Virginia Supreme Court Voids Voter-Approved Redistricting Amendment, SCOTUS Declines to InterveneMay 16, 2026Legal NewsVirginia's Supreme Court voided a voter-ratified redistricting amendment on procedural grounds, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene, locking in current district lines for 2026.
Supreme Court Vacates Alabama Redistricting Injunction Under Callais StandardMay 16, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court on May 11 vacated a lower court injunction that had required Alabama to use a court-drawn congressional map containing two majority-Black...
Supreme Court Strips Freight Brokers of Federal Preemption Shield in Tort CasesMay 16, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court ruled unanimously on May 14, 2026, that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 does not preempt state common-law...
Supreme Court Stays Fifth Circuit Order on Mifepristone Dispensing RulesMay 16, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court stayed a Fifth Circuit order reinstating in-person mifepristone rules, preserving telehealth access while signaling Comstock Act tensions ahead.
Second Circuit Hears Combs Appeal on Acquitted-Conduct Sentencing DoctrineMay 15, 2026Legal NewsSean Combs asked a federal appellate panel on April 9 to reduce his sentence, arguing that the district court improperly enhanced his guidelines calculation...
Supreme Court Enters Final Stretch With 33 Decisions PendingMay 15, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court has 33 decisions pending as the term enters its final weeks, with landmark rulings on birthright citizenship, agency removals, and TPS designations imminent.
Supreme Court Order Restores Struck-Down Alabama Map, Forcing Special PrimaryMay 15, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court vacated the injunction blocking Alabama's 2023 congressional map, forcing a special primary mid-cycle and raising stakes for Voting Rights Act enforcement across the South.
Federal Circuit Stay Leaves $35.5 Billion IEEPA Refund Process IntactMay 15, 2026Legal NewsA Federal Circuit administrative stay leaves the Court of International Trade's IEEPA refund portal intact, with $35.5 billion in importer claims already queued.
First Circuit Joins Circuit Split Over Mandatory Immigration DetentionMay 15, 2026Legal NewsThe First Circuit grilled DOJ over mandatory immigration detention without bond hearings, deepening a circuit split that may reach the Supreme Court by October 2026.
Supreme Court’s *Callais* Ruling Rewrites the Voting Rights Act’s Core StandardMay 15, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais replaces the Voting Rights Act's effects-based test with an intent requirement, upending four decades of redistricting law.