The Latest Breaking News from the Supreme Court

From Judge Don Willett's opinion yesterday in Fisher v. Moore, joined by Chief Judge Priscilla Richman and Judge Jacques Wiener: A disabled public-school student was sexually assaulted by another student with known violent tendencies. [The assault involved the other student forcing the disabled student to perform oral sex on him.…

Legal scholar Ilan Wurman argues the controversial doctrine is justifiable on textualist and linguistic grounds.

"Professors are not mouthpieces for the government," says FIRE's Joe Cohn. "For decades, the Supreme Court of the United States has defended professors' academic freedom from governmental intrusion."

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide a critical water rights case in the arid Southwest

On March 2, Coal Pulz Private Ltd, a private company registered in October 2020, won the bid for the Namchik Namphuk coal mine in Arunachal Pradesh. With nearly 15 million tonnes of geological coal reserves, Namchik Namphuk is the largest commercial coal mine in northeast India, producing one of the…

The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being remembered during ceremonies at the Supreme Court

Tennessee has passed a law aimed at restricting drag performances, an art form that often involves exaggerated gender performance and cross-dressing. Similar bills have been introduced in 14 other states as part of the revived culture war against LGBTQ people. The Tennessee law was written to survive judicial scrutiny by…

DoJ brief argues that Colorado case against energy giants ExxonMobil and Suncor should be heard in state court instead of federal

Opponents of the reforms favored by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should acknowledge the threat posed by unconstrained majority rule.

Understanding what’s at stake in United States v. Hansen

WASHINGTON — The Navajo Nation will argue Monday at the Supreme Court that the United States must meet the water needs of their reservation in Arizona, amid long-standing tensions about how to apportion the dwindling flow of the Colorado River.