Opinions
24 decisions
The Court has now answered a major constitutional question about transgender participation in school sports, and that answer will shape policies beyond Idaho.
The Court said states may separate school sports teams by sex determined at birth, leaving West Virginia's approach in place.
President Trump's order cannot strip citizenship from children born in the United States based on their parents' immigration status or temporary presence.
This case tests whether a President may remove a Federal Reserve governor for pre-appointment conduct without first giving notice or a hearing.
A geofence warrant that scoops up every device near a crime scene, like the one used here, violates the Fourth Amendment.
For federal elections, Mississippi cannot count ballots that arrive after Election Day even if they were cast by that day.
The decision answers whether federal pesticide law overrides this kind of state warning claim tied to an EPA-approved label.
States cannot make public-facing private property presumptively off-limits to licensed concealed carriers unless an owner gives express permission.
People turned back or stopped on the Mexican side of a port of entry cannot use the INA's inspection and asylum provisions at that stage.
The Court said the Alien Tort Statute does not itself let judges create a new aiding-and-abetting claim, narrowing one route for human rights suits against companies.
The Court said Helms-Burton claims against Cuban instrumentalities still must satisfy a Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act exception.
The government can prove the qualifying crime during the later removal proceeding; it did not need that proof at the moment of the resident's last reentry.
Based on the record provided, the Court said Pung is limited to surplus sale proceeds rather than the property's full market value.
The Court opened the door to money-damages claims against individual state officials under RLUIPA.
The Supreme Court said the Second Circuit went too far in undoing Hernandez's state conviction under the strict federal rules for reviewing state cases.
The Court said the government could not strip Hemani of his gun rights under this law based only on his regular marijuana use.
Appeal waivers usually matter, but they do not automatically block every appeal when enforcing them would cause a miscarriage of justice.
If a state-court judgment is still being reviewed in state court, a federal district court still cannot hear a suit attacking that judgment.
The Court answered an important question about when a federal criminal case may be filed in a district tied to intended effects rather than on-the-ground conduct.
The decision gives lower courts new guidance on when an undisclosed claim from a bankruptcy case can still go forward.
The Supreme Court has now answered the Section 47(b) question for the whole country, and lower courts must follow that answer in future cases.
The Court clarified how far a skinny-label generic can still face claims that it encouraged use covered by a brand-name patent.
The Court has now answered an important constitutional challenge to the FCC's forfeiture process, and that answer will shape future FCC penalty cases.
The SEC does not have to prove investors suffered out-of-pocket financial harm before asking a court to order disgorgement.