{"id":2396831,"date":"2025-01-30T06:28:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T11:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-hits-two-term-record-with-federal-government-in-half-of-cases-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T06:29:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T11:29:42","slug":"supreme-court-hits-two-term-record-with-federal-government-in-half-of-cases-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-hits-two-term-record-with-federal-government-in-half-of-cases-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court hits two-term record with federal government in half of cases &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-hits-two-term-record-with-federal-government-in-half-of-cases-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2396831&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary discusses a notable trend in the recent Supreme \u2063Court dockets,highlighting that,for the second consecutive year,over half of the cases involve the federal\u2064 government as either a petitioner or respondent. This shift\u2063 represents a\u200c significant change in the types of disputes\u200d the justices are willing to hear.\u200c Specifically, 31 out of 62 cases for\u2063 the 2024-25 term involve federal parties, a situation not previously\u200d seen since the \u2064last \u200dterm. This trend leads to an increased role of the Supreme Court in resolving \u200cfederal policy disputes,moving such matters away from Congress and regulatory bodies.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court&#8217;s recent sessions have \u200bcentered on administrative power, with\u200d rulings that have curtailed federal agencies&#8217; authority. Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-to-protect-customers-from-de-banking-for-religious-political-reasons-advances-in-tennessee\/\" title=\"Tennessee Advances Bill to Safeguard Customers from De-Banking for Religious or Political Reasons\">high-profile cases highlight<\/a> this trend, including decisions impacting the Securities and Exchange Commission&#8217;s \u200b(SEC) enforcement capabilities and the \u2062Biden administration&#8217;s regulatory actions on firearms. Upcoming cases also signal the court&#8217;s involvement in significant cultural and \u2064constitutional issues, such as challenges to state laws regarding\u200d transgender medical \u200ctreatments and police conduct.<\/p>\n<p>the Supreme Court&#8217;s increasing engagement with federal government cases underscores its pivotal role in current \u2064governance discussions, signaling a new legal landscape\u2063 where judicial interpretation plays a central role in policy progress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Supreme Court hits two-term record with federal government in half of cases<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1961117\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>For the second year in a row, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Supreme Court<\/a> docket is dominated by cases in which the federal government is a named party, marking an unprecedented shift in the kinds of disputes the justices are choosing to hear. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Of the 62 cases the court has granted for its 2024-25 term, 31 involve the federal government as either a petitioner or respondent, according to data compiled by Georgetown University law professor Steve Vladeck and Juris Doctor candidate Alyssa Negvesky.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, and Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, and Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This marks only the second time ever that cases involving the federal government have accounted for at least half of the court&rsquo;s merits docket &mdash; the first was last term in 2023-24, Vladeck explained in his Substack blog <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevevladeck.com\/p\/119-the-federal-government-as-a-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">One First<\/a><\/em>  on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>While the U.S. government has long been the most frequent litigant before the court, it traditionally accounted for only a plurality of cases, not a majority.<\/p>\n<p>This pattern over the last two terms signals a trend for how federal policy disputes are resolved, shifting further from Congress and regulatory agencies into the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>Vladeck wrote that this trend also could represent why the Supreme Court often divides along ideological lines on some of the more contentious cases it weighs each term. Thanks to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s three appointees during his first term, the high court is made up of six Republican-appointed and three Democratic-appointed justices.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For better or worse, that shift&nbsp;necessarily&nbsp;puts the justices not only on the front lines of the culture wars in a growing number (and even larger percentage) of cases, but often in contexts in which they are more likely to divide along ideological lines than in the cases that comprised more of the merits docket a generation ago,&rdquo; Vladeck said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Supreme Court&rsquo;s expanding role in federal power disputes<\/h2>\n<p>The high number of cases involving the federal government this term reflects a broader legal landscape in which more disputes between private parties and the federal government, or between states and federal agencies, are escalating to the Supreme Court. This shift has coincided with the court&rsquo;s increasing focus on administrative power, a theme that defined the 2023-24 term and continues into the new session as more of a look at some of the larger culture war issues of the current era.<\/p>\n<p>During the last term, the court&rsquo;s Republican-appointed majority issued rulings that significantly curtailed federal regulatory authority. In&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3045084\/supreme-court-shreds-chevron-doctrine-in-blow-to-agency-powers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo<\/a><\/em>, the justices overturned the decades-old <em>Chevron<\/em> doctrine, stripping agencies of their ability to interpret ambiguous federal laws without judicial second-guessing.<\/p>\n<p>In another example highlighting the focus of administrative law last term,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3042116\/supreme-court-rules-to-limit-powers-of-sec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">SEC v. Jarkesy<\/a><\/em>, the Supreme Court ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission&rsquo;s practice of seeking civil penalties through its own administrative proceedings violated the Seventh Amendment&rsquo;s guarantee of a jury trial. This decision limits the SEC&rsquo;s ability to impose penalties without going through federal courts, thereby reducing the agency&rsquo;s enforcement power.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pivoting to the broader culture war issues <\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, the court is set to decide a landmark case later this year known as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3250557\/tennessee-attorney-general-claims-victory-in-admission-of-aclu-lawyer-in-trans-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> <em>Skrmetti v. United States<\/em><\/a>, a challenge to Tennessee&rsquo;s ban on transgender medical treatments for minors, which reached the justices after the Biden administration intervened to argue the law was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Another major case this term highlighting the federal government&rsquo;s central role in Supreme Court litigation is&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3181079\/supreme-court-looks-poised-uphold-atf-ghost-guns-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Garland v. VanDerStok<\/a><\/em>, in which the Biden administration is defending the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives&rsquo;s regulation of so<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-called ghost guns &#038;mdash<\/a>; unserialized, privately assembled firearms. The case, which stems from a lower court ruling that struck down the regulation, will test the federal government&rsquo;s ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-will-not-comply-gun-owners-publicly-defy-new-mexico-governors-firearms-ban\/\" title=\"Gun owners openly defy New Mexico governor&#039;s firearms ban: &#039;We won&#039;t comply&#039;.\">impose gun control measures<\/a> through agency rulemaking.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the court agreed on Monday to hear&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3302349\/supreme-court-review-wrong-house-fbi-raid-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Martin v. City of Boise<\/a><\/em>, a case that will determine whether citizens can sue police officers for wrongful SWAT raids, adding another significant case to the court&rsquo;s growing list of rulings with broad civil rights implications.<\/p>\n<p>With two consecutive terms of Supreme Court dockets in which half of the cases involve the federal government and all other litigants, the court&rsquo;s position at the center of governance disputes has never been clearer, though whether the trend holds up in future terms remains an open question.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1961117\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1961117\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court sees federal government in half of cases for two years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2396832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP24068081700925.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32857,32207,32275],"class_list":["post-2396831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-federal-government","tag-legal-cases","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP24068081700925.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2396831"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396835,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396831\/revisions\/2396835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2396832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2396831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2396831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2396831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}