The Supreme Court ruled that a transportation worker does not need to work in the transportation industry to be exempt from coverage under Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act. The Court vacated the Second Circuit's decision and remanded the case for further proceedings.

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The Court held that a defendant facing a mandatory minimum sentence is eligible for safety-valve relief under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1) only if he satisfies each of the provision's three conditions - he does not have more than four criminal-history points, does not have a prior three-point offense, and does not have a prior two-point violent offense. The Court rejected the defendant's argument that he only needed to lack the combination of all three characteristics to be eligible for relief.

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The Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to exclude former President Trump from the state's 2024 presidential primary ballot. The Court ruled that states do not have the authority to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment against federal officeholders and candidates, including presidential candidates. The Court held that responsibility for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates rests with Congress, not individual states.

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The Supreme Court held that a consumer may sue a federal agency for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The Court found that the FCRA includes a clear waiver of sovereign immunity, allowing consumers to seek damages against federal agencies that provide false information to credit reporting agencies.

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