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The Supreme Court is back from a midterm break on Monday, February 24 and will begin arguments again on a number of cases.
The nation’s courts have emerged as the major battleground over executive orders and actions by President Donald Trump, with more than 75 lawsuits seeking to block efforts to cut the federal workforce, fire watchdogs, restrict immigration and more. A few cases have reached the courts of appeals and one is before the Supreme Court.
The Trump administration removed 17 inspectors general and Gwynne Wilcox, the Democratic chairwoman of the National Labor Relations Board. Trump also fired Hampton Dellinger, the head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, which is called the Office of Special Counsel.
A federal judge temporarily reinstated Dellinger to lead the Office of Special Counsel. A divided federal appeals court ruled the administration could not appeal that decision. The Trump administration then appealed to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court said it will review a case where an FBI SWAT team smashed the front door of the wrong suburban Atlanta home in 2017 while attempting to serve a search warrant. The case could have broader reverberations for victims of some government behavior.
The Supreme Court will also decide whether the state of Oklahoma may fund a proposed Catholic charter school, a blockbuster case that could redraw the line between church and state by allowing government to establish and directly fund religious schools for the first time.
- Tracking Trump’s wins and losses in court cases over his executive orders
- Supreme Court to decide whether FBI can be held liable for mistaken raid
- Supreme Court to decide whether states can allow religious public schools
Ann Marimow is a Washington Post reporter covering the Supreme Court. She has reported on legal affairs and the federal courts for more than a decade at the Post. Ann got her start in journalism at the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire and later reported on state politics in California at the San Jose Mercury News.
Justin Jouvenal is a Washington Post reporter covering the Supreme Court. He previously covered policing and the courts locally and nationally. He joined The Post in 2009.
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