Misusing history to limit birthright citizenship

Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, highlighting emerging legal questions about new policy and enforcement practices. President  Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship is back before the Supreme Court. Unlike the last time that challenges to the policy […]

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SCOTUStoday for Tuesday, October 21

It’s not every day that the phrase “habitual drunkards” appears in a SCOTUSblog story. Keep reading to understand why it plays a role in the court’s new Second Amendment case. Morning Reads Still the Stare Decisis Court (At Least For Now) (Jonathan H. Adler, The Volokh Conspiracy, Reason) — For […]

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Court agrees to hear additional case on gun rights

The Supreme Court on Monday morning added another dispute over the scope of the Second Amendment right to bear arms to its docket for the 2025-26 term. As part of a list of orders from the justices’ private conference on Friday, the court granted review in United States v. Hemani, […]

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Supreme Court clerks and networks of power

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’ decision making and what we can expect from the court in the future. Sarah Sloan, a Columbia