US Supreme Court — case decisions, oral arguments, and the legal and political implications.
Groups ask Supreme Court to leave lower court order in place halting border wall construction in southwestern Texas
Plaintiffs challenging the Trump administration's border wall construction in Texas's Big Bend region asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to preserve …
The Supreme Court and what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment
On September 30, Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike, who was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer. Pike survived injecti…
Court to hear argument in religious discrimination challenge brought by Catholic preschools in Colorado
The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on November 3 in a case brought by the Archdiocese of Denver and two Catholic parishes challenging Colorado'…
Justices to decide whether failure to plead an affirmative defense prevents moving for summary judgment on that same defense
The Supreme Court will hear arguments November 2 in Younge v. Fulton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office to decide whether a defendant may ass…
Court to consider federal inmate’s ability to use habeas to accelerate transfer to a halfway house or home confinement
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Nov. 2 in Maxwell v. Dinis regarding whether a federal inmate may use habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to…
Assessing the first round of oral arguments of the 2026-27 term
# Supreme Court's 2026-27 Term Opens with Sharp Ideological Divisions on Constitutional Reach The Supreme Court heard its first oral arguments of the…
The Trump administration’s attempt to prevent noncitizen voting and the role of the Supreme Court
# Trump Administration Advances Noncitizen Voting Prevention, Supreme Court Likely to Weigh In The Trump administration is pursuing aggressive measur…
When Will Alito Retire? Nearly $6 Million Says It’s A Question Worth Betting On
# Supreme Court Faces Prediction-Market Clash as $6 Million in Bets Ride on Justice Alito's Retirement Timeline Prediction markets have accumulated n…
When denying a stay denies the rule of international law
# When Denying a Stay Denies the Rule of International Law The Supreme Court's decision to reject a stay application in a case involving internationa…
Border wall dispute arrives on interim docket
# Supreme Court to Address Border Wall Dispute, Colorado River Cases The Supreme Court has added a border wall funding dispute to its emergency docke…
Trump administration asks justices to allow border wall construction to continue
# Trump Administration Seeks Supreme Court Green Light for Border Wall Construction The Trump administration has petitioned the Supreme Court of the …
The Supreme Court as agent of the people
# The Supreme Court as Agent of the People: Legitimacy, Representation, and Judicial Authority The Supreme Court's role as a representative body face…
When the Supreme Court blessed zoning
# When the Supreme Court Blessed Zoning The Supreme Court's foundational decision in Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co., decided in 1926, establi…
Trump-related cases coming to the court
# Trump Cases Head to Supreme Court as Chief Justice Eyes Executive Power Doctrine The Supreme Court faces a docket crowded with cases tied directly …
Supreme Court allows New Hampshire to restrict use of student IDs in voting
# Supreme Court Allows New Hampshire to Restrict Student ID Use in Voting The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to New Hampshire's voter identi…
The Mahmoud Khalil and Badar Khan Suri cases: an explainer
# The Mahmoud Khalil and Badar Khan Suri Cases: Understanding Two Critical Criminal Appeals The Supreme Court of the United States has granted certio…
Chief Justice John Roberts’ long game on executive power
# Chief Justice Roberts' Strategic Approach to Executive Power Reshapes Constitutional Doctrine Chief Justice John Roberts has engineered a measured …
The interim docket remains active
