Trump Threatens Court-Packing After SCOTUS Strikes Down IEEPA TariffsMay 25, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling that IEEPA bars broad presidential tariffs prompted Trump to attack his own nominees and threaten court expansion.
Supreme Court Justices Split Over TPS Termination Review AuthorityMay 25, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases over TPS termination for 350,000 Haitian and Syrian nationals, with justices divided on judicial review and agency process.
Supreme Court Faces Term-Ending Queue of Landmark DecisionsMay 25, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court has roughly 30 decisions pending as of late May, covering birthright citizenship, FTC firing power, transgender sports, and TPS status.
Google Files 111-Page D.C. Circuit Brief Challenging Search Monopoly RulingMay 23, 2026Legal NewsGoogle's 111-page D.C. Circuit brief attacks Judge Mehta's 2024 search monopoly ruling, targeting data-sharing orders and default-placement bans as legally overbroad.
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Callais Judgment, Clearing Path for Louisiana RedistrictingMay 22, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court waived its normal reconsideration window to immediately finalize Louisiana v. Callais, clearing the state to postpone its May 16 primaries for redistricting.
Supreme Court Vacates Alabama Redistricting Block, Cites CallaisMay 22, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court's 6-3 emergency order vacates a district court block on Alabama's race-neutral congressional map, invoking Callais two weeks after that ruling.
Supreme Court Dismisses Alabama Execution Case, Leaving Disability Bar IntactMay 22, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court dismissed Hamm v. Smith 5-4, sparing an Alabama death row inmate but leaving courts without a uniform test for borderline IQ cases.
Raskin Introduces Three Bills to Rein In Shadow DocketMay 22, 2026Legal NewsRep. Jamie Raskin introduced three bills to require written explanations for Supreme Court shadow docket orders and bolster transparency in the emergency-order process.
Purcell Principle Collides With 2026 Redistricting Deadline in CallaisMay 22, 2026Legal NewsAfter the Supreme Court ruled in Louisiana v. Callais, parties clashed over whether the decision takes immediate effect, putting the Purcell principle and 2026 redistricting deadlines in direct tension.
SCOTUS Set to Conference on Dershowitz CNN Defamation PetitionMay 22, 2026Legal NewsThe Supreme Court is set to conference on Dershowitz's $300M CNN defamation petition, which asks the justices to overturn New York Times v. Sullivan's actual malice standard.