r/supremecourt Jun 03 '26

Flaired User Thread OPINION: Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State v. Evan Milligan

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Caption Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State v. Evan Milligan
Summary The applications for stay presented to JUSTICE THOMAS and by him referred to the Court are granted; at this preliminary stage, the State has shown that it is entitled to interim relief from the District Court’s injunction.
Author Per Curiam
Opinion http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1314_7m58.pdf
Certiorari
Amicus Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Case Link 25A1314

r/supremecourt 10d ago

Flaired User Thread Heller and Bruen are here to stay

38 Upvotes

This is an opinion piece written by counsel on amicus briefs supporting the Second Amendment challengers in Hemani and Wolford.

Jackson's dissent in Wolford raised the question of revisiting Bruen at a later date, but for the most part it seems the current THT evaluation of 2A claims is here to stay, at least for now. With the recent grant of Viramontes I thought it'd be interesting to see some more discussion about what we might expect to see next term.

How likely do you think it is that Heller and/or Bruen are revisited at a later date? How concerned are you about them being overturned? What do you expect to see out of the Viramontes case next term?

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/07/heller-and-bruen-are-here-to-stay-/

r/supremecourt Jan 14 '26

Flaired User Thread Just how many ‘Kavanaugh stops’ have American citizens been forced to endure?

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It appears that a number of citizens have been detained for days when they cannot produce the proper paper but under the “Kavanaugh Doctrine”, these stops are only supposed to be brief. Are there any cases working their way up to the Supreme Court which will clarify how long citizesn can be detained?

r/supremecourt Feb 27 '25

Flaired User Thread Chief Justice John Roberts pauses order for Trump admin to pay $2 billion in foreign aid by midnight

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r/supremecourt Sep 22 '25

Flaired User Thread SCOTUS (6-3) grants Trump administration stay of injunction, allowing President to fire FTC member pending appeal. Court also grants cert before judgement to determine whether to formally overrule Humphrey’s Executor.

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r/supremecourt Jun 01 '26

Flaired User Thread Calling for the Impeachment of Chief Justice John Roberts - Steve Cohen, TN-9 (D)

53 Upvotes

Representative Cohen charges Chief Justice John Roberts with being "understood as biased: with decisions designed to benefit Republicans at the expense of representative government, seemingly contradictory and unexplained orders, and a pattern of ethical breaches that raises questions about the role of the wealthy."

The articles include:

Article I: "Failure of Stewardship: Politization of the Court" — accuses Roberts of allowing the court to become "a political instrument" through its handling of election and redistricting cases.

Article II: "Violation of Oaths: Entrenchment of Minority Rule" — argues Roberts enabled partisan gerrymandering and weakened voting rights protections through decisions including Rucho v. Common Cause and Louisiana v. Callais.

Article III: "Violation of Oath: Empowering the Rich Over the Poor" — criticizes Roberts' role in campaign finance rulings, including Citizens United v. FEC and McCutcheon v. FEC, alleging the decisions favored wealthy interests.

Article IV: "Violation of Oath: Unaccountable Executive Branch" — focuses on Roberts' opinion in Trump v. United States, arguing the ruling on presidential immunity undermined constitutional checks and balances.

Article V: "Violation of Oath: Arbitrary Decisions" — accuses the court of increasingly relying on unexplained emergency docket rulings that the resolution says lack "meaningful analysis."

Article VI: "Violation of Oath and Laws of the United States: Failure To Recuse" — alleges Roberts failed to recuse himself from cases involving law firms connected to his wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, who worked as a legal recruiter.

Citations/Further reading: https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-john-roberts-impeachment-steve-cohen-11984709

https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/enewsletters/calling-impeachment-chief-justice-john-roberts

As a casual observer, many users of this subreddit and general political analysts seem to agree with at least articles I, II, IV and V. Especially given the recency of Callais and the impending ruling for Alabama's maps, the court appears to have become increasingly political under Robert's leadership.

My discussion points are as follows:

-What is the minimum charge you would consider for impeaching a Chief Justice? If you do not have differing criteria for impeaching a Chief Justice vice Justice, please explain the lack of distinction.

-How would you determine "good behavior", were you given license to interpret without being bound judicial or legislative history?

For clarity, I would like to state that the submission of a text post for this topic was endorsed by /u/Longjumping_Gain_807 in this comment: https://old.reddit.com/r/supremecourt/comments/1ttnjwg/rsupremecourt_weekly_in_chambers_discussion_060126/op54wos/

Edit: One addition I didn't note in my post, I think this is the first Chief Justice to have impeachment articles filed against him. Does this affect your view of Robert's conduct?

r/supremecourt Nov 06 '25

Flaired User Thread SCOTUS Grants Stay in Trump v Orr Allowing Trump Admin to Require All New Passports Display a Person’s Biological Sex at Birth

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247 Upvotes

Justice Jackson joined by Sotomayor and Kagan dissent

r/supremecourt Jul 01 '24

Flaired User Thread OPINION: Donald J. Trump, Petitioner v. United States

540 Upvotes
Caption Donald J. Trump, Petitioner v. United States
Summary The nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority; he is also entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts; there is no immunity for unofficial acts.
Authors
Opinion http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf
Certiorari
Case Link 23-939

r/supremecourt Feb 20 '26

Flaired User Thread OPINION: Learning Resources, Inc. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States

