Blue Brief 2025-2026

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Table of Contents	3
Introduction	4
Mullin v. Doe: Closing the Courthouse Doors to TPS Recipients	5
Louisiana v. Callais: Letting Partisan Bias Hide Racial Bias	8
Dancing with the Elephant: Gun Rights Again (United States v. Hemani and Wolford v. Lopez)	11
Monsanto v. Durnell: Curtailing State Tort Suits for Herbicides and Pesticides	14
The Court’s Hamiltonian Moment: Trump v. Cook and Trump v. Slaughter	17
Chiles v. Salazar: Free Speech and the Limits of State Bans on Conversion Therapy	20
Unanimous Win for the SEC in Preserving One of Its Most Significant Remedial Tools in Sripetch v. SEC	23
Trump v. Barbara and Constitutional Birthright Citizenship	26
Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump: A Cross-Ideological Majority Rejects Presidential Tariffs Under Emergency Powers Law	29
Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State v. Republican National Committee et al. — Mail-In Ballots Arriving After Election Day	32
Geofence Warrants Trigger the Fourth Amendment after Chatrie v. United States	35