The Latest Breaking News from the Supreme Court

Cruz v. Arizona's Very Odd Jurisdictional Holding

Did the Court misunderstand its "adequate and independent state ground" doctrine?

Reason · Mar 19, 2023

2 former Delhi Jal Board officials sent to 3 years in jail in money laundering case

NEW DELHI: Two former Delhi Jal Board officials were sentenced by a court to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate, saying it was taking a "lenient view" in the matter.

The Times of India · Mar 19, 2023

ED files caveat in SC on K Kavitha's plea challenging summons against her

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a caveat application in the Supreme Court on the Bharatiya Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha's plea challenging the summons issued by the probe agency against her in connection to Delhi excise policy case. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Mar 19, 2023

Crypto is finally getting its first Supreme Court appearance

A clash involving disgruntled Coinbase Global Inc. customers will give the U.S. Supreme Court its first taste of the world of cryptocurrency, foreshadowing future cases that could help define the industry.

Tribune News Service · Mar 18, 2023

US Supreme Court honours former justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

After the women’s rights champion died in 2020, the US Supreme Court saw its conservative majority expand further.

Al Jazeera · Mar 17, 2023

New York's Libertarian and Green Parties Petition Supreme Court Over New York's Restrictive Ballot Access Laws

The third parties think the new ballot restrictions meet no legitimate state interest besides guaranteeing Democrat and Republican hold on government.

Reason · Mar 17, 2023

The State-Created Danger Doctrine

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.…

Reason · Mar 17, 2023

A Major New Defense of the Major Questions Doctrine

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

Reason · Mar 17, 2023

Christopher Rufo Wants To Shut Down 'Activist' Academic Departments. Here's Why He's Wrong.

"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."

Reason · Mar 17, 2023

Feds want justices to end Navajo fight for Colo. River water

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

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023