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In Watson v. Republican National Committee, 609 U.S. ___ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal election-day statutes do not prevent Mississippi from counting absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days therea...

In Chatrie v. United States, 609 U.S. ___ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court held that law enforcement acquisition of a user's cell-phone location data via a geofence warrant constitutes a "search" under the Fourth Amendment. Facts of the Case On ...

In West Virginia v. B.P.J., 609 U.S. ___ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Title IX allows schools to provide separate women’s and men’s sports teams defined by biological sex. Accordingly, it further found that West Virginia and Idaho di...

In National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission, 609 U.S. ____ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Election Campaign Act’s restrictions on a political party’s spending on campaign activities in coordin...

In Trump v. Barbara, 609 U.S. ___ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s Executive Order attempting to end birthright citizenship. According to the Court, children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or tem...

In Trump v. Slaughter, 609 U.S. ___ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Trade Commission’s (FCC) for-cause removal provision violates the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution. In so ruling, the majority expressly ove...

In Trump v. Cook, 609 U.S. ___ (2026), a divided Court denied the Government’s application to stay the district court’s order preliminarily enjoining the purported firing of Federal Reserve System Governor Lisa Cook pending the conclusion of lit...

In Wolford v. Lopez, 609 U.S. ___ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Hawaii’s law prohibiting licensed concealed-carry permit holders from carrying handguns on private property open to the public without the property owner’s express author...

In United States v. Hemani, 608 U.S. ___ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that  the federal government's prosecution of a nonviolent marijuana user for possessing a gun violated the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms. Facts o...

In Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission, 608 U.S. ___ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) need not prove that investors suffered actual financial losses to obtain disgorgement in an enforce...