Top SCOTUS News from August 1-2: What You Need to Know

Although the briefs Sauer has filed and the arguments he has made before the justices have at times seemed unorthodox – appearing to echo language used by Trump himself – he has largely appeared to pull off a tricky balancing act.https://t.co/Pu0mO6fdTR

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) September 1, 2026

Two Republican groups on Monday asked the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by a federal appeals court that, they told the justices, “rewrote longstanding rules about preferential broadcast rates for political ads.”https://t.co/fFunaxEk7E

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) August 31, 2026

By a vote of 5-4, the Supreme Court paused a ruling by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that would have halted above-ground construction of the new White House ballroom.https://t.co/QlXAjDFQ6f

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) August 31, 2026