U.S. Supreme Court

If you were driving through California this summer using Google Maps or Waze and saw a warning for "icy road ahead," you might have been understandably confused. No, folks, it's not climate change (not yet, anyway). It's the feds. Apparently, some people have started reporting…

Whether referred to as the emergency docket or the shadow docket, the sharp increase in the number of U.S. Supreme Court decisions handled outside of the merits over the past few years has become a source of controversy. Emergency docket orders are unsigned, lack explanations, and frequently…

The gerrymander has again reared its ugly head in several high-profile disputes over redistricting for the upcoming midterms, including action by the U.S. Supreme Court that may further curtail the enforcement of the Voting Rights Act. A Congressional District or Abstract Art? Gerrymandering is the manipulation…

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided again with the Trump administration in a battle over the ability of a president to remove agency commissioners. The case originated in early May of this year, after Trump was well into his second term. It started when the re-elected president…

This past Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a brief order granting the Trump administration’s request to pause a preliminary injunction that had blocked the president from his favorite activities: issuing executive orders and firing people. The order in question represents one of the most sweeping…

Current immigration policy has its share of both detractors and supporters. It also evidently has a few states that don't think it goes far enough. Florida's passage of Senate Bill 4-C (SB 4-C) in 2025 took the issue to the next level by…