Welcome to the Supreme Court’s November sitting. Starting today, there will be nine arguments over the next 10 days. SCOTUS Quick Hits The justices will hear argument today in two cases: Rico v. United States (on whether the fugitive-tolling doctrine applies when a defendant flees from supervised release) and Hencely […]

Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. Lawyers have long played an outsized role in American policymaking. Almost two-thirds of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 were trained in the law, more than half of U.S. presidents have been lawyers, and even today half of […]

Happy Halloween to those who celebrate! Did you know that Halloween helped Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett connect when Barrett first joined the court? Barrett has repeatedly shared the story of Sotomayor making candy bags for her kids after her confirmation. SCOTUS Quick Hits We’re less than one […]

On Nov. 5, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a pair of challenges to President Donald Trump’s power to impose sweeping tariffs on virtually all goods imported into the United States. The economic stakes are massive, but the cases are also an important test of presidential power more […]

The arguments next Tuesday in The Hain Celestial Group v Palmquist probably will sound like a session of a first-year civil procedure course, as the Supreme Court will consider what to do when a trial court improperly dismisses a defendant who would have deprived it of jurisdiction to hear the case. If […]

On Tuesday, Nov. 4, in Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited Inc. v. Burton, the Supreme Court will consider a disagreement among the federal courts of appeals over whether there is a time limit for setting aside a judgment as void for lack of personal jurisdiction – that is, because the trial […]

You’ve likely heard of AI-driven mistakes in legal filings, but what about AI juries? Law professor Joseph Kennedy organized a test of the capabilities of AI jurors last week at the University of North Carolina School of Law, and participants had mixed feelings about the results, according to Reuters. “It […]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday afternoon asked the litigants in the challenge to President Donald Trump’s effort to deploy the National Guard to Illinois to file supplemental briefs addressing the interpretation of the law on which Trump relied in his Oct. 4 memorandum calling up the National Guard. Trump cited efforts “to disrupt the […]

In Rico v. United States, the Supreme Court will consider whether the fugitive-tolling doctrine – the legal principle that a criminal defendant should not receive credit toward his sentence for time spent as a fugitive – applies when a defendant absconds from (that is, flees from or evades) supervised release, thereby […]

Next Monday’s argument in Hencely v Fluor Corporation asks the justices to consider the extent to which military contractors can be held liable in tort suits – that is, a lawsuit seeking damages for harm caused by someone else’s wrongful actions or negligence – brought under state law. The lower […]