Court Watch: Week of Sept. 21, 2026 — Mail-Ballot Rule Left Blocked
The Supreme Court declined to revive a Postal Service ballot-mail rule for November, while district judges blocked a DHS visa cap and a retroactive SNAP compliance clock.
Federal and state court proceedings, rulings, and legal analysis
The Supreme Court declined to revive a Postal Service ballot-mail rule for November, while district judges blocked a DHS visa cap and a retroactive SNAP compliance clock.
The Supreme Court froze Missouri’s redrawn congressional map twice in one week, mail-ballot and voter-database emergency applications await rulings, and the D.C. and Fourth Circuits issued major decisions on taxpayer…
Chief Justice Roberts issued an administrative stay keeping White House ballroom construction underway, while the Fourth Circuit, a Texas district judge and the Georgia Supreme Court handed down notable rulings.
The ballroom and mail-ballot fights reach the Supreme Court, the First Circuit backs bond hearings, and judges rule on Harvard, phosphogypsum roads, and Ohio data centers.
A weekly digest of notable court developments: the First Circuit leaves a block on the federal voter-list order in place, the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger stays frozen, the D.C. Circuit preserves…
A divided D.C. Circuit halted White House ballroom construction, a Texas judge struck down NFA registration rules for suppressors, and 23 states filed opposition on the Supreme Court emergency docket…
The administration takes its mail-in voting order to the Supreme Court's emergency docket, two petitions target the $83.3 million Carroll verdict, beef price-fixing classes are certified in Minnesota, and Texas…
With the Supreme Court in recess, the Third Circuit struck down New Jersey’s assault-weapons ban, the D.C. Circuit revived a USPS mail-ballot rule, and a Florida judge voided an IRS…
Supreme Court lets Texas enforce its app age-verification law as courts rule on immigration detention, firearms and the Nexstar-TEGNA merger.
The Supreme Court closed October Term 2025 with blockbuster rulings on birthright citizenship, presidential removal power, the Federal Reserve, elections, campaign finance, transgender athletes, and geofence warrants.