(NOTE:  In the wake of Justice John Paul Stevens’ retirement, the Court on Tuesday issued new assignments for the Justices in their roles as Circuit Justices to handle emergency matters from the federal court regions.  Justice Clarence Thomas succeeds Stevens for the Sixth Circuit, and Justice Stephen G. Breyer does so for the Seventh Circuit.  ...

This morning the Court, as expected, released the opinions in the remaining four cases this Term:  Bilski v. Kappos (patents), Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (separation of powers), McDonald v Read more:  The Court’s final opinions and today’s orders

A federal judge in New Orleans on Thursday rejected the Obama Administration’s plea to delay his ruling that the government wrongly imposed a six-month moratorium on deepwater oil well drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.  District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman, in a two-page order (found here), said his ruling on Tuesday against the moratorium supplied ...

The Supreme Court, taking on a case affecting the rights of credit card customers, agreed on Monday to settle banks’ duty to give advance notice before raising the interest rate they will charge when a card user defaults on a payment.   The Court granted review despite the advice of the federal government that the case ...

This morning starting at 10 a.m. Read the rest here: Live Blog: Orders and opinions | 6.21.10

This morning starting at 10 a.m. Eastern, the Court is expected to issue one or more opinions. We will relay them in the Live Blog below, with the assistance of our reporter at the Court, Lyle Denniston Original post:  Live Blog: Opinions | 6.17.10

The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning blocked the state of Arizona from releasing further subsidy payments to candidates who are running for state offices this year with public financing.  The order was issued without any noted dissent.  The Court specified that the order would stay in effect until the Court acts on a coming appeal by ...

This morning starting at 10 a.m. Eastern, the Court is expected to issue one or more opinions, as well as orders from the Justices’ conference last week. We will relay them in the Live Blog below, with the assistance of our reporter at the Court, Lyle Denniston. Excerpt from:  LiveBlog: Orders and opinions | 6.7.10

The Supreme Court has put off, until after getting some advice from a state court, a significant test case on the constitutionality of requiring a juvenile to register as a sex offender, if the youth’s crime occurred before the federal law was passed in 2006.  That question was before the Court in U.S. Continued here: Sex ...

This morning starting at 10 a.m. Eastern, the Court is expected to issue one or more opinions, as well as orders from the Justices’ conference last week. We will relay them in the Live Blog below, with the assistance of our reporter at the Court, Lyle Denniston. Read the rest here:  Live Blog: Orders and opinions ...