JASA Fall 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court: Law and Politics Collide
10:00am - 11:15am
Leora Harpaz

Course Description: This course will examine the Supreme Court's recent actions in areas of political significance That was certainly true of many of the cases the Court decided during its 2024-25 Term in which President Trump scored major victories with the 6 conservatives on the Court in the majority and only the 3 liberals dissenting. Topping the list was the Court’s decision to severely limit the ability of lower federal courts to issue nationwide injunctions rather than relief that only applies to the parties before the Court, allowing the Trump administration to continue its challenged actions in other parts of the country. In addition, the Court decided cases that expanded religious liberty, limited free speech, upheld a ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender teenagers, and allowed a state to end public funding for Planned Parenthood. While the Term involved victories for the President, there were also important cases where conservatives joined with liberal justices to form a majority. In addition to cases on the Court’s regular docket, the Court decided many cases that came to the Court as emergency applications, the Trump administration’s favorite method of quickly reaching the Supreme Court when it loses in a lower court. Finally, there are already major cases that the Court will hear during the 2025-26 Term which will be discussed.

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