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JUST IN - Supreme Court will issue one or more opinions in argued cases on Friday April 17, at 10amET.

We have our first and only opinion of the day from the Supreme Court.

Case: Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish

Author of Opinion: Justice Thomas

Joined by: Unanimous judgement, Justice Jackson concurred in the judgement. *Justice Alito recused.

Dissented: none.

Holding: Chevron has plausibly alleged a close relationship between its challenged crude-oil production and the performance of its federal avgas refining duties—not a tenuous, remote, or peripheral one—and has therefore satisfied the “relating to” requirement of the federal officer removal statute.

Link to Opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-813_3e04.pdf

That’s all for today folks.

JUST IN - Supreme Court will issue one or more opinions on Wednesday April 22, at 10amET.

Good Monday Morning Everyone!


We hope you enjoyed your weekend, because we are in the final stretch now. The justices will begin the start of their final oral argument sitting of the term.

To kick things off, the Court has two cases scheduled for oral arguments this morning -

- Sripetch v. SEC

- T. M. V. Univ. of MD Medical Sys. Corp.

If either of these case peak your interest, you can use this link to listen to oral arguments - https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Today the justices will hear a case (two cases consolidated) for oral argument this morning.

FCC v. AT&T - Verizon Communications v. FCC.

The court will hear an issue on the FCC’s enforcement of monetary forfeitures, and whether they are consistent with the Seventh Amendment and Article III.

Arguments begin at 10amET, you know the drill, here’s a link for you to listen live if you so desire - https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx

Good Wednesday Morning Everyone!

It’s another opinion day at the Supreme Court. The justices will hand down one or more opinions in argued cases so far. Since we are not fortune tellers, we don’t know which cases will be released or when, so we are all in the curiosity boat together.

After that, the justices will sit for one case of oral arguments -

- Blanche, Acting Atty Gen. v. Lau

Arguments will commence immediately after the justices are done with the day’s opinion(s), here’s a link for the arguments - https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx

First case of the day from the Supreme Court.

Case: Enbridge Energy, LP v. Nessel

Author of Opinion: Justice Sotomayor

Joined by: Unanimous Court

Dissented: none.

Holding: Because §1446(b)(1)’s text, structure, and context are inconsistent with equitable tolling, Enbridge’s removal was untimely.

Link to Opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-783_bqm2.pdf

Here is the second and final case of the day from the Supreme Court.

Case: Hencely v. Fluor Corp.

Author of Opinion: Justice Thomas

Joined by: Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Barrett and Jackson.

Dissented: Justice Alito, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kavanaugh.

Holding: The Fourth Circuit erred in finding Hencely’s state-law tort claims preempted where the Federal Government neither ordered nor authorized Fluor’s challenged conduct.

Link to Opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-924_3d9g.pdf

That’s all for today folks!

JUST IN - Supreme Court to release one or more opinions in argued cases on Wednesday April 29, at 10amET.

NOTE - According to reports, no Supreme Court Justice was in attendance of the White House Correspondents Dinner, where there has been an apparent shooting. There have been times in the past where justices attended upon invitation, tonight was not one of them.

Happy Monday Everyone!

Certainly an interesting weekend for some, but we are on the final week of oral arguments for the 2025-2026 term. Two cases are slated on the docket to be argued this morning.

- Chatrie v. United States

- Monsanto Co. v. Durnell

Arguments for the first case begin at 10amET, as always, here’s a link to listen live if you have the desire - https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx

Good Tuesday Morning Everyone!

It’s another beautiful day at the Supreme Court as the justices convene for their second to last oral argument day of the term. The justices will hear one case for oral argument this morning.

- Cisco Systems v. Doe I

As is the case all the time, arguments will begin at 10amET, if you are interested in listening to them, here is a link to do so - https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx

Good Wednesday Morning Everyone!

Today is the last scheduled oral argument day of the 2025-2026 term, which means we are in the final two month stretch for Supreme Court opinions. The justices will announce one or more decisions in argued cases starting at 10amET. Following that, the justices will hear two cases for oral argument.

- Mullin, Sec. of Homeland Security v. Doe / Trump, President of United States. v. Miot

(Consolidated)

- Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc.

Arguments will begin immediately following the conclusion of opinion announcements, here’s a link to listen live - https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx

Here is the first case of the day from the Supreme Court.

Case: First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport

Author of Opinion: Justice Gorsuch

Joined by: Unanimous Court.

Dissented: None.

Holding: First Choice has established a present injury to its First Amend-
ment associational rights sufficient to confer Article III standing.

Link to Opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-781_pok0.pdf

We have our final case of the day from the Supreme Court.

Case: Louisiana v. Callais

Author of Opinion: Justice Alito

Joined by: Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett

Dissented: Justice Kagan, joined by Justice Sotomayor and Jackson.

Holding: Because the Voting Rights Act did not require Louisiana to create an additional majority-minority district, no compelling interest justified the State’s use of race in creating SB8, and that map is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

Link to Opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf

That’s all for today folks.

NEW - You may have seen headlines throughout today saying something along the lines of "Supreme Court restores broad access to the abortion pill Mifepristone". It is important to understand what actually happened.

Justice Alito, who is in charge of overseeing cases appealed from the fifth circuit, issued an administrative stay on a ruling that blocked the said abortion pill from being administered by mail.

An administrative stay is a stay issued by a single justice, which puts a lower court ruling on hold, while the full court considers the matter. It is NOT a ruling on the merits, nor does it give any indication of how that particular justice will vote on the issue in the future.

If you have any additional questions, we can certainly answer them in the SCOTUS Focus Chat Board.

BREAKING - Supreme Court immediately sends down its ruling on Louisiana V. Callais to the district court, despite the normal 32-day waiting period. Justice Alito concurred in the order, joined by Justices Thomas and Gorsuch. Justice Jackson dissents.

Here is a link to the order - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1197_097c.pdf