# Supreme Court's Interim Docket Maintains Active Caseload as Election Cases Reshape Midterm Landscape The Supreme Court's interim docket continues p…
Justices leave lower court order in place preventing Trump administration from implementing transgender inmate policy
# Supreme Court Declines to Reverse Block on Trump Administration Transgender Inmate Policy The Supreme Court left intact a lower court's injunction …
The court’s third-country removal case has high stakes but will likely be decided on technical grounds
# Supreme Court's Third-Country Removal Case Poised for Technical Resolution The Supreme Court faces a high-stakes immigration law case that hinges o…
The Supreme Court website, the interim docket, and a whole lot of inside baseball
# Supreme Court's Docket System Faces Scrutiny Over Transparency and Access The Supreme Court's approach to publishing its docket and case informatio…
Justices grant two significant cases
The Supreme Court accepted two cases that will shape American law across education and criminal justice. The Court granted certiorari in disputes invo…
Kagan diagnoses American democracy with a Supreme Court problem
# Supreme Court's Own Actions Threaten Democratic Function, Kagan Argues Justice Elena Kagan delivered a pointed diagnosis of American democracy's ai…
The separation and expansion of powers between Congress and the president
# Congressional Power Faces New Limits as Supreme Court Redefines Executive Authority The Supreme Court has fundamentally reshaped the constitutional…
The Supreme Court’s next major case on the free exercise of religion
# Supreme Court Poised to Reshape Free Exercise Doctrine in Upcoming Major Case The U.S. Supreme Court stands ready to hear arguments in a significan…
Supreme Court Hopeful’s Historic Video Rentals
# Supreme Court Nominee's Video Rental History Surfaces During Confirmation Review A Supreme Court nominee's personal video rental history has emerge…
Where the Supreme Court favors Trump on the emergency docket – and where it doesn’t
# Supreme Court's Emergency Docket Shows Mixed Treatment in Trump Cases The Supreme Court has handled emergency applications from Donald Trump and hi…
Trump administration asks SCOTUS to limit lower courts’ power
# Trump Administration Seeks Supreme Court Limits on Lower Court Power The Trump administration has petitioned the Supreme Court to curtail the autho…
Supreme Court declines to take up cases on vehicle seizures in Chicago, 9/11 plea disputes, and the president’s removal of National Labor Relations Board members
# Supreme Court Leaves Vehicle Seizure and NLRB Removal Questions Unresolved The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear three separate petitions affec…
Justices take up case on race and school admissions
# Supreme Court to Decide Future of Race-Based School Admissions The Supreme Court accepted a petition to review affirmative action policies in colle…
Supreme Court agrees to consider federal ban on home distilleries
# Supreme Court Will Weigh Federal Ban on Home Distilleries The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case challenging the federal government's prohi…
The Future Supreme Court Justice Had Some Pithy Advice For The President
# Future Supreme Court Justice Offered Blunt Counsel to President During Military Crisis A military anecdote involving a current or prospective Supre…
Getting the Second Amendment right
# Second Amendment Jurisprudence Faces New Definitional Challenges in Supreme Court The Supreme Court confronts persistent questions about the scope …
The Supreme Court and the midterms
# Supreme Court Rulings Shape 2024 Election Landscape and Political Debate The Supreme Court's decisions in the term preceding the 2024 midterm elect…
An immigration-heavy term
# SCOTUS Confronts Immigration Cases and Prediction Market Regulation in New Term The Supreme Court enters its term with an immigration-heavy docket …
The Second Amendment and AR-15s: an unexplained betrayal of originalism?
