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Justice Alito Recuses Himself Days Before Major Climate-Change Case
The New York Times, September 29, 2026
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. had faced pressure to recuse himself from the climate case because he owns stock in oil companies.
Trump Administration Asks Justices to Allow It to Deny Hormones to Trans Inmates
The New York Times, September 28, 2026
The Bureau of Prisons policy, which has been blocked by lower courts, would give transgender prisoners access to psychotherapy and antidepressants instead of certain gender-transition medical treatments.
Important Takeaways From the Missouri Districting Debacle and the Supreme Court’s Reaction to It
Justia's Verdict, September 28, 2026
UC Davis Law professor Vikram David Amar discusses the U.S. Supreme Court’s third rejection of Republican officials’ attempts to use Missouri’s 2025 redistricting map (HB1) for the 2026 congressional election, situating the ruling within the broader national redistricting conflict and analyzing what it reveals about the Court’s emergency docket practices. Professor Amar argues that the decision undercuts claims that the Court’s shadow docket favors Trump, demonstrates the Court’s insistence that lower federal courts respect its prior rulings and state supreme court authority under Rooker-Feldman and Moore v. Harper, and shows the Justices applying the Purcell doctrine while placing blame for the electoral confusion squarely on Missouri’s Republican Secretary of State rather than on the state courts.
Supreme Court dismisses immigration case that was scheduled for argument in October
SCOTUSblog, September 12, 2026
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Supreme Court of the United States, July 1, 2026
A 1987 Proposal Could Help Hold ICE to Account for Constitutional Violations
The New York Times, February 2, 2026
A proposal in a 1987 law review article could address a gap that makes it all but impossible to sue federal officials for violating the Constitution.
