4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (334+ words) Abha Khanna, the lawyer representing the opponents of the map, told the justices that the order by Chief U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark “has been in place for mere hours, but the chaos it guarantees has already taken root.” The fast-moving…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (545+ words) If you are interested in attending The SCOTUSblog Summit: 2026 Term Preview on Wednesday, Sept. 16, in Washington, D.C., don’t forget to fill out this registration request. On Thursday, the Trump administration urged the Supreme Court to temporarily pause an order blocking the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (186+ words) As it turned out, Landor has many layers. But isn’t that what Congress did with RLUIPA? Louisiana’s prisons receive federal funds on the conditions that they operate in ways that do not impose unnecessary “substantial burden[s]” on prisoners’ “religious…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (496+ words) Justice Lewis Powell died on this day in 1998. During his time on the Supreme Court, Powell was considered a moderate, leaning “to the right on some key issues and to the left on others.” CNN recently described him as one…...