Supreme Court Locks In Louisiana VRA Redistricting Map for 2026 ElectionsMay 17, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court refused to reverse its expedited VRA ruling in Callais v. Louisiana, locking in a redistricting deadline as Justice Jackson renewed her dissent.
Supreme Court Limits VRA Section 2 in Louisiana Redistricting RulingMay 17, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais narrows VRA Section 2, striking down Louisiana's majority-Black district and reshaping redistricting law across the South.
Supreme Court Opens Freight Brokers to State Negligent-Hiring SuitsMay 17, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that the FAAAA does not preempt state negligent-hiring claims against freight brokers, opening the industry to multistate tort liability.
Federal Judge Unseals Epstein Suicide Note Hidden for Seven YearsMay 16, 2026Legal NewsA Manhattan federal judge unsealed a handwritten note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein, a document kept from investigators for seven years inside a co-defendant's sealed case file.
Supreme Court Holds Donor-List Subpoena Confers Standing on NonprofitMay 16, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court held April 29 that a subpoena demanding a nonprofit's donor list causes a present First Amendment injury, resolving a key standing dispute.
Supreme Court Stays Fifth Circuit Mifepristone Ruling, Preserving Telehealth AccessMay 16, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court stayed the Fifth Circuit's mifepristone telehealth ban on May 14, preserving mail-order access while two justices raised the Comstock Act as a future threat.
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’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.
North Dakota Supreme Court Shields Pipeline Verdict With International Antisuit InjunctionMay 15, 2026Legal NewsNorth Dakota's Supreme Court, in a 4-1 ruling, barred Greenpeace International from pursuing Dutch anti-SLAPP claims that would require relitigating the $345 million pipeline verdict.
Supreme Court Reinstates Alabama’s VRA-Blocked Map Before May PrimaryMay 15, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court's 6-3 unsigned order revives Alabama's VRA-blocked 2023 congressional map days before the May 19 primary, remanding under Louisiana v. Callais.