#1
Primary record
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. 215 (No. 19-1392, June 24, 2022)
— overruled Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
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#2
Primary record
Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 600 U.S. 181 (No. 20-1199, June 29, 2023)
— sharply restricted race-conscious college admissions.
#3
Primary record
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. 369 (No. 22-451, June 28, 2024)
— overruled the Chevron deference doctrine.
#4
Primary record
Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593 (No. 23-939, July 1, 2024)
— established the presidential criminal-immunity framework; Justice Sotomayor's dissent raised the assassination, coup, and bribe-for-pardon hypotheticals.
#5
Primary record
Code of Conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States (adopted November 13, 2023).
States ethical principles but leaves recusal primarily to the individual justice, with no outside enforcement body.
#6
Reporting
ProPublica — "Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From GOP Donor" (April 6, 2023),
documenting years of undisclosed travel and hospitality from Harlan Crow; Thomas later amended portions of his financial disclosures.
#7
Reporting
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. — letters responding to congressional recusal requests over flags displayed at his residences (May 29, 2024),
stating his wife raised the flags and declining to recuse from the immunity and January 6 cases. Reporting: