In this episode of Tax Notes Talk, Tax Notes contributing editor Robert Goulder discusses the upcoming oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the validity of the Trump administration's recent reciprocal tariffs and speculates on the Court's reaction.

The Supreme Court is halting public access to its building for lack of funding during the government shutdown, but justices are still hearing cases.

The Supreme Court appears ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that's helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century

The Supreme Court turned away a case involving the online dating platform Grindr and the legal shield for online companies.

On Oct. 15, 2025, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in one of the most anticipated cases of the 2025-2026 term, Louisiana v. Callais, with major implications for the Voting Rights Act, racial representation and Democratic Party power in congress.

Washington state has announced a new standard aimed at reducing the number of misdemeanor cases handled by public defenders each year.

After an undocumented truck driver licensed in California and Washington killed three Floridians in a road accident, state Attorney General James Uthmeier is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let him sue those states,

The Voting Rights Act, a landmark law barring discrimination in voting, was a product of the U.S. civil rights era, sought by Nobel Peace Prize recipient Martin Luther King, passed by Congress and signed by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson in 1965.

The controversy grew out of Louisiana’s attempt to account for population shifts after the 2020 census. The legislature drew a new congressional map that had only one majority-Black district out of six, even though Black people made up about one-third of the population.