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Chloe Miracle-Rutledge is a JURIST Supreme Court Correspondent and a 2L at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC.  I headed to the United States Supreme Court on Thursday to report on oral arguments revolving around President Trump’s executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship, which has been blocked by numerous lower courts through nationwide [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a dispute over Medicare reimbursements paid to hospitals. The 7-2 decision effectively limits the number of patients for whom hospitals can receive federal reimbursement.  Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance to elderly and [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in the Mahmoud v. Taylor case concerning the viability of religious opt-outs from LGBTQ+ curriculum in public schools. In the brief for the petitioners, the parents argue that “gender and sexuality are topics of enormous religious importance” and that “decisions related to these topics can have life-changing [...]

On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court heard a challenge brought by parents arguing that a Maryland School Board violated the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause by not allowing children to opt out of exposure to books that portray gay, lesbian and trans folks as worthy of dignity and equality. There are numerous complex legal doctrines [...]

As the Trump administration moves forward with its rapid efforts to deport those immigrants—with or without status—whom it deems dangerous or politically problematic, rights groups and immigration lawyers have repeatedly petitioned US courts to ensure due process for all at risk of deportation. These efforts have created a web of overlapping cases that are shaping [...]

The US Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court order directing the US government to bring unlawfully deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia back to the US. Abrego Garcia was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on his way home from work on March 12, and was sent to the newly-constructed, [...]

The US Supreme Court Tuesday axed a federal court order that would have required the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal employees who were fired as part of the executive branch efforts to downsize administrative agencies. The court blocked the order upon hearing an emergency appeal filed by the administration following the lower court’s [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Biden-era federal regulations on “ghost guns,” or mail-order kits that allow people to build untraceable weapons at home, handing gun control groups a rare win at the conservative high court. Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered the court’s opinion, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday over a challenge to Louisiana’s recently redrawn voting map and its two Black-majority districts. Plaintiffs claimed that the map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The civil rights era statute aimed to end voter suppression practices in southern states and specifically prohibits “the denial [...]

In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court refused to grant a stay to block Louisiana’s execution of an inmate by use of nitrogen gas. 46-year-old Jessie Hoffman Jr. became the first person ever to be executed in the state through this method on Tuesday evening . The Louisiana State Penitentiary scheduled Jessie Hoffman’s execution by nitrogen gas [...]