JUNE 5, 2025, SCOTUS RULINGS

OPINION ANALYSIS

Supreme Court rules for straight woman who claims she was subjected to reverse discrimination

By Amy Howe on June 5 at 12:57 pm
The justices rejected a lower-court decision that required members of a majority group to meet a heightened standard on claims of employment discrimination. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote for a unanimous court, ruling for a straight woman who claims she was subject to reverse discrimination. Every individual receives the same protection under federal discrimination employment law, the court declared, whether they are a member of a majority or minority group.



The Supreme Court rejected a lower court decision on reverse discrimination. (Anthony Quintano via Flickr)

OPINION ANALYSIS

Justices reject Mexico’s suit against gun manufacturers

By Amy Howe on June 5 at 1:56 pm

The court unanimously ruled on Thursday that Mexico’s effort to hold gun makers liable for violence committed with U.S.-made weapons is barred under a 2005 federal law that shields the gun industry from lawsuits based on the misuse of guns by others. Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the majority that the lawsuit, which focuses on “downstream damages,” “closely resembles the ones Congress had in mind” when it passed the law protecting the gun industry from such suits.

OPINION ANALYSIS

Supreme Court sides with Catholic social ministry over tax exemption

By Amy Howe on June 5 at 12:39 pm

In a unanimous decision on Thursday, the Supreme Court held that Wisconsin violated the Constitution by refusing to exempt a Catholic social ministry from the state’s unemployment tax. Writing for the court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor proclaimed that the Constitution demands neutrality between different religions, which the state had failed to respect. Sotomayor recognized there may be difficult judgments to make in enforcing that standard, but this case, she said, was not one of them.


The morning read for Friday, June 6

By Zachary Shemtob on June 6, 2025

Yesterday, June 5, the Supreme Court issued decisions in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis, CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., and BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman.

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