New Opinions: June 29th | Phones, the Fed, the FTC, and the Ballot Box
About this episode
The episode discusses four Supreme Court opinions released on June 29th, 2026, covering topics such as digital privacy and presidential removal power.
OVERVIEW Four opinions released June 29th, 2026 — one day, across digital privacy, presidential removal power at two federal agencies, and absentee ballot receipt deadlines. Two decisions split 6-3 along identical lines — the same conservative majority, the same liberal dissent — in Chatrie (Fourth Amendment) and Slaughter (FTC removal). A third split 5-4 in Cook , with Roberts crossing coalitions to block the President's removal of a Federal Reserve governor. A fourth, Watson , drew Barrett alongside Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson to protect state absentee-ballot rules. Chief Justice Roberts authored two majorities — opposite outcomes in two "Trump v." cases on the same day. Justice Alito dissented three times, authoring a majority only in Slaughter . Justice Gorsuch filed concurrences in two cases — challenging Katz in Chatrie , warning of executive power consolidation in Slaughter . The liberal bloc — Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson — voted together in all four. The Court plans to release opinions tomorrow, June 30th — likely the final batch of the October 2025 Term.
Topics covered
- digital privacy
- presidential removal power
- absentee ballot rules
- Supreme Court opinions
- federal agencies
- court decisions
Keywords
- Supreme Court
- opinions
- digital privacy
- FTC
- Federal Reserve
- absentee ballot
- Chatrie
- Slaughter
- Cook
- Watson
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: FTC, Federal Reserve, Chatrie, Slaughter, Cook, Watson
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