# The Second Amendment and AR-15s: An Unexplained Betrayal of Originalism? The Supreme Court's approach to modern firearms regulation has created a d…
The immigration term
# Supreme Court Set to Define "Particularly Serious Crime" in Immigration Law The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will clarify what cons…
The Tribal Supreme Court Project
# Tribal Supreme Court Project Builds Infrastructure for Native Nation Legal Arguments Before the Nation's Highest Court A coordinated initiative has…
SCOTUS considers new take on old law
# Supreme Court Examines Fresh Interpretation of Longstanding Statute The Supreme Court has agreed to revisit how federal courts interpret an establi…
Justices grant Trump administration’s request to pause lower court ruling in political ad rate dispute
# Supreme Court Pauses Lower Court Ruling in Trump Administration Political Ad Rate Dispute The U.S. Supreme Court has granted the Trump administrati…
Hooch, hardball, and Halloween
# Supreme Court Returns to Business After Recess, Halloween Politics Heat Up The Supreme Court has resumed its docket following the October recess, w…
Witnessing a reorientation of the First and Second Amendments on the Roberts court
# Roberts Court Reshapes First and Second Amendment Jurisprudence The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has fundamentally altered how it…
Justices grant three cases
# Supreme Court Grants Three Cases; Interim Relief Docket Signals Active Term Ahead The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in three cases, moving f…
Orders and arguments ahead
The Supreme Court enters its final weeks of the current term with a docket packed with consequential cases that will reshape American law across relig…
Court grants cases on DOGE data dispute, prisoners’ rights, and what qualifies as “material support” for terrorism
# Supreme Court Accepts Major Cases on Government Data, Prisoner Rights, and Terrorism Liability The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in three co…
The 2025-26 Interim Relief Docket Stat Pack
# Supreme Court Releases 2025-26 Interim Relief Statistics, Signaling Shift in Emergency Application Patterns The Supreme Court of the United States …
A snapshot of the Supreme Court's 2025-26 interim relief docket – and some surprises on it
# Supreme Court's 2025-26 Emergency Applications Reveal Unusual Docket Mix The Supreme Court released its interim relief docket for the 2025-26 term,…
Court to hear argument on how a video privacy law applies in the internet age
# Supreme Court Readies Video Privacy Law Test for Digital Era The Supreme Court will hear arguments on how the Video Privacy Protection Act applies …
President Trump asks SCOTUS to revive Hillary Clinton case
# Trump Administration Seeks Supreme Court Revival of Clinton-Era Case The Trump administration has petitioned the Supreme Court to resurrect a legal…
Trump asks justices to allow dismissed lawsuit against Hillary Clinton to proceed
# Trump Seeks Supreme Court Review to Revive Dismissed Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton Donald Trump has petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn a lo…
Democratic candidates ask Supreme Court to leave in place appeals court ruling in political ad rate dispute
# Democratic Candidates Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Lower Court's Political Ad Rate Decision Democratic political candidates filed an emergency moti…
The Constitution’s structure should decide Suncor
# The Constitution's Structure Should Decide Suncor The Supreme Court faces a fundamental question about federalism and statutory interpretation in S…
The Supreme Court and the last word
# Supreme Court's Final Authority on Constitutional Questions Reinforces Judicial Supremacy The Supreme Court has reaffirmed its institutional role a…
The October sitting so far
# Supreme Court's October Term Addresses Prediction Markets in Landmark Bipartisan Filing A coalition of states and the National Football League has …
Justices consider dispute over Air Force operations in Guam
# Supreme Court to Weigh Air Force Operations Challenge in Guam The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging Air Force operations based in…
Wild card justices and the “Kagan court” for criminal cases
# The Shifting Alignments on the Supreme Court's Criminal Docket The Supreme Court's criminal law decisions no longer follow predictable ideological …
Dispute over broadcasting rates for political ads returns to the Supreme Court
# Supreme Court Revisits Political Ad Broadcasting Rate Dispute The Supreme Court has agreed to hear another challenge involving broadcast television…
The Supreme Court’s Lone Jury Trial
