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

For clarity - The Supreme Court typically waits 32 days to send down judgments to lower courts, this period allows the losing side to petition the court for a rehearing (which is rarely granted). In this case, Louisiana requested the judgment to be sent down earlier, which was granted.

JUST IN - Supreme Court to release one or more opinions on Thursday May 14, at 10amET.

ICYMI - It is noteworthy that, as of today, Justice Thomas stands as the second longest-serving Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history, surpassing the tenure of Justice Fields, who served from 1863 to 1897. Justice Fields passed away two years following his retirement.

JUST IN - Alabama asks the Supreme Court to vacate a lower court order which prohibits them from drawing a new congressional map, following the ruling in Louisiana v. Callais last week. Justice Thomas has ordered a response by Monday at 5pmET.

Link- https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A1229/408451/20260508152659423_2026.05.08%20-%20Emergency%20Application%20for%20Stay%20-%20Caster%20FINAL.pdf

BREAKING - Supreme Court, in an apparent 6-3 order, allows Alabama to redraw its congressional redistricting map, vacating a lower court order barring it. Justice Sotomayor dissents, joined by Justice Kagan and Jackson.

Link - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-243_f20h.pdf

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

Case: Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC.

Authored by: Justice Barrett.

Joined by: Unanimous Court.

Holding: A claim that one company negligently hired another to transport
goods is not preempted by the FAAAA because States retain authority to regulate safety “with respect to motor vehicles” under the Act.

Dissent: N/A

Link to opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1238_1b7d.pdf

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

Case: Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties.

Authored by: Justice Sotomayor

Joined by: Unanimous Court.

Holding: A federal court that has previously stayed claims in a pending action under §3 of the FAA has jurisdiction to confirm or vacate a resulting arbitral award on those claims as prescribed in §9 and §10 of the FAA; nothing in the FAA precludes the normal operation of federal jurisdiction regarding live claims pending before a federal court.

Dissent: N/A

Link to opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-83_3e04.pdf

That’s all for today folks.

NEW - Supreme Court to announce one or more decisions in argued cases on Thursday May 21, at 10amET.

JUST IN - Supreme Court, in an apparent 7-2, allows mail access to mifepristone, over the public dissent of Justice Thomas and Justice Alito. Justices Thomas and Alito both filed dissenting opinions.

Dissents - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1207_21p3.pdf

JUST IN - Supreme Court tosses a Hail Mary bid from Virginia Democrats to overturn a state Supreme Court ruling which voided a referendum that would’ve made a 10D-1R congressional map. There were no noted dissents.