What the Supreme Court's Latest Decisions Mean for Your Money This Year Several recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings could have notable financial consequences for homeowners, taxpayers, investors, and consumers. Kiplinger · Jul 1
SCOTUS papers over the Second Amendment The Court's conservative majority turns to “history and traditions” to ignore the obvious — again Salon · Jul 1
What New Supreme Court Rulings Mean for Your Money in 2026 Several recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings could have notable financial consequences for homeowners, taxpayers, investors, and consumers. Kiplinger · Jun 30
Here Are Some Ways SCOTUS Can Constrain Federal Agencies That Are Now Subject to Trump's Untrammeled Control The Supreme Court has "no shortage of tools" to enforce the separation of powers, Justice Neil Gorsuch notes. "The only real question is whether we will use them." Reason · Jun 30
Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS releases new opinions for June 2026 Welcome to the June 29 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. Ballotpedia · Jun 29
Trump Administration Sweeps All of the (Other) Immigration Cases at SCOTUS With the Birthright Citizenship case still undecided, the Trump Administration has prevailed in every other immigration case before the Court this term, and some are quite consequential. Reason · Jun 25
SCOTUS Unanimously Ruled That the Second Amendment Trumps Anti-Drug Sentiment The decision is a modest but welcome step toward rectifying the injustice of criminalizing conduct that violates no one’s rights. Reason · Jun 24
Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS releases opinions for June 2026 Welcome to the June 22 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. Ballotpedia · Jun 22
SCOTUS Says Federal Prosecution of Marijuana-Using Gun Owner Violates the Second Amendment A landmark win for the right to keep and bear arms in United States v. Hemani. Reason · Jun 18
The Founders Revered the Right to Trial by Jury. Will SCOTUS Now Follow Their Example? Understanding the stakes in Kian v. Florida Reason · Jun 18
SCOTUS To Newman: Drop Dead The 98-year old life-tenured judge loses her final appeal. Reason · Jun 15
The Courts Should Rein in Trump's Proposed Section 301 Tariffs as Well A guest post by Georgetown legal scholar Peter E. Harrell. Reason · Jun 14
Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for June 2026 Welcome to the June 8 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. Ballotpedia · Jun 8
The Trans Military Ban Chaos: How an Appeals Court Just Upended Trump's Executive Order A federal appeals court has ruled Trump's ban on transgender military service unconstitutional, challenging the executive order and maintaining an injunction against removing transgender troops. International Business Times UK · Jun 2
Reason · Jun 2 Thomas and Alito Shortchange the Bill of Rights in Another Criminal Justice Case Plus: a few words about my new book
AAP · Jun 2 Court blocks Pentagon from removing transgender troops US President Donald Trump has suffered a partial legal setback in his push to exclude transgender people from the military.
Ballotpedia · Jun 1 Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS releases new opinions Welcome to the June 1 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.
Reason · May 28 SCOTUS Summarily Reverses The "Inquisitorial" Fourth Circuit Twice In One Term The judges of the Fourth Circuit continue to act as advocates.
Reason · May 21 SCOTUS Term Limits May Be a Good Idea. But They Still Require a Constitutional Amendment. Lifetime tenure for federal judges has been the constitutional practice since ratification.
Reason · May 14 How Much Deference Does SCOTUS Owe to Congress? Should it take more than a 5–4 vote for the Supreme Court to strike down a federal law?
Reason · May 12 Clarence Thomas Sets a New SCOTUS Record Plus: A "supremely cringe" viral tweet about the Supreme Court
Reason · May 7 11 Big SCOTUS Cases That Will Be Decided Soon From immigration and guns to executive power, transgender athletes, and mail-in ballots, these are the Supreme Court cases to watch out for in May and June.
Reason · May 5 Gorsuch Says SCOTUS Is Doing 'Pretty Darn Well' in Handling the 'Hardest Cases' The justice defends the Supreme Court as a model of respectful and principled adjudication.
International Business Times UK · May 2 Supreme Court Eviscerates Voting Rights Act: 'Demolition' Completed A 6–3 US Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v Callais has weakened a core provision of the Voting Rights Act, shaking the legal foundations of federal voting protections.