# The Supreme Court's Lone Jury Trial: A Rare Legal Anomaly The U.S. Supreme Court has never tried a case before a jury. The institution has function…
Justices emphasize comparing apples to apples in assessing investment choices for retirement funds
# Supreme Court Signals Strict Comparison Standard for ERISA Retirement Fund Reviews The Supreme Court has reinforced that fiduciaries managing retir…
Justice Alito in the spotlight
# Justice Alito Under Scrutiny as Supreme Court Examines Its Own Ethics Justice Samuel Alito finds himself at the center of renewed institutional scr…
The first relists of the 2026-27 term
# Supreme Court's First Relists Signal Shifting Dynamics for 2026-27 Term The Supreme Court has issued its initial relists for the 2026-27 term, a pr…
A textbook 14th Amendment revolution
# Supreme Court Poised for Sweeping 14th Amendment Reinterpretation The U.S. Supreme Court stands at the threshold of a transformative moment in cons…
Law and politics collide in asylum case
# Law and Politics Collide in Asylum Case as Supreme Court Weighs Executive Power The Supreme Court has entered a politically charged debate over asy…
Samuel Alito’s Midterm Turnout Strategy — See Also
# Supreme Court Justices Deploy Vacancy Messaging to Mobilize Republican Voters Justice Samuel Alito has not announced retirement plans, yet messagin…
Justices debate which courts may hear constitutional challenges to laws on veterans’ benefits
# Supreme Court Weighs Jurisdiction Over Veterans Benefits Constitutional Challenges The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case testing which c…
The term’s first arguments
# Supreme Court's New Term Opens With Early Oral Arguments and a Packed Docket The Supreme Court's current term has commenced with its first set of o…
Samuel Alito Would Like Conservative Voters To Know His Seat Is On The Ballot
Justice Samuel Alito has signaled to conservative voters that his Supreme Court seat remains available, despite showing no immediate intention to reti…
The Supreme Court’s blessing of third-country removals
# Supreme Court Affirms Government Authority on Third-Country Asylum Removals The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the government's power to remove asyl…
Justice Scalia’s originalist gambit
# Justice Scalia's Originalist Gambit: How Constitutional Interpretation Reshaped Modern Law Justice Antonin Scalia fundamentally altered how the Sup…
These Days, The First Monday In October Only Means One Thing
# Supreme Court's October Term Opens With Escalating Partisan Tensions and High-Stakes Docket The first Monday in October carries weight that extends…
Sam Alito Rings In The New Term By Telling Fox News He Knows Who Leaked Dobbs
Justice Samuel Alito claimed in a Fox News interview that he has identified who leaked the draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organizati…
Opening the book on the October Term 2026
# Supreme Court's October Term 2026 Preview: What's Ahead for the High Court The Supreme Court faces a docket shaped by emerging legal questions that…
Court declines to hear cases on “Let’s Go Brandon” sweatshirts, felons’ Second Amendment rights, COVID-19 vaccine mandates, and other notable issues
# Supreme Court Rejects Four Cases on Free Speech, Gun Rights, and Vaccine Mandates The Supreme Court declined to hear petitions in cases involving "…
The first Monday in October
# Supreme Court Term Opens as Justice Alito Launches Book Promotion The Supreme Court's 2024-2025 term commenced on Monday with the justices taking t…
Grand openings: what four introductions in Suncor v. Boulder show about starting a brief
# Grand Openings: What Suncor v. Boulder Reveals About Brief Introductions The Supreme Court's docket includes cases that test fundamental doctrines …
Trump Regrets His Supreme Court Picks Because They Keep Voting Against Him
Former President Donald Trump has expressed regret over his three Supreme Court appointments, asserting that Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, a…
Justice Barrett – the zombie (noun) slayer
# Justice Barrett Targets "Zombie" Federal Agencies in Supreme Court Oral Arguments Justice Amy Coney Barrett challenged government lawyers on the sc…
Justices to debate investment choices for retirement funds
# Supreme Court Set to Weigh Environmental, Social Standards in Pension Fund Investing The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will reshape …
Court grants three cases as new term is set to begin
