Stamatios Kousisis, Alpha Painting and Construction Co.'s manager, was convicted in 2018 for lying to fulfill diversity requirements for Schuylkill bridge and 30th Street Station repair contracts.

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan dissented as Chief Justice John Roberts backed President Donald Trump's right as commander in chief to remove members of independent agencies without cause, which Kagan argued "favors the president over our precedent.

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. There are 102 petitions and applications

The Supreme Court granted an emergency application filed by the Trump administration, which argued that it has sole authority over immigration disputes such as the Temporary Protected Status of Venezuelans living in the United States. The Supreme Court ruling is a major victory for the Trump administration.

With only eight justices voting, the 4-4 tie leaves in place an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that a public religious charter school would violate the separation of church and state.

The U.S. Supreme Court split 4-4 in a major case involving religious rights in American education. Charter schools are considered public schools