Scotus Archive
Archives for April 2025
The Court’s Christian right makeover of the Constitution enters its endgame.
Trump filled the Supreme Court bench with anti-government saboteurs. But will they sabotage him?
Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to reinstate his ban on trans military service, after a lower court blocked it.
Many of the justices seemed eager to impose impossible burdens on schools.
The two Republican justices appeared open to an attack on Obamacare, but ultimately seemed likely to reject it.
In an unusual overnight order, most of the justices voted to halt several illegal deportations.
How can you punish Trump officials for violating the law, when federal law enforcement is controlled by Trump?
The Oklahoma charter school case is one of two April cases seeking to remake schools in the religious right’s image.
The Court is likely to give Trump broad, unchecked authority over the federal workforce.
An influential Christian right law firm asks the justices to impose an impossible burden on teachers.
The Obamacare wars are back.
Even Trump’s lawyers concede that deporting Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was illegal.
Despite the fact there isn’t a plausible argument the Alien Enemies Act can be used to do so.
At least some GOP legal elites are lining up against Trump’s trade policy. That could be enough to sway the justices.
The president has broad authority over trade, but SCOTUS sometimes vetoes the president when they think he went too far.