# Supreme Court Grants Review in Three Cases as New Term Begins; Trump Renews Criticism of Appointees The Supreme Court granted certiorari in three c…
Court agrees to hear arguments in important immigration case, religious zoning dispute
# Court to Hear Arguments in Twin Disputes Over Religious Exemptions and Immigration Policy The Supreme Court agreed to hear two separate cases that …
Supreme Court to consider whether suit may go forward seeking to hold energy companies liable for climate change
# Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Climate Change Liability Suits Can Proceed Against Energy Companies The Supreme Court accepted a case that will d…
A first-of-its-kind abortion battle
# Supreme Court Clears Tennessee Execution, but State Cannot Proceed The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Tennessee to execute an inmate, but th…
Supreme Court allows for execution of only woman on Tennessee’s death row
# Supreme Court Clears Path for Execution of Tennessee's Only Female Death Row Inmate The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an emergency stay request, clea…
Justices add deportation case to December argument session
# Supreme Court Adds Deportation Case to December Arguments; Birthright Citizenship Order Faces Fresh Legal Challenge The Supreme Court has added a d…
Justices to consider when, if ever, federal district courts may review disputes over veterans’ benefits
# Supreme Court to Hear Case on Federal District Court Jurisdiction Over Veterans' Benefits Disputes The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that wil…
Planes, beer, and forfeiture
# Federal Asset Forfeiture Law Faces Supreme Court Scrutiny Over Excessive Fines Clause The Supreme Court confronted civil asset forfeiture practices…
Announcing our first SCOTUS forecasting contest
# Supreme Court Forecasting Contest Launches with High Stakes for Legal Prediction SCOTUSblog announced its inaugural Supreme Court forecasting conte…
The Supreme Court’s two decades of constitutional change
# The Supreme Court's Two Decades of Constitutional Change The Supreme Court has reshaped American constitutional law across two decades through land…
The Supreme Court is building power no one gave it
# Supreme Court Expands Authority Beyond Constitutional Text, Scholars Warn The Supreme Court continues accumulating powers that the Constitution doe…
Trump administration again asks for emergency relief
# Trump Administration Renews Emergency Relief Petition to Supreme Court The Trump administration has filed another emergency motion with the Supreme…
His Supreme Court Confirmation Was So Bitter It Invented The Modern Hearing
Robert Bork's failed 1987 Supreme Court confirmation fight fundamentally restructured how the Senate evaluates judicial nominees, establishing protoco…
Immigrants ask Supreme Court to leave ruling in place preventing Trump administration from deporting them to third-party countries
# Supreme Court Case Tests Trump Administration's Third-Country Deportation Power Immigrant groups filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court…
Justice Alito will no longer participate in climate change dispute
# Justice Alito Recuses Himself From Climate Change Case at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has recused himself from a pending climate change disp…
Brett Kavanaugh Has Had Enough Of Your BS, Eighth Circuit!
# Kavanaugh Rebukes Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Over Legal Overreach Justice Brett Kavanaugh has issued a pointed criticism of the United States …
Trump administration asks justices to block lower court order on transgender inmate policy
# Trump Administration Seeks Supreme Court Intervention on Transgender Inmate Healthcare Policy The Trump administration filed an emergency applicati…
The court’s summer recess that wasn’t
# Supreme Court's Summer Work Continues Despite Official Recess The Supreme Court technically began its summer recess, yet significant legal work con…
The long conference
# Supreme Court Issues Two Interim Docket Decisions on Friday The Supreme Court of the United States released two interim docket decisions on Friday,…
If You Can Imagine It, The Supreme Court Used To Be Even More Political
# Supreme Court's Political Origins Shape Modern Jurisprudence The U.S. Supreme Court emerged from explicitly political foundations that shaped the i…
Morning Docket: 09.25.26
# Morning Docket: September 25, 2026 The Trump administration is advancing three separate legal initiatives with major implications for voting access…
Supreme Court shuts down Missouri GOP-gerrymandered map for third time
