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February 5, 2026 | SCOTUS Decision in Bowe v. United States Is First of the 2026 Term

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...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. At this stage, the justices have agreed to consider whether three nationwide injunctions should ...

In Trump v. J.G.G., the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that non-citizens challenging their removal under the Alien Enemies Act must bring habeas petitions in the district where they are detained. The justices did not address whether the Alien Enemies Act ...

In Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a case voluntarily dismissed without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a) counts as a “final proceeding” under Federal Rule ...

In Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers, Inc., 604 U.S. __ (2025), the U.S. SupremeCourt held that in awarding the “defendant’s profits” to the prevailing plaintiff in atrademark infringement suit under the Lanham Act, a court can award ...

In Bondi v. VanDerStok, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule interpreting the Gun Control Act of 1968 to cover certain products that can readily be converted into an ...

In City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court again limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) power under the Clean Water Act (CWA). According to the Court’s five-member majority, the EPA can...

In Hungary v. Simon, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that alleging commingling of funds alone cannot satisfy the commercial nexus requirement of the expropriation exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA). Th...

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases this week, all of which asked the justices to resolve a circuit split. The issues ranged from whether a death row defendant can obtain postconviction DNA testing to what test courts should apply ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in FCC v. Consumers’ Research next month. The case has the potential to be a blockbuster, as it is expected to clarify the boundaries of the non-delegation doctrine, the principle that Congress can...

In John Doe v. Dynamic Physical Therapy, LLC, 607 U.S. ____ (2025) the U.S. Supreme Court held that...
While the U.S. Supreme Court has concluded oral arguments for the year, it continues to add cases t...

In Trump v. Illinois, 607 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court refused to stay a district court...
Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.

