The Supreme Court did not issue opinions today. This is not unusual — the Court typically releases opinions in clusters, with gaps between announcement days. The next scheduled opinion day is Tuesday, March 31.

The Court has been silent on several items the paper has been tracking. The IEEPA tariff case — in which the Court is being asked to rule on whether the president can impose sweeping tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act without congressional authorization — remains under advisement. A ruling is expected before the end of the term in June, but the Court's internal deliberation schedule is not public.

The Epstein-related immunity cases, which multiple petitioners have asked the Court to hear on an emergency basis, have not been scheduled for argument. The paper's March 25 edition noted that the Court had declined to issue an emergency injunction in one of the cases. The broader immunity question — whether sitting presidents can be subpoenaed in criminal cases involving non-official conduct — is still being litigated in lower courts.

The Court also did not act on the several emergency petitions related to the Iran war. Several advocacy groups have asked the Court to enjoin specific military operations on constitutional war powers grounds. The Court has not requested responses from the Solicitor General, which typically precedes agreement to hear such cases on an expedited basis.

What the Court did today was hold its regular conference — a closed-door meeting where the justices discuss pending petitions and administrative matters. No transcript is released. No public indication of what was discussed.

The next two weeks are historically when the Court releases its largest batch of opinions, as the term enters its final phase. The IEEPA case and the Epstein matters are the items the paper will be watching.

— Samuel Crane, Washington [1] [2] [3].