# Supreme Court Rejects Missouri Congressional Map Again After Lower Court Defiance The U.S. Supreme Court has intervened for a third time to strike …
Justice Jackson Calls Out The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket ‘Speed Dial’ For Favored Litigants
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has mounted a direct challenge to what she characterizes as preferential treatment on the Supreme Court's shadow docket,…
For the third time, Supreme Court declines to allow Missouri to use congressional map expected to aid Republicans
# Supreme Court Rejects Missouri's Congressional Map for Third Time The Supreme Court declined to intervene in Missouri's congressional redistricting…
Key takeaways from an active week at the court
# Active Week at Supreme Court Includes New Trump Immigration Challenge The Supreme Court faced a demanding docket this week, with the Trump administ…
Supreme Court clears way for Trump administration to use modified voter verification database
# Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Administration to Use Modified Voter Verification Database The U.S. Supreme Court has removed a legal barrier pr…
The High Court of Australia
# High Court of Australia Clarifies Judicial Authority in Recent Decision The High Court of Australia has reasserted its role as the nation's final a…
The funniest justice of the 2025-26 term
# Supreme Court's Humor Takes Center Stage in 2025-26 Term The U.S. Supreme Court's 2025-26 term has showcased something beyond constitutional doctri…
Trump administration again urges justices to allow deportations to third-party countries
# Trump Administration Pushes Supreme Court to Expand Deportation Authority to Third-Party Nations The Trump administration filed a new brief with th…
Devolving standards of decency
# Courts Grapple With Evolving Standards for Judging Constitutional Decency The Supreme Court faces renewed pressure to clarify how judges should int…
The rule of four and role of custom on the Supreme Court
# The Rule of Four and Role of Custom on the Supreme Court The Supreme Court's internal operating procedures have long relied on unwritten convention…
All eyes on the Missouri map battle
# Missouri Redistricting Battle Draws Supreme Court Scrutiny Over Map Legitimacy and Procedural Stays The Supreme Court has directed its attention to…
Over 150 Supreme Court Arguments, A Senate Seat, And A Jury Of The Damned
# Supreme Court's Most Prolific Advocate Reaches Historic Milestone A prominent Supreme Court litigator has crossed a rare threshold: more than 150 o…
Trump administration brings immigration disputes to SCOTUS
# Trump Administration Escalates Immigration Cases to Supreme Court The Trump administration has filed multiple petitions with the Supreme Court of t…
Trump administration takes important immigration question back to the Supreme Court
# Trump Administration Returns Immigration Deportation Authority Question to Supreme Court The Trump administration has petitioned the Supreme Court …
Respecting our multi-branch lawmaking process
# Supreme Court Reinforces Separation of Powers in Lawmaking Framework The Supreme Court reaffirmed the constitutional boundaries separating legislat…
The decision before the decision
# Supreme Court Faces Critical Preliminary Motion in Major Case The Supreme Court confronts a threshold question that may determine whether justices …
Missouri congressional redistricting battle goes to Supreme Court for the third time
# Missouri Redistricting Case Returns to Supreme Court for Third Round The Supreme Court accepted a new redistricting challenge from Missouri on Mond…
Ketanji Brown Jackson Refuses To Lose Hope In The Supreme Court
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson continues to author dissenting opinions grounded in constitutional vision that extends beyond the current ideological co…
Trump administration brings important immigration question back to the Supreme Court
# Trump Administration Resurrects Immigration Dispute at Supreme Court The Trump administration has petitioned the Supreme Court to revisit a content…
The Supreme Court refuses to become partisan in two fights over the midterms
# Supreme Court Declines to Intervene in Partisan Election Disputes Before Midterms The Supreme Court has declined to wade into two contentious elect…
The court’s coming climate-change case and the very confused doctrine of preemption
# The Supreme Court's Climate Preemption Case and the Doctrinal Confusion It Exposes The Supreme Court faces a pivotal case that will test how federa…
Missouri redistricting dispute may return to Supreme Court
# Missouri Redistricting Dispute Poised for Supreme Court Return Missouri faces a potential return to the U.S. Supreme Court over the state's congres…
The Shadow Docket Isn’t The Exception Anymore — See Also
# The Supreme Court's Shadow Docket Becomes Standard Practice, Not Exception The Supreme Court's use of its shadow docket—emergency orders issued wit…
The First And Last Time The Supreme Court Acted As A Trial Court
# The Supreme Court's Sole Exercise of Trial Jurisdiction: A Historical Cautionary Tale The United States Supreme Court exercised its original trial …
Supreme Court ‘Shadow’ Docket Is Now Bigger Than The Real, ‘Transparent’ One
The Supreme Court's emergency docket, colloquially known as the "shadow docket," has grown to exceed the size of the Court's merits docket, the formal…
Republicans respond to Trump’s Supreme Court comments
# Republicans Respond to Trump's Supreme Court Comments; AI Struggles With SCOTUS Analysis Former President Donald Trump has drawn sharp responses fr…
Announcing The SCOTUSblog Summit: 2026 Term Preview
# SCOTUSblog Announces Summit for 2026 Term Preview SCOTUSblog, the leading independent platform covering Supreme Court litigation and doctrine, anno…
Some lessons of open-minded discourse on the Supreme Court
# Open-Minded Discourse on the Supreme Court: Lessons from Recent Constitutional Debate The Supreme Court's docket has increasingly become a testing …
Is it time to rethink the office of the chief justice of the United States?
# Is It Time to Rethink the Chief Justice Role? The office of Chief Justice of the United States stands at an inflection point. Scholars and court ob…
The “born free and equal” clauses, incorporation, and 12-person juries
# Constitutional Incorporation and Jury Trial Rights: The Supreme Court's Evolving Test for Fundamental Liberties The Supreme Court's doctrine of inc…
Supreme Court grants request to prevent Missouri from using congressional map expected to aid Republicans
# Supreme Court Blocks Missouri's Republican-Favoring Congressional Map The U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency request to prevent Missouri from …
Sonia Sotomayor Thinks Her Colleagues Need A Civics Lesson To Save The Republic
Justice Sonia Sotomayor has raised alarm about the erosion of constitutional checks and balances within the Supreme Court itself, suggesting her colle…
Trump administration asks justices to decide on its appointments of acting U.S. attorneys
# Trump Administration Seeks Supreme Court Ruling on Acting U.S. Attorney Appointments The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to interv…
A quick update on the Missouri congressional districting case
# Missouri Congressional Redistricting Case Moves Forward After Supreme Court Review The Supreme Court has taken a fresh look at Missouri's congressi…
Decision on citizenship database expected soon
The Supreme Court is poised to rule on a case involving government access to a citizenship database, according to reporting from SCOTUSblog. The decis…
New Hampshire Chief Justice Resigns After Admitting Ethics Violations Over $50,000 Payout To Longtime Ally
New Hampshire's Chief Justice resigned after admitting ethics violations connected to a $50,000 severance payout to a longtime associate, marking the …
An interview with Sen. Ted Cruz on his biography of Justice Thomas
# An Interview With Senator Ted Cruz on His Biography of Justice Thomas Senator Ted Cruz released a biography of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thoma…
Groups urge justices to leave in place ruling barring Trump administration’s use of voter database
Civil rights organizations have urged the Supreme Court to uphold a lower court ruling that blocks the Trump administration from using a comprehensive…
Criminal cases coming in the new term – and why the court could and should do more
# SCOTUS Faces Criminal Docket as Term Opens The Supreme Court enters its new term with several criminal cases on the docket, presenting opportunitie…
Lifusprudence: An Introduction to a Judicial Hitman
Nigeria's judicial system has long attracted scholarly attention for its intellectual caliber, but a new critical framework examines how judicial powe…
Supreme Court denies Trump administration’s request to implement parts of rule on mail-in voting
The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's emergency request to implement portions of a rule governing mail-in voting procedures. The Court…
Justices dismiss immigration case
The Supreme Court dismissed an immigration case without explanation, leaving lower court rulings intact on an undisclosed matter involving federal imm…