U.S.: Supreme Court grapples with how to control water pollution

CNN: "The Supreme Court grappled Wednesday with questions about the scope of the Clean Water Act and the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate pollutants that find their way into navigable water such as oceans, rivers and streams."

U.S. Supreme Court Nov. 6 arguments

Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a case involving disclosure requirements for retirement plan fiduciaries and in a Clean Water Act case from Hawaii.

Justices struggle with copyright case involving pirate ship

Associated Press: The Supreme Court is wrestling with a modern-day dispute involving the pirate Blackbeard’s ship that went down off North Carolina’s coast more than 300 years ago."

U.S. Supreme Court Nov. 5 arguments

Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a ship chartering case and in a case involving the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act.

Justices appear split over police power in traffic stops

Courthouse News Service: "The Supreme Court was sharply divided Monday as the justices considered whether a police officer can pull a car over based solely on the knowledge that it is registered to a person with a suspended license."

U.S. Supreme Court Nov. 4 arguments

Monday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a case on whether a police officer can pull over a vehicle merely because its registered owner has a suspended driver’s license and a case on cancellation of removal of a lawful permanent resident.

Liberty Medal awarded to former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy

Philadelphia Inquirer: "Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy was awarded the Liberty Medal on Sunday evening at the National Constitution Center. In his acceptance of the award, Kennedy called for people, but especially government, to have respectful, open dialogue in making decisions."

Associate Justice Elena Kagan says U.S. Supreme Court not partisan, despite current political climate

Denver Post: "At a time when partisan politics seem to have taken hold of the country, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan believes that the country’s highest court remains independent."

U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 16 arguments

Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a case on state prosecution based on information on immigration forms, a case on life imprisonment without parole for juvenile offenders, and a case on whether the “discovery rule” applies to toll the statute of limitations in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

The last of the sketch artists on cameras in the US Supreme Court

Quartz: "Art Lien didn’t dream of becoming a courtroom sketch artist, though the diminutive form of his name did hint at this ultimate destiny. In fact, it’s a job Lien once mocked."

U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 15 arguments

Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in case on whether members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico are officers of the United States subject to the Appointments Clause.

U.S.: Supreme Court is divided over gay, transgender job bias in civil rights case

USA Today: "The Supreme Court appeared deeply divided Tuesday on a major civil rights question: whether gay and transgender people are covered by a federal law barring employment discrimination on the basis of sex."

U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 8 arguments

Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases involving employment discrimination related to employee sexual orientation or gender identity.

U.S.: Court seems ready to require unanimous juries as term opens

Associated Press: "The Supreme Court began a potentially contentious election-year term Monday in seeming general agreement that juries in state criminal trials must be unanimous to convict a defendant."

U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 7 arguments

Monday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a case on non-unanimous juries, a case on the insanity defense and a patent application case.

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Appalachian Trail pipeline fight

Reuters: "The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by Dominion Energy Inc. and President Donald Trump’s administration of a lower court ruling that halted construction on a natural gas pipeline due to run underneath a section of the popular Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia."

U.S.: A lawyer’s guide to upcoming Supreme Court term

Bloomberg News: "The Supreme Court’s upcoming term is shaping up to be an explosive one, with LGBT discrimination, deportation for 'Dreamers,' and the Second Amendment all currently on the docket. But there are also a number of 'sleeper cases' on the docket this term that could be deeply significant for the way lawyers practice."

U.S.: Chief Justice John Roberts prepares for outsized role as umpire

USA Today: "As his Supreme Court prepares for a contentious term featuring cases on immigration, gay and lesbian rights, gun ownership and, in all likelihood, abortion, Roberts can look forward to opposition from the left and distrust from the right."

U.S.: Supreme Court Justice Kagan shares her insights

Courthouse News Service: "In a visit to U.C. Berkeley Law School Monday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan shared her thoughts on studying law, divisive politics and the career disappointments that led to her reaching the highest court in the nation."

U.S.: 8 religion-related cases to watch when the Supreme Court is back in session

Deseret News: "Religious liberty advocates are gearing up for a big year at the Supreme Court, which will be back in session on Oct. 7. Justices have already agreed to hear four faith-related cases on LGBTQ rights and religious schooling."

U.S.: Justices' DC sniper case examines teen murderers' sentences

Associated Press: "Lee Boyd Malvo, who terrorized the Washington region in 2002 as one-half of a sniper team, is at the center of a case the Supreme Court will hear this fall. But the justices’ eventual ruling probably will mean less for him than for a dozen other inmates who, like the now-34-year-old Malvo, were sentenced to life without parole for murders they committed as teens."

U.S.: Justices to consider dispute over tax credits for scholarships

SCOTUSblog: "This winter, the justices will . . . review a decision by the Montana Supreme Court invalidating a tax-credit program because the scholarships created by the program could be used at religious schools. The impact of the justices’ eventual ruling could be significant."

U.S.: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reflects on Supreme Court’s unchanging 'collegiality'

UChicago News: "After more than a quarter of a century on the United States Supreme Court, what hasn’t changed for Ruth Bader Ginsburg are her cordial relationships with her fellow justices."

U.S.: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch decries lack of access to justice for many Americans

USA Today: "Lawyers cost too much. Getting to trial takes too long. Juries promised by the Constitution are rarely used. And just try counting all the criminal laws on the books."

U.S.: Gorsuch says it’s just fine to be forgotten someday

Bloomberg News: "If history doesn’t remember Justice Neil Gorsuch, that’d be just fine by him. 'We’ll all be forgotten soon enough,' the justice quotes his former boss and Supreme Court predecessor Justice Byron 'Whizzer' White in his upcoming memoir, 'A Republic, If You Can Keep It.'"

U.S.: Supreme Court taking on big issues that have been percolating for a while

ABA Journal: "The U.S. Supreme Court will tackle some pretty big issues in its next term, including cases on LGBT rights, immigration and its first major case on gun rights in nearly a decade. And that’s with only about half of its docket filled for the term that begins Oct. 7."

U.S.: Elena Kagan offers new law students advice — and a shot of confidence

Harvard Gazette: "Elena Kagan was 'petrified' when a Law School professor called on her on her first day of class. She blew her first exams, which situated her in 'the bottom third of the class.'"

U.S.: Can states change the electoral college ahead of 2020? Supreme Court may have to decide

Los Angeles Times: "Heading into what looks to be a hard-fought presidential election, the Supreme Court will likely be asked to resolve a lingering but fundamental question about the creaky, little-understood electoral college system adopted in 1787."

U.S.: Supreme Court to grapple with constitutional right to an insanity defense

Washington Times: "Kraig Kahler says he spiraled out of control when he learned his wife was having an affair with a woman, and despite seeing mental health professionals, he refused to take the anti-anxiety and depression pills they prescribed."

U.S.: Ginsburg appears strong during first speech since latest cancer revelation

CNN: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, making her first public appearance since it was announced that she had undergone recent treatment for pancreatic cancer, appeared strong Monday when she accepted an honorary degree from the University at Buffalo."

U.S. Supreme Court: Ginsburg treated for tumor on pancreas

Associated Press: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed radiation therapy for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas and there is no evidence of the disease remaining, the Supreme Court said Friday."

U.S.: Law school Supreme Court clinics catapult students to top jobs

Bloomberg News: "Alex Twinem’s second-year spring at Stanford Law School looked a bit different than that of her peers. Twinem, rather than cramming for exams, was hard at work on a case that ultimately resulted in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision: Obergefell v. Hodges."

U.S.: Supreme Court could take on these 2 major gun lawsuits

PBS News: "The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide one gun-related case in its new term beginning in October, but two pending gun cases could have far wider impact on the current debate if the justices add them to their docket."

Parents reflect on case to be reviewed by U.S. Supreme Court

Daily Inter Lake: "Kalispell parents Kendra Espinoza and Jeri Anderson and Bigfork parent Jaime Schaefer are the faces of a Montana case regarding religious schools and funding that will have its day in the United States Supreme Court."

Does Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have any regrets? Hardly

MPR News: "Does Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the 86-year-old feminist icon, have any regrets about her professional life? Hardly. 'I do think that I was born under a very bright star,' Ginsburg said."

U.S.: Kagan speaks of Supreme Court credibility in Spokane

Associated Press: "Supreme Court justices are aware of how decisions made along partisan lines can damage the credibility of the institution, Justice Elena Kagan said Thursday at a judicial conference in Washington state."

The Roberts Court – One year after Kennedy’s retirement

SCOTUSblog: "Speaking at the judicial conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in June, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told her audience that Justice Anthony Kennedy’s 2018 retirement was 'the event of greatest consequence for the current term, and perhaps for many terms ahead.'"

U.S.: Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 86, dreams of serving many more years

USA Today: "Supreme Court Associate Justice and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a message for friends and foes alike: She hopes to serve many more years."

U.S.: Ex-Marine, professor, MLB draft pick among high court clerks

Associated Press: "A former Marine who deployed twice to Afghanistan. A patent law professor. A woman who’s blind. Two Rhodes scholars. They’re among the lawyers starting work this summer as law clerks at the Supreme Court."

U.S.: Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99

Associated Press: "John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court’s leading liberal, died Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after suffering a stroke Monday. He was 99."

Clarence Thomas: From 'Black Panther type' to Supreme Court's conservative beacon

NPR News: "On the U.S. Supreme Court, where nine justices often disagree but try to meld their views into majority decisions, one justice stands out."

U.S.: Five Supreme Court rulings of global import

VOA: "Every year, the United States Supreme Court issues decisions in around 70 cases, rulings that can profoundly affect American society for generations to come. But the powerful high court also considers a handful of cases with far-reaching consequences for the citizens, businesses and governments of other countries."

In the shadows: U.S. Supreme Court’s offstage moves may matter more

Christian Science Monitor: "Definitions of the shadow docket vary, but it essentially encompasses every decision the justices make that doesn’t receive a merits-based oral argument. These decisions can range from declining to hear a case to staying (or declining to stay) the execution of a death row inmate."

U.S.: Roberts’ Supreme Court defies easy political labels

Associated Press: "Just hours after Chief Justice John Roberts handed Republicans a huge victory that protects even the most extreme partisan electoral districts from federal court challenge, critics blasted him as worthy of being impeached, a politician who should run for office and a traitor."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 27

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case involving warrantless blood tests of unconscious drivers, a case on partisan gerrymandering and a case on census questions.

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 26

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on the right to trial by jury, a case on court deference to an agency's interpretation of its regulations, and a Commerce Clause case involving a state liquor law.

U.S.: High court to rule on census, gerrymandering in final week

Courthouse News Service: "Nearing the end of its term, the Supreme Court has yet to issue opinions in some of its highest-profile cases, including on the 2020 census, partisan gerrymandering and court deference to administrative agencies."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 24

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on the definition of "violent felony," a case on the confidentiality of food stamp information, a case involving registration of "immoral or scandalous" trademarks, and a maritime law case on punitive damages.

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 21

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on race-based peremptory juror challenges, a case on state taxation of trust income, a case on what must be proved to establish illegal firearms possession, and a takings clause case involving a private cemetery.

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 20

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a sex offender registration case, a civil rights case addressing a limitations period issue, an Establishment Clause case involving a war memorial cross, and a case on what constitutes an "unsolicited advertisement."

U.S.: A search for the elusive end of the term

SCOTUSblog: "The end of the term is in sight, though with 24 decisions in argued cases remaining [June 17], much work is left to do."

U.S.: Thomas, RBG align in 5-4 rulings

Associated Press: "Since Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s return in late winter from cancer surgery and broken ribs , she has regularly accepted Justice Clarence Thomas’ extended hand to help her down the three steps behind the Supreme Court bench when the gavel falls and court ends for the day."

U.S.: Tension in the Court

ABA Journal: "As the U.S. Supreme Court enters the busy month of June, when it releases the final block of its decisions, there is a sense that the justices have succeeded in keeping their merits docket relatively low-key this term."

U.S.: Blackbeard's famed pirate ship, grounded three centuries ago, sails toward Supreme Court

USA Today: "The Supreme Court is digging into a dispute over a sunken pirate ship captained three centuries ago by the legendary pirate Blackbeard. The case, to be heard in the court's next term beginning in October, pits North Carolina against a video production company documenting the salvaging of the shipwreck."

U.S.: Clarence Thomas questions sources of retirement rumors

CNN: "Justice Clarence Thomas' booming voice filled the Supreme Court chamber Monday afternoon, as he took time off from the last month of the term to give a wide-ranging talk and publicly question where the rumors of his retirement come from."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 3

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a Medicare payments case, a bankruptcy case involving creditor contempt, a case on filing requirements in civil rights matters, and a criminal case addressing credit for time served issues.

