The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday it will review state laws that make it a crime to refuse to take a blood alcohol test if the officer does not have a warrant, The Washington Post reports. Challengers in the case from North Dakota say the laws violate Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches. The court also announced it will review a challenge to the federal government’s ability to define wetlands.

The Supreme Court debated on Wednesday whether race should continue to be a factor in college admissions, NPR reports. The Court remains divided in the case that centers on Abigail Fisher, a white college applicant who claims she was not admitted to the University of Texas because of her race. The Court’s four liberal justices support affirmative action programs, while the four conservative justices say race should not be a factor in admissions. Justice Elena Kagan is recused from the case because she participated in the case when she served as solicitor general in the Obama administration. This is the case’s second trip through the Supreme Court. "We're just arguing the same case. It's as if nothing has happened,” Justice Anthony Kennedy said.

The U.S. Supreme court today announced it will not hear a challenge to an assault weapons ban in a Chicago suburb, The New York Times reports. “The court’s action will encourage gun control advocates to push for bans on assault weapons,” said Adam Winkler, a law professor at the University of California. “This is one of the items at the top of the gun control agenda. Now advocates have less to fear from the courts on this issue.”

Two voters in Texas are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to alter the way Texas and every other state divides electoral districts. The plaintiffs argue states should count only people who are eligible to vote and not include non-citizens and children in the population. The Associate Press reports that a ruling in their favor would shift more power to rural areas and away from urban areas where there is a higher population of immigrants and children. "The plaintiffs in Texas are interested in stemming the growth of Latino political power," argued Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund.

The Associated Press describes the U.S. Supreme Court as “skeptical” when determining if state officials have the power to require health insurers to turn over information detailing how much they pay for medical claims. The debate landed before the high court after Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. refused to share health data with Vermont officials; state officials argued the database would minimize health costs and increase competition. Vermont joins an estimated 18 states that currently gather health care claims. Liberty Mutual attorney Seth Waxman argues that federal law intended for self-funded insurance plans to operate without state regulations. Attorneys attending the annual TBA Academy and Admissions Ceremony were on hand for the session.

The Obama Administration filed papers today asking the U.S. Supreme Court to immediately review its plan to protect and give work permits to as many as five million immigrants, the Associated Press reports. If the high court agrees to decide the case by June and finds in the administration's favor, it would give the president seven months to implement the plan. The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled in favor of 26 states, including Tennessee, that challenged the president's executive action.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said this week that she nearly withdrew from the confirmation process because of the critics, the Associated Press reports. “During the nomination process, there were many who said I wasn’t intelligent or smart enough to be on the court. It was very, very painful to me,” she said while speaking Tuesday to students at the Richmond School of Law. Sotomayor also shared with students that one of her few regrets is that she never clerked for a judge. She encouraged the students to pursue clerking opportunities.

The Supreme Court agreed to a hear a case that will decide whether new restrictions placed on abortion clinics and doctors in Texas is placing an “undue burden” on women seeking legal abortions. USA Today reports the restrictions – which force doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and require clinics to meet standards for outpatient surgery centers – threaten to leave the state with 10 clinics. "This will be the most important abortion rights case before the Supreme Court in almost 25 years," said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights.

A new study says U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. plays favorites when assigning the court’s most important decisions. “Not surprisingly, Roberts calls his own number more than anyone else’s and assigns the second-highest number to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, the pivotal justice on the ideologically divided court,” The Washington Post writes about the new study published in the Harvard Law Review. The article also says Roberts pays "little regard to seniority" in assigning major decisions. 

The Hill reports the Obama administration will file an appeal to the Supreme Court following a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that blocks the President’s executive actions on immigration. Obama last November announced up to 5 million illegal immigrants would be eligible for deportation reprieves and work permits if they met certain conditions. A group of GOP-led states, led by Texas, sued to block the administration in federal court.