BREAKING UPDATE: Justice Thomas has issued a temporary injunction on Senator Graham testifying in the Georgia 2020 election fraud probe, the ruling, not based on the merits of the case, but rather gives the Supreme Court time to further brief on the issue.

Today at the Supreme Court: The court will hear the biggest challenge to the controversial affirmative action. In a case known as “Grutter V Bollinger”, the court will finally answer the question of whether race based admissions are in violation of the 14th Amendment and anti discrimination laws or acting within the state’s diversity interests. The case is expected to be decided next summer.

NOTE: Todays case is not named “Grutter V Bollinger” but the court is however considering on whether it should overturn THAT decision or keep it the same. Just in case some people may have been confused by the wording!

BREAKING: Chief Justice Roberts temporarily halts the turnover of Trump’s tax returns from the IRS to the Congressional House committee, a partial win for the Trump legal team. Roberts has asked for a response by the applicant, in this case the House Committee, before referring it to the full court!

UPDATE: Supreme Court as a whole has denied the request from Lindsey Graham to block him from testifying in the Georgia 2020 election fraud probe. This order replaces a previous one issued by Justice Thomas last week.

ICYMI: Yet another case is added to the Supreme Court emergency (or shadow) docket. This case is also related to the many other cases challenging Biden’s student debt forgiveness program, one lawsuit is currently being litigated in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, while on temporary hold. This new request is once again heading to Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s desk, which based on the history with this issue and Justice Barrett’s previous actions on this matter, it might be denied without being referred to the full court.

UPDATE: Barrett once again has denied a request from a group challenging Biden’s student debt forgiveness program, just like last time, she denied the request herself without referring it to the full court.

Monday morning at SCOTUS: Supreme Court released its order list this morning, no new cases added to the docket, however there were some lengthy dissent for some of the cases.

Supreme Court has released its January calendar docket for cases they will hear during the month, only seven cases have been added to the month, with only five argument days scheduled during the month.

BREAKING: Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to intervene and reinstate the Student Loan Forgiveness Program, which was shut down by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeal heads the Justice Kavanaugh’s desk, where he can reject it, or refer it to the full court for consideration.

NEW: Supreme Court has released its Monday morning order list, the court has not added any new cases to its docket so far. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/112122zor_7lhn.pdf

NEW: Supreme Court will hear a case involving Jack Daniel’s, the whiskey company, and “Bad Spaniels” dog toys company, the issue over trademark laws, Court will hear the case next year.

BREAKING: Supreme Court DENIES Fmr. President Trump’s bid to prevent a House Ways and Means Committee from receiving his tax returns. This new order comes just three weeks after Chief Justice Roberts temporarily halted the turnover of his tax returns to the Committee. There are no recorded dissents.

Busy week at the Supreme Court, with four oral arguments scheduled between today and Wednesday. Today the court will hear arguments in case “Percoco v U.S.” which deals with the issue on whether a private citizen, not occupying a public office, who is influential over governmental decisions, has a fiduciary duty to the general public. The court will also hear arguments in case “Ciminelli v U.S.”, which deals with the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and “right to control” theory of fraud. Arguments begin at 10amET.

Here is a link to today’s oral arguments: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx

Today the Court will hear arguments in case “United States V Texas”. which entails whether state officials or plaintiffs, have the legal standing to challenge the Department of Homeland Security’s guidance when it comes to the enforcement of civil immigration policies/laws. In July the divided court declined to reinstate Biden’s immigration guidelines but agreed to hear the case. This is the only case on the docket for oral arguments today, arguments begin at 10amET.

Here is the link to today’s oral arguments: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx

BREAKING: SCOTUS allows the execution of Kevin Johnson, convicted of murdering a police sergeant in Missouri on July 5, 2005. The Missouri Supreme Court this morning rejected the bid to stay his execution, and tonight the United States Supreme Court, via the shadow docket, has also rejected his bid to stay the execution scheduled for tonight. Justice Sotomayor and Justice Jackson dissented from the decision.

Today the court will hear a case called “Wilkins V United States” which is in correlation with the Quiet noscript and whether it is a jurisdictional requirement or a claim processing rule. This is the only case scheduled for oral arguments today, we may receive an order or two from the shadow docket, however only time will tell.

Arguments begin at 10amET, here is a link to it: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx

ICYMI: Supreme Court Justice Jackson wrote a brief dissent, in which Justice Sotomayor joined, on the Johnson V Missouri case involving the man whom was executed in Missouri on Tuesday night after the Supreme Court gave the seal of approval in the 7-2 shadow docket decision. This dissent came out the day after the Court's decision, so it was not attached to the Tuesday order. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/22a463_o759.pdf

BREAKING: Supreme Court will hear the issue of whether President Biden has the legal or constitutional authority to forgive federal student loans, the Court will hear the case in February. This case was the lawsuit pending out of the eighth circuit court, which two weeks ago blocked the program from granting forgiveness.