Category: Supreme Court Decisions

In United States v. Skrmetti, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Tennessee’s law prohibiting certain medical treatments for transgender minors is not subject to heightened scrutiny under the equal protection clause of the 14th ...

In Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Mexican government can’t hold gun manufacturers liable for aiding and abetting gun trafficking and drug cartels that have injured ...

In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Sixth Circuit’s “background circumstances” rule, which requires members of a majority group to satisfy a heightened evidentiary standard t...

In Barnes v. Felix, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal's "moment of threat" doctrine, which focused solely on the immediate actions leading up to a police officer’s use of force. In so ruling, C...

In Kousisis v. United States, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant who induces a victim to enter into a transaction under materially false pretenses may be convicted of federal fraud even if the defendant did not seek t...

In Kousisis v. United States, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant who induces a victim to enter into a transaction under materially false pretenses may be convicted of federal fraud even if the defendant did not seek t...

On May 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. CASA, Inc., Trump v. Washington, Trump v. New Jersey, all of which challenge President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocume...

In Feliciano v. Department of Transportation, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that a federal civilian employee called to active duty pursuant to “any other provision of law ... during a national emergency” as described in...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a key First Amendment case involving the separation of church and state. The issue before the justices in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond and St. Isidore of Seville Catholic...

In Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the 5th Circuit erred in setting aside as arbitrary and capricious the FDA’s orders denying the authorization of new e...