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Scotus Archive

Archives for February 2025

Supreme Court
Trump’s biggest power grab just reached the Supreme CourtTrump’s biggest power grab just reached the Supreme Court
Supreme Court

Trump’s lawyers just revealed their plan to place him in charge of federal spending.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is in “radical agreement” that a bizarre DEI rule needs to goThe Supreme Court is in “radical agreement” that a bizarre DEI rule needs to go
Supreme Court

The first DEI case of Trump’s second term turns out to be an easy win against a rule that no one likes.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court faces the absurdly difficult problem of where to put nuclear wasteThe Supreme Court faces the absurdly difficult problem of where to put nuclear waste
Supreme Court

America’s worst NIMBY problem comes to the Supreme Court.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court hands down a rare victory for a death row inmateThe Supreme Court hands down a rare victory for a death row inmate
Supreme Court

Richard Glossip had everything going for him in his Supreme Court hearing. That turned out to be enough.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will decide if gun companies are to blame for arming Mexican cartelsThe Supreme Court will decide if gun companies are to blame for arming Mexican cartels
Supreme Court

Good luck trying to win a suit against the gun industry in this Supreme Court.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court hears a challenge to a DEI rule that genuinely needs to goThe Supreme Court hears a challenge to a DEI rule that genuinely needs to go
Supreme Court

Ames v. Ohio should be an easy — and potentially unanimously decided — case, assuming the Court doesn’t overreach.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
We’re about to learn just how eager the Supreme Court is to help TrumpWe’re about to learn just how eager the Supreme Court is to help Trump
Supreme Court

The first Supreme Court showdown of Trump’s second term is upon us.

By Ian Millhiser
Elon Musk
The lawsuit seeking to kick Elon Musk out of government, explainedThe lawsuit seeking to kick Elon Musk out of government, explained
Elon Musk

The lawsuit asks a very simple question: Who appointed Musk, and what, exactly, does he do?

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
How to make sense of all the court orders against Donald TrumpHow to make sense of all the court orders against Donald Trump
Supreme Court

Restraining orders? Injunctions? What do all the court orders against Trump mean?

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
Don’t expect the courts to save us from Donald TrumpDon’t expect the courts to save us from Donald Trump
Supreme Court

Courts are inherently reactive institutions. Trump always gets the first move.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The legal theory that would make Trump the most powerful president in US historyThe legal theory that would make Trump the most powerful president in US history
Supreme Court

Meet the “unitary executive.”

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
The anti-Trump lawsuits are hereThe anti-Trump lawsuits are here
Politics

The courts are the biggest remaining impediment to Trump’s power grab.

By Patrick Reis