U.S.: Supreme Court scholars’ new paper sparks debate over influence of blogs, podcasts

Reuters: "Law professors Jeffrey Fisher of Stanford and Allison Orr Larsen of William & Mary have spent the last couple of years studying the rise of blogs, podcasts and social media dedicated to litigation at the U.S. Supreme Court. They know as well as anyone how quickly new ideas about the court are picked up and chewed over."

U.S.: Supreme Court signals more openness to state abortion rules

Associated Press: "The Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it is more open to state restrictions on abortion, upholding an Indiana law supported by abortion opponents that regulates the disposal of fetal remains."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: May 28

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on judicial review of Social Security decisions, a debt collection class action case, and a civil rights case involving a retaliatory arrest claim.

U.S. Supreme Court per curiam opinion: May 28

The United States Supreme Court has issued a per curiam opinion in an abortion law case.

U.S.: 6 themes to pay attention to in upcoming Supreme Court decisions

NPR News: "It's decision season at the U.S. Supreme Court, and there are a host of consequential cases the justices are deciding, from a controversial Trump administration proposal to adding a citizenship question to the census to gerrymandering and a question of separation of church and state."

U.S.: Retired Justice Kennedy promises message of civility at American Law Institute’s annual meeting

SCOTUSblog: "'This award will inspire me in future years to bring again the message of civility and decency and progress to all of those who, like you, revere the law,' retired Justice Anthony Kennedy promised [May 20] as he received the Henry J. Friendly Medal at the American Law Institute’s annual meeting."

U.S.: High court sides with Crow tribe member in hunting dispute

Associated Press: "The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a member of the Crow tribe who was fined for hunting elk in Wyoming’s Bighorn National Forest, giving him a good chance to get a more than $8,000 fine against him overturned."

U.S.: Thomas blasts refusal to close 70-year-old federal tort loophole

Courthouse News Service: "U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas blasted his colleagues Monday for refusing to hear a tort case brought against the United States by the husband of a Navy lieutenant who died during childbirth at a naval hospital."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: May 20

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a bankruptcy case involving the use of trademarks, a case on whether the Crow Tribe’s hunting rights under an 1868 treaty expired when Wyoming became a state, and a case on drug warnings.

Abortion restrictions? Partisan election maps? Same-sex wedding cakes? Supreme Court has heard it all before

USA Today: "Same-sex wedding cakes are on the menu at the Supreme Court. Again. So are partisan election maps. And naughty trademarks. And an abortion restriction the high court struck down three years ago."

U.S.: Justice Breyer's warning and other things we learned at the Supreme Court Monday

CNN: "As the Supreme Court rounds the final turns of the term, Justice Stephen Breyer seemed to launch a warning towards his conservative colleagues in an opinion released Monday. Be very careful before you overturn precedent, he said."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: May 13

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case involving the aftermarket for iPhone applications, a case on state sovereign immunity and a case on the applicability of statutes of limitation in False Claims Act matters.

U.S.: Retired Justice John Paul Stevens talks history, his new book and ping-pong

NPR News: "When you interview a 99-year-old Supreme Court justice, one who has written some of the landmark opinions of modern times, you don't imagine in advance that the subplot of the interview is going to be Ping-Pong."

U.S.: Back-loaded Supreme Court enters 'flood season'

Bloomberg Law: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has referred to it as 'flood season.' Ginsburg was talking about the 'well-known crunch' as the end of the U.S. Supreme Court term approaches."

U.S.: Justice Brett Kavanaugh says judges 'owe our allegiance to the Constitution'

CNN: "Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh stressed judicial independence and 'allegiance to the Constitution' in his first major appearance outside of Washington since his contentious confirmation last October."

U.S. Supreme Court opinion: April 29

The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a case on when the Tennessee Valley Authority can be sued.

U.S. top court buttresses company power to arbitrate disputes

Reuters: "In a decision that could further help companies limit damages in disputes with workers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against a California man who was the victim of an online scam and sought to bring claims against his employer."

U.S. Supreme Court opinion: April 24

The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a case involving the interpretation of an arbitration agreement.

U.S.: Supreme Court struggles with Wisconsin drunken driving law

Associated Press: "The Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with a Wisconsin law that allows law enforcement to draw blood without a warrant from suspected drunken drivers who have become unconscious."

U.S.: Supreme Court decision on Freedom of Information Act hinges on one word

USA Today: "The Supreme Court spent an hour Monday debating the meaning of the word 'confidential.' The result could have major implications for public access to government records."

U.S. Supreme Court April 24 arguments

Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case on the intent required for a burglary offense and in a bankruptcy case on whether a creditor’s good-faith belief that trying to collect a debt does not violate a discharge order protects the creditor from contempt.

U.S.: Quest for food stamp data lands newspaper at Supreme Court

U.S. News: "In the summer of 2010, reporters at South Dakota's Argus Leader newspaper decided to request data about the government's food assistance program, previously known as food stamps."

U.S. Supreme Court April 23 arguments

Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in an illegal firearms possession case, a case involving a warrantless blood draw from an unconscious motorist, and a case on whether the Department of Commerce’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census was unlawful.

U.S. Supreme Court April 22 arguments

Monday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a Freedom of Information Act case involving disclosure of confidential information and a case on whether administrative exhaustion is a jurisdictional prerequisite to suit.

U.S. Supreme Court April 17 arguments

Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a case on the definition of “crime of violence” and a case on the statute of limitations applicable to federal civil rights actions.

U.S. Supreme Court April 16 arguments

Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case on whether state or federal law applies to offshore oil drilling operations and a case on state taxation of non-resident trusts.

U.S. Supreme Court April 15 arguments

Monday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a trademark case on “immoral” and “scandalous” marks and in a securities case on whether there is a right of action based on a negligent misstatement made in connection with a tender offer.

U.S.: Defining what's excessive in police property seizures remains tricky

NPR News: "Tyson Timbs won his Supreme Court case in February, but he still doesn't have his Land Rover. 'I want my truck back. I've always wanted it back,' says Timbs, whose Land Rover was seized by police in Indiana."

U.S.: On this day, Supreme Court hears Loving arguments

Constitution Daily: "On April 10, 1967, the United States Supreme Court held oral arguments in a landmark case about a Virginia law that said marriages between blacks and whites should be treated as a felony."

U.S.: Supreme Court justices feuding openly over death penalty

CNN: "The justices are still bitterly divided over the execution of Domineque Ray, who claimed his religious rights were violated because he could not have an imam with him in the execution chamber, in February -- so much so that they continued to litigate the case in an unrelated opinion issued on Monday."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: April 1

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on execution methods and in a social security disability benefits case.

U.S.: Supreme Court sees 2 similar death penalty questions very differently

Wyoming Public Media: "Two Supreme Court decisions just hours before a scheduled execution. Two decisions just seven weeks apart. Two decisions on the same issue. Except that in one, a Muslim was put to death without his imam allowed with him in the execution chamber, and in the other, a Buddhist's execution was temporarily halted because his Buddhist minister was denied the same right."

U.S.: High court seems split over curbing federal agencies’ power

Associated Press: "The Supreme Court seemed split Wednesday in a case where the justices are being asked to curb the power of federal agencies. The case before the justices is one in which the newly more conservative court could signal its willingness to reverse prior cases."

U.S. Supreme Court opinion: March 27

The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a securities fraud case involving the dissemination of false and misleading statements.

U.S.: John Roberts' journey from 'sober puss' to the pinnacle of American law

CNN: "Chief Justice John Roberts has always had perfect timing. Shortly before he reached high school age, an elite boarding school was founded near his northern Indiana home. Even as a young boy he knew that it offered a place to obtain a superior education."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: March 26

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case involving operation of a hovercraft in an Alaska national park and in a Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act case stemming from the bombing of the U.S. Navy ship Cole.

U.S. Supreme Court March 27 arguments

Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case on whether a court must defer to an agency's interpretation of its own ambiguous regulation.

U.S. Supreme Court March 26 arguments

Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in two partisan gerrymandering cases.

U.S. Supreme Court March 25 arguments

Monday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case on whether district courts must defer to agency interpretations of statutes and a case and a case on whether punitive damages are available in injury suits involving a breach of a general maritime duty.

U.S.: High court case on jury-selection bias draws out Thomas

Courthouse News Service: "The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to vacate a death-penalty conviction in a case where the prosecutor had a history of racially motivated juror strikes."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: March 20

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on whether a law firm conducting a foreclosure is a "debt collector" under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and a case stemming from a lawsuit against Google for alleged violations of the Stored Communications Act.

U.S.: Sandra Day O'Connor reflects on life before, during and after the Supreme Court

CNN: "A new biography of the first woman on the Supreme Court details Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's agonizing struggle with her husband's dementia in the years before she retired and her later angst as she watched the court lunge rightward and faced her own declining health."