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BREAKING: Supreme Court holds President Trump’s request to fire the head of the Office of Special Counsel, holding the application in abeyance until next Tuesday, when the District Court’s TRO is set to expire.

• Justice Sotomayor and Justice Jackson would deny the application.

• Justice Gorsuch filed a dissent to the order, joined by Justice Alito: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a790_6i79.pdf
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JUST IN: Supreme Court will hand down one or more opinions in argued cases on Tuesday February 25, at 10amET.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court will hand down one or more opinions on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
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JUST IN: SCOTUS releases its April argument session calendar, the final sitting before the justices are done (as far as hearing cases) this term.
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Happy Tuesday everyone!

The justices will begin this morning at 10amET by handing down one or more opinions in argued cases so far this term.

Following the announcement of opinion(s), the justices will sit for two oral arguments:

1). Esteras v. United States

2). Perttu v. Richards

For those interested in listening to oral arguments live, here is a link to do so: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
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NEW: Here is the first opinion of the day from the Supreme Court.

1). Glossip v. Oklahoma

- Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Chief Justice Roberts, Justices Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Jackson.

- Justice Barrett filed an opinion concurring in part, dissenting in part.

- Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Alito. Justice Barrett joined partly.

- Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
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NEW: Here is the final opinion of the day from the Supreme Court.

2). Lackey v Stinnie

- Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justices Thomas, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett joined.

- Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Jackson joined.
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Good Wednesday morning Supreme Court fans!

It’s another opinion day for the justices, as they hand down one or more opinions in argued cases this term. Yesterday they handed down two opinions.

Following the announcement of opinion(s), the justices will sit to hear one case for oral argument.

1). Ames v. OH Dept. of Youth Services

Announcements begin at 10amET, following them, oral argument will begin, here is a link to listen to the oral argument session: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
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NEW: Here is the first opinion of the day from the Supreme Court.

1). Dewberry Group Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc.

- Justice Kagan delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court.

- Justice Sotomayor filed a concurring opinion.
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NEW: Here is the second and final opinion of the day from the Supreme Court.

2). Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

- Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court.
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JUST IN: Chief Justice Roberts issued an administrative stay on a district court midnight-deadline that required the Trump administration to pay $2 billion in foreign aid invoices. The Chief requests a response to the emergency petition by noon on Friday February 28.


Link to the Order: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/022625zr_8758.pdf
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JUST IN: Supreme Court will issue one or more opinions in argued cases on both Tuesday March 4 and Wednesday March 5, at 10amET.
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Good Monday Morning Everyone!

Today the justices will begin their day by releasing an order list of the cases they discussed during their private conference on Friday, it will be released at 9:30amET. We are still waiting to hear from the justices on the emergency appeal from the Trump administration regarding the firing of the Special Counsel’s office in the DOJ. Here is a link to view it when it is released: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/ordersofthecourt

At 10amET, the justices will convene to hear two cases for oral arguments:

1). > CC/Devas Ltd. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd.
> Devas Multimedia Private Ltd. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd.
(Consolidated cases)

2). BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman

Arguments begin at 10amET, here’s a link to listen live as they occur: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
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Happy Tuesday Everyone!

This morning the justices will begin their day by convening at 10amET to hand down one or more opinions in argued cases this term.

Following the announcement of opinion(s), the justices will convene to hear one case for oral argument:

1). Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos

Arguments in the case begin immediately upon the conclusion of opinion announcements, here is a link to listen live to the arguments: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
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NEW: Here is the first and only opinion of the day from the Supreme Court.

1). City and County of San Francisco v. EPA.

- Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Thomas, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh joined.

- Justice Barrett filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson joined.
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Good Wednesday morning Supreme Court fans!

We start the morning at 10amET with the justices handing down one or more opinions in argued cases. Yesterday the justice is only handed down one case, though it was not a small one in terms of importance.

Following the announcement of opinion(s), the justices will convene to hear one case for oral argument:

1). > NRC v. Texas
> Interim Storage Partners, LLC v. Texas
(Consolidated)

Here’s a link to listen live to the arguments as they occur: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
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BREAKING: Supreme Court, in what appears to be a 5-4 vote, REJECTS Trump administration’s bid to cancel billions of dollars in USAID spending.

- Justice Alito dissented from the order, joined by Justice Thomas, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh.


Here is a link to the order and dissent: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a831_3135.pdf
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NEW: Here is the first and only opinion of the day from the Supreme Court.

1). Bufkin v. Collins

- Justice Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Chief Justice Roberts, Justices; Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.

- Justice Jackson filed dissenting opinion, in which Justice Gorsuch joined.
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NEW: SCOTUS denies Trump administration’s emergency plea to let them fire the Office of the Special Counsel, declaring it moot in light of the DC Court of Appeals decision to allow the Trump administration to fire the Office.
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NEW: Supreme Court grants review of two new cases for their 2025-2026 term, including a ban on LGBTQ “conversion therapy”.

Here is a link to the order list released: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/031025zor_7758.pdf
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NEW TODAY: The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow it to implement its revocation of birthright citizenship, after a judges in the First, Fourth, and Ninth circuits rejected pleas to lift the nationwide injunctions preventing it.

Here is the link to the application: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24A884/352051/20250313135341225_Trump%20v.%20CASA%20Inc%20application.pdf
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