Supreme Court Weighs Executive Power to Revoke TPS for Hundreds of ThousandsMay 16, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court heard 90-plus minutes of argument over whether courts can review TPS terminations affecting 350,000 Haitians and 7,000 Syrians, with a ruling due by summer.
Altman Takes the Stand, Denies Nonprofit Promise to MuskMay 16, 2026Legal NewsOpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified for four hours in the Musk trial, denying he promised to keep the company nonprofit and accusing Musk of trying to destroy it.
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 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.
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.
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.