On November 19, 1794, representatives of the United States and Great Britain signed the historic Jay’s Treaty, named after the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Jay. The treaty sought to ease ongoing tensions between the two countries more than a decade following the Revolutionary War.
On Monday, the legal teams for the Trump administration and the states of Illinois and Chicago submitted their final briefs, arguing President Donald Trump’s authority to deploy the National Guard to Illinois. A decision in Trump v. Illinois is forthcoming.
Simultaneously, on Tuesday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups opted to withdraw their request for a pause on California laws requiring climate-related reporting. The 9th Circuit granted the relief they had sought.
Among the week’s key developments, federal judges on Tuesday blocked Texas from using its recently redrawn congressional map for the 2026 midterms. As reported by the Associated Press, the map, designed to bolster Republican representation, faced opposition over concerns of disenfranchising Black and Hispanic populations. Texas is appealing this decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In another instance of judicial intervention, a Tennessee judge recently halted National Guard deployment to Memphis, highlighting the ongoing debate over state versus federal control of military resources, a topic interlinked with Trump v. Illinois.
Moreover, President Trump has promised $2,000 tariff checks for moderate-income individuals by mid-2026. This follows the Supreme Court’s scrutiny of the tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as detailed by Axios.
For further insights into the U.S. Supreme Court’s interim docket activities and its ongoing cases, refer to the full text available at SCOTUSblog.