of 1,600 individuals believed not to be U.S. citizens from Virginia voter rolls in recent weeks. The court did not provide reasons for its emergency order, but Justices […]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 29 turned down Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s emergency applications seeking to remove his name from ballots in the swing states of Wisconsin and Michigan. Early voting in the Nov. 5 presidential and congressional election began on Oct. 22 in Wisconsin and on Oct. 26 in Michigan. The Supreme Court […]

Virginia officials filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 28 asking the justices to allow the state to remove suspected noncitizens from the voter rolls. The application was filed in the case known as Beals v. Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit found […]

The Supreme Court on Oct. 21 decided against hearing an appeal aimed at giving the president the power to fire leaders of independent federal agencies. The justices denied the petition in Consumers’ Research v. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) without comment in an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The lead petitioner, Virginia-based Consumers’ Research, describes […]

The Supreme Court on Oct. 21 said it will hear Oklahoma’s case claiming that state disputes over a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policy should be heard in regional circuit courts, as opposed to Washington. At issue is the EPA’s “good neighbor” rule that cracks down on states whose industries are said to be contributing […]

The Supreme Court denied an emergency request late Oct. 16 to block a new federal regulation restricting emissions by coal-fired power plants, but two justices suggested it may revisit the case. The new decision was made after a series of emergency applications were filed by Republican-led states including West Virginia and energy interests that sought […]

Supreme Court justices on Oct. 16 heard arguments in a challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) wastewater discharge permitting system, which San Francisco claims violates federal law. The city and county of San Francisco argue in the appeal that the EPA’s “vague” limitations on how much pollution may be present in wastewater discharged […]

Oklahoma urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9 to throw out the murder conviction of Richard Eugene Glossip after the state admitted the prosecution was flawed. The nation’s highest court decided on Jan. 22 to hear his appeal after suspending his execution in May 2023. Glossip, 61, was convicted of murdering his employer, Barry […]

The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Oct. 4 to hear the death row appeal of Ruben Gutierrez, who argues that DNA testing of the crime scene evidence would clear him. The court granted the petition in Gutierrez v. Saenz without comment. No justices dissented. The respondent, Luis Saenz, is the district attorney for Cameron County, […]

The Supreme Court declined on Oct. 4 to halt U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations limiting industry emissions of mercury and methane. The rulings came in a bundle of orders in several pending emergency applications. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decisions. The nation’s highest court is allowing the regulations to remain […]

The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Oct. 4 to hear U.S. gun makers’ appeal in Mexico’s ongoing $10 billion lawsuit against the firearms companies. In the lawsuit, Mexico is seeking $10 billion from U.S. gun companies for allegedly flooding that country with firearms. Mexico blames the companies for a violent crime wave, saying their actions […]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 27 denied Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s request to put his name back on New York’s presidential ballot after a lower court disqualified him. Justice Sonia Sotomayor referred the emergency application in Team Kennedy v. Berger to the full court, which denied it without comment in a one-sentence order. Kennedy, […]

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) unveiled comprehensive reform legislation on Sept. 26 to add six justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, raising the total from the current nine members to 15. The measure follows a bipartisan commission established by President Joe Biden found in late 2021 that Congress had authority to expand Supreme Court membership, and […]

Seven states filed suit against the federal government on Sept. 3 for allegedly moving forward with student loan cancelation after the Supreme Court blocked a prior loan forgiveness plan. Student loan cancelation is a political issue in the current election cycle. As vice president, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has supported President Joe Biden’s efforts […]

The Supreme Court denied on Sept. 3 Oklahoma’s emergency application to restore a canceled $4.5 million family planning grant. Justices Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito dissented from the decision to deny the injunction against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the federal agency that withheld the grant. The three justices […]