The US Supreme Court will hear Wolford v. Lopez on Tuesday. The Second Amendment case tests whether a state may make it a crime for licensed gun owners to carry handguns onto private property open to the public unless the property owner has given express permission. The case arises from Hawaii law and asks how [...]
The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, in two cases about whether states may restrict participation on girls’/women’s school sports teams to students classified as female based on biological sex at birth. The two cases are Little v. Hecox (No. 24-38) from the Ninth Circuit, and West Virginia v. [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 10, heard oral arguments in Hamm vs. Smith, a capital case that could reshape how courts evaluate intellectual disability under Atkins v. Virginia and its progeny for purposes of the Eighth Amendment. Atkins prohibited the execution of “intellectually disabled” individuals under the Eighth Amendment after the Court applied [...]
The US Supreme Court will hear Hamm v. Smith on Wednesday, December 10, a death penalty case testing how courts should treat multiple IQ scores when deciding whether a death-row prisoner is intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for execution under the Eighth Amendment. Joseph Clifton Smith was sentenced to death in Alabama for a 1997 [...]
The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday, November 5, in a pair of cases challenging President Donald Trump’s authority to impose broad tariffs on nearly all imported goods. The consolidated cases, Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, Inc., ask whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) allows [...]
The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday, October 15, a case testing how far states may consider race when redrawing congressional districts to comply with the Voting Rights Act (VRA). In 2024, Louisiana enacted a new map creating a second majority-Black district. A three-judge federal court struck it [...]
It started with a buzz — a sound so ordinary that Adrianna, a 14-year-old high school freshman, hardly gave it a second thought. But as she walked down the hallway, clutching her phone, she noticed the whispers and snickers from classmates. Something wasn’t right. When Adrianna opened the Instagram notification, her world fell apart. A [...]
The US House of Representatives passed a two-year reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a controversial expiring warrantless surveillance law, earlier this year. Democrats and Republicans alike criticized the move. Former President Donald Trump urged his allies in Congress to “Kill FISA” days before the House passed the two-year reauthorization. [...]
