Learning Resources v. Trump
Coverage of Learning Resources v. Trump in the Nexus archive.
- The live blog comments that stuck with us
SCOTUSblog highlights memorable live blog comments from the 2024-25 and 2025-26 Supreme Court terms, including reader questions about clerks and tariffs. The article discusses recurring topics like the 'box count' and '#WaitingForAmy' during opinion announcements.
- The two Roberts courts
The current Supreme Court, composed of six Republican-appointed conservatives and three Democratic-appointed liberals, often splits 6-3 along ideological lines but also shows internal conservative disagreements. Two October Term 2025 cases, Louisiana v. Callais and Learning Resources v. Trump, illustrate this: the former followed the standard ideological split, while the latter formed a cross-bloc majority. The cases highlight how legal method and institutional role can reorganize justices into different coalitions.
- The most important cases yet to be decided
The Supreme Court is set to issue 26 final opinions in major cases before its summer recess, including challenges to President Donald Trump's policies on tariffs and birthright citizenship. Trump has faced defeats in these cases, including a recent ruling against his tariff policy, and appears likely to lose another case seeking to end birthright citizenship. His attempt to fire Federal Reserve member Lisa Cook also faces legal hurdles.
- The Supreme Court’s common sense problem
The Supreme Court increasingly uses 'common sense' reasoning in legal decisions, as seen in cases like Learning Resources v. Trump (tariffs), Diamond Alternative Energy v. EPA (standing), and United States v. Rahimi (Second Amendment). Justices, including Neil Gorsuch and Ketanji Brown Jackson, have expressed skepticism about this approach, highlighting its subjective nature and potential to reflect controversial intuitions about governance.