#supreme-court

#supreme-court

Such a law "effectively nullifies licenses to carry arms in public," Trump's lawyers said.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday is scheduled to hear arguments over President Donald Trump's attempts to fire a sitting Federal Reserve board member. Lisa Cook, whom Trump tried to remove in August, has asked the high court to ensure she can keep her job. She's argued that the "cause" Trump cited, which involves allegations of mortgage irregularities, is a pretext. The efforts to fire her are based on politics, not economic data or job performance, her lawyers say.

Candidates have a concrete and particularized interest in the rules that govern the counting of votes in their elections, regardless whether those rules harm their electoral prospects or increase the cost of their campaigns," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion.

* Maduro's legal team anchored by Julian Assange's lawyer. [ NY Law Journal] * Meanwhile, the DOJ just dropped its claims that Maduro ran the "Cartel de los Soles" after acknowledging that it's not even a real group. Exactly the sort of airtight prosecution you'd expect to see before killing 40-80 people to make an arrest. [ NY Times] * Chamber of Commerce will get an expedited appeal on challenge to Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee. [ Law360]

There were a lot of decisions in 2025 that immiserated huge amounts of people and made the world materially worse. But my pick is not one of those. Instead, I need to talk about NIH v. American Public Health Association. Yes, it has to do with slashing research grants, which does materially harm a lot of people. But more profoundly for me, this case is emblematic of every single level of destruction and mayhem coming out of the Supreme Court-all the arrogance bundled into one.

Touchy With The Teeth: Sidley associate fired after (politely) gnawing on her co-workers.

During his first year back in office, President Donald Trump amassed an unprecedented amount of power in pursuit of his far-reaching agenda. His quests to crush the Democratic Party's electoral power, seize control over the economy, and deport millions of immigrants were all actively abetted by the Supreme Court's Republican-appointed justices. Time and again-often over the shadow docket, with no explanation-the 6-3 supermajority cleared the path for Trump's aggressive executive overreach.

I can't stop listening to: Marvin Gaye, " Purple Snowflakes ." With all respect to " Christmas Eve in Washington ," this lightly lysergic soul tune is my favorite holiday song by a local artist. Motown shelved the original version and got Gaye to rerecord it as " Pretty Little Baby ," a frankly suboptimal state of affairs that persisted until 1993, when the original recording appeared on a compilation .

To call the Guard into active federal service under 12406(3), the President must be unable' with the regular military to execute the laws of the United States.' Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from execut[ing] the laws' except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress.

The justices of the US supreme court even its conservatives have traditionally valued their institution's own standing. John Roberts, the current US chief justice, has always been praised even by liberals as a staunch advocate of the court's image as a neutral arbiter. For decades, Americans believed the court soared above the fray of partisan contestation. No more. In Donald Trump's second term, the supreme court's conservative supermajority has seized the opportunity to empower the nation's chief executive.