Justices End Term with Split Decisions and Powerful Dissents
The Supreme Court closed out its term with a string of rulings that divided the justices.
The court split 6-3 along ideological lines in opinions June 27 that limited the ability of lower courts to issue nationwide injunctions and gave parents the right to opt their children out of classroom instruction that violates their religious beliefs.
Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Lydia Wheeler dig into the term end blockbusters and discuss the powerful dissents that accompanied them. In one, Justice Sonia Sotomayor fired back at a majority ruling from Samuel Alito by reprinting a children's book in what it appeared to be its entirety.
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Trans Advocates See Glimmer of Hope After Loss at High Court
Transgender rights suffered a major loss at the US Supreme Court after its opinion in the Skrmetti case. But some advocates for transgender rights found reasons within the opinion to believe their cause might fare better in future cases.
Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Lydia Wheeler get into the details of this opinion on the latest episode of their podcast. They also talk about the other opinions we got from the court this week, including one in which Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an impassioned dissent on the issue of standing.
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Busy Opinion Season in Full Swing at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is chipping away at the mound of argued cases it has to decide before the justices break for summer.
The court has 21 cases left after releasing its latest batch of opinions. Those included a unanimous decision that revived a lawsuit brought by a family against the government after the FBI mistakenly raided their Atlanta home.
Disputes over a Tennessee ban on gender affirming care for transgender minors and nationwide injunctions against President Donald Trump's effort to restrict automatic birthright citizenship are pending potential blockbusters.
Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Lydia Wheeler talk about the court’s recent rulings, a software malfunction at the court that could have been problematic, and the emergency requests from the Trump administration that could keep the justices busy well into the summer months.
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Trump's Tariffs Likely to Land On Justices' Shadow Docket Soon
The justices have already had a deluge of emergency requests from the Trump administration, and another is likely to land before them soon involving the president's tariffs.
Lower courts have temporarily ruled against the tariffs using doctrines recently revived by the Supreme Court's conservative majority to frustrate policies of Democratic administrations. The Trump administration has signaled it will bring the case to the high court.
Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Greg Stohr discuss those cases as well as other actions by the court.
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Justices Cast Doubt on Long-Term Precedent With Trump Firings
The Supreme Court's long-awaited order over the president's firing of Democratic members of independent agencies is puzzling, according to the lawyer representing one of the fired individuals.
Gupta Wessler founder Deepak Gupta joins Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Greg Stohr to discuss what the divided court did and did not do in allowing the administration to move forward with the firings.
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Bloomberg Law's Cases and Controversies brings you the latest from the Supreme Court. Each week we preview oral arguments at the Court or feature in-depth interviews. We explore critical legal issues with Supreme Court advocates, judges, law professors, lawyers, and legal journalists. Hosts: Kimberly Robinson, Greg Stohr, and Lydia Wheeler.
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