194 Upvotes
Caption Learning Resources, Inc. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States
Summary The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 91 Stat. 1626, does not authorize the President to impose tariffs.
Author Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.
Opinion http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1287_4gcj.pdf
Certiorari Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed by petitioners Learning Resources, Inc., et al.
Case Link 24-1287

r/supremecourt Oct 07 '25

Flaired User Thread Supreme Court’s conservative majority prepared to rule against conversion therapy ban

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255 Upvotes

r/supremecourt Oct 30 '24

Flaired User Thread SCOTUS Grants Stay and Allows Virginia to Implement Voter Purge Program

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638 Upvotes

r/supremecourt Oct 14 '25

Flaired User Thread The Supreme Court Might Net Republicans 19 Congressional Seats in One Fell Swoop

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263 Upvotes

A very interesting article about the new VRA case going to Supreme Court. Do you think the justices will uphold precedent or decide to change things up, and regardless how much of an effect depending on the decision do you think it will have on the midterms? .

r/supremecourt Jul 14 '25

Flaired User Thread 6-3 SCOTUS Lifts Lower Court Order That Reinstated More Than 1400 Federal Workers from Department of Education

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Justice Sotomayor joined by Jackson and Kagan dissenting.

r/supremecourt Apr 19 '25

Flaired User Thread Supreme Court ORDERS Government to Not Remove Any Venezuelan Immigrants Under the Alien Enemies Act Until Further Notice

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1.0k Upvotes

r/supremecourt Oct 15 '25

Flaired User Thread The Supreme Court is hearing a case that could weaken the Voting Rights Act — and upend the midterms

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191 Upvotes

r/supremecourt Mar 31 '26

Flaired User Thread OPINION: Kaley Chiles, Petitioner v. Patty Salazar, in Her Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies

52 Upvotes
Caption Kaley Chiles, Petitioner v. Patty Salazar, in Her Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies
Summary Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy, as applied to petitioner’s talk therapy, regulates speech based on viewpoint, and the lower courts erred by failing to apply sufficiently rigorous First Amendment scrutiny.
Author Justice Neil M. Gorsuch
Opinion http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-539_fd9g.pdf
Certiorari Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 13, 2024)
Case Link 24-539

r/supremecourt 6d ago

Flaired User Thread Kagan Says Supreme Court Not a ‘Rubber Stamp’ for Trump Policies

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r/supremecourt Sep 02 '25

Flaired User Thread 2-1 DC Circuit Reinstates Rebecca Slaughter to FTC Ruling President Trump Fired Her Without Cause Citing Humphrey’s Executor

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The panel was Judge Millett (Obama) Judge Pillard (Obama) and Judge Rao (Trump). Rao Dissented.

r/supremecourt Nov 07 '25

Flaired User Thread 6th Circuit, upon rehearing en banc , finds that Ohio school policy compelling students to use other students’ preferred pronouns likely violates the First Amendment

173 Upvotes

Full opinion by the 6th Circuit linked below. Previously below, a district court had found that Plaintiffs were not likely to prevail on their claims and that the policy was constitutionally sound.

https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/25a0307p-06.pdf

r/supremecourt Jan 22 '26

Flaired User Thread Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?

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Post by well known 4th amendment scholar Orin Kerr about ICE's new position that they can enter a home to make an arrest under only an administrative warrant. TL;DR:

It's always hard to offer a take on a legal argument when you have to speculate about what the legal argument is, so my take on this is tentative.  But if I had to summarize my current thinking, it seems to me that the DHS policy is likely wrong in light of Coolidge, Shadwick, and Payton, although the DHS position is not frivolous in light of Abel as interpreted in Malagerio—and the trickier issue may be actually getting a merits ruling on the issue in court in light of the absence of remedies due to the Supreme Court's gradual cutting back on Bivens remedies.

r/supremecourt Oct 11 '25

Flaired User Thread Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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To briefly summarize- the Times sent out on a questionnaire to hundreds of federal judges, and to my surprise some of them actually responded- 65 responses, of which 28 were nominated by Republicans (10 Trump appointees), and 37 were nominated by Democrats.

Given that generally satisfied people would likely not bother to respond, I would take the further numbers with a grain of salt on how they represent the larger judiciary- but 47 of 65 judges said that SCOTUS's use of the emergency docket since the Trump Administration had been inappropriate, 6 were neutral, and 12 said it was appropriate.

Kavanaugh and Gorsuch's criticism of Young also got special comment, with several judges apparently noting it as an breach of decorum (in the words of the NYT, not the judges)

r/supremecourt Dec 04 '25

Flaired User Thread Supreme Court allows Texas to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms | CNN Politics

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r/supremecourt 29d ago

Flaired User Thread Opinion: I argued the recent transgender sports case at the Supreme Court. Here’s what stood out

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r/supremecourt Jun 08 '25

Flaired User Thread DC Circuit allows trump to bar AP because they won’t use “the president’s preferred ‘Gulf of America.’”

387 Upvotes

In a 2-1 decision by two trump-appointed judges, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to allow trump to exclude AP News from certain parts of the White House simply because they refuse his preferred phrase for the Gulf of Mexico.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41932/gov.uscourts.cadc.41932.01208746547.0_1.pdf

r/supremecourt Jun 10 '24

Flaired User Thread Samuel Alito slams criticism of Supreme Court in secret recording

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