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November 5, 2025 | Key Cases to Watch During the Supreme Court’s November Sitting
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Affirmative Action Victory in Fisher v University of Texas at Austin
In Fisher v University of Texas at Austin (2016), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the race-conscious admissions program in use by the university when Abigail Fisher applied to the school in 2008 is lawful under the Constitution’s Equal Protection ...
Abood v. Detroit Board of Education: Public Unions, “Agency Shop” and the First Amendment
In Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, 431 U.S. 209 (1977), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not prohibit governments from requiring non-union public employees to pay their “fair share” of dues f...
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle: The End of Race Based School Populations
In Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle, 551 U.S. 701 (2007), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that public school districts can’t use race as the sole determining factor for assigning students to schools, even if they are doing so to a...
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SCOTUS Clears Way to Terminate Protected Status for Venezuelan Nationals
by DONALD SCARINCI on October 29, 2025
On October 3, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency request from the Trump Administrati...
Supreme Court Cases to Watch in the October Sitting
by DONALD SCARINCI on October 23, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court’s new term, which began on October 6, has the potential to be historic. In...
SCOTUS Clears Way for Termination of FTC Commissioner
by DONALD SCARINCI on October 17, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court’s emergency order in Trump v. Slaughter, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), allows Pres...
