Amy Howe
Covering the Supreme Court at Howe on the Court and SCOTUSblog. Chief of staff to an eight-pound Maltipoo; not the FanDuel CEO.
- The Supreme Court has added three new cases -- involving arbitration, gun rights, and bankruptcy -- to its merits docket for the 2025-26 term.
- #SCOTUS spokesperson says the Supreme Court "expects to run out of funding on October 18." W/out new appropriated funds, "the Court will make changes to its operations"; it will "continue to conduct essential work" but "the Supreme Court Building will be closed to the public."
- The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Dec. 8 in Trump v. Slaughter, involving the president's power to fire the heads of independent agencies.
- The Supreme Court just added five new cases from its "long conference" on Monday to its docket for 2025-26. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
- The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in January on President Donald Trump's request to be able to remove Lisa Cook from her position as a governor on the Federal Reserve Board. The court's order means that Cook will remain in office for now. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
- My story from Friday night on the government's filings: www.scotusblog.com/2025/09/trum...
- The Trump administration's petitions for review asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on the legality of the president's executive order seeking to end the guarantee of birthright citizenship have now been docketed. www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?... www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?...
- The Trump administration's petitions for review asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on the legality of the president's executive order seeking to end the guarantee of birthright citizenship have now been docketed. www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?... www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?...
- The Supreme Court will hear arguments in December on President Donald Trump's power to fire FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, including whether to overrule its 1935 decision in Humphrey's Executor.
- The Supreme Court has directed Lisa Cook to file her response to the Trump administration's request to allow the president to remove her from the Fed's board of governors. It is due on Thursday, Sept. 25, by 4 p.m.
- The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court (on the emergency docket) to block a lower-court ruling that barred the president from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.
- The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wed., Nov. 5, in the challenges to President Trump's authority to impose sweeping tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
- The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in November in the challenges to President Donald Trump's tariffs. The court has granted both Learning Resources v. Trump & Trump v. V.O.S. Selections.
- Happy Monday! A brief explainer on #SCOTUS & tariffs for @scotusblog.com: www.scotusblog.com/2025/08/the-...
- The Supreme Court is expected to announce opinions in argued cases at 10 am Eastern -- which could include acting on the dispute over the TikTok ban, which goes into effect on Jan. 19. We'll be live-blogging the release of opinions over at SCOTUSblog starting very soon.
- Nothing on the TikTok case on today's order list, which deals with petitions for review that the justices considered at their conference last Friday. We don't know when the court will act on the TikTok case, although the court has indicated that it will issue opinions in argued cases on Wed am.
- The Supreme Court will not take up a challenge to Maryland's handgun licensing scheme, Maryland Shall Issue v. Moore. Full order list is here: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
- The Supreme Court has denied President-elect Donald Trump's bid to halt his criminal sentencing, scheduled for tomorrow morning in a New York state trial court. Four justices -- Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh -- indicate that they would have granted his request.
- Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to block sentencing proceedings, scheduled for Friday, in his NY hush money case while he appeals on presidential immunity grounds. Court has directed prosecutors to respond by 10 am tomorrow. www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/u...
- The Supreme Court building will be closed on Thursday, Jan. 9, in recognition of the national day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/p...
- The Supreme Court also agreed to take up Kerr v. Planned Parenthood, involving whether a S.C. woman can bring a lawsuit challenging that state’s decision to end Planned Parenthood’s participation in its Medicaid program. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
- The Supreme Court announced it will hear arguments on Jan. 10 on TikTok's appeal to block law that would require the company to shut down in the U.S. if its parent co. does not divest by Jan. 19. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
- TikTok has asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block enforcement of a law that would require the company to shut down in the US if its parent company does not divest by Jan. 19. www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/u...
- Oops! The Supreme Court on Monday morning clarified that in Catholic Charities' challenge to Wisconsin's denial of a religious tax exemption, it will only consider that issue and not a second question related to the standard of proof.
- The Supreme Court issued more orders from the justices' private conference on Friday. As expected, the court did not add any new cases to its docket for the 2024-25 term (that happened on Friday afternoon). www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
- The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon added two new cases to its docket for the 2024-25 term, including a major new religion case. www.scotusblog.com/2024/12/just...
- The Supreme Court has announced a new program that will allow members of the public to enter an automated online lottery for reserved seats in the courtroom. The pilot program will begin in February 2025. www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/p...
- So very sorry to hear about the death of legendary sketch artist Bill Hennessy. The courtroom (and the press room) won't be the same without him. www.scotusblog.com/2024/12/will...
- The Supreme Court dismissed a securities fraud case, NVIDIA v. E. Ohman J:Or Fonder AB, without ruling on the merits of the case. The case was argued in mid-November. Nothing else from the court today.
- The Supreme Court is expected to issue one or more opinions in argued cases this morning at 10 am Eastern, followed by oral arguments in a dispute over damages for trademark infringement.
- The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon added 3 new cases (2 of which will be argued together) to its docket for the 2024-25 term: Rivers v. Lumpkin, Fuld v. PLO, & United States v. PLO. More orders from the justices' private conference are expected on Monday morning at 9:30 am.
- You'll be able to hear a live stream of Tuesday's oral argument, but unfortunately there's no live audio of the opinion announcements that precede it. (That audio will be available sometime late next year.)
- The Supreme Court's calendar indicates that the court is likely to issue opinions next Tuesday morning at 10 am. So far this term the justices have only issued one ruling in an argued case, dismissing a securities law case without deciding the merits of the dispute.
- Supreme Court issued orders from last week's private conference. No new grants (b/c the justices added two new cases to their docket on Friday). Once again, the Court did not act on high-profile petitions for review involving "buffer zones" at abortion clinics & trans athletes on sports teams.
- Quiet day today at the Supreme Court. The justices dismissed a securities law case involving Facebook and the 2015 Cambridge Analytica data breach as "improvidently granted." Case was argued on Nov. 6.
- The Supreme Court is expected to issue its first opinions in argued cases for the 2024-25 term this morning at 10 am. Unfortunately, unlike arguments, there is *no* live audio of the opinion announcements.
- More on today's orders from the Supreme Court: www.scotusblog.com/2024/11/supr...
- The Supreme Court did not add any new cases to its docket for the 2024-25 term this morning. The justices have another conference on Friday. Here's a link to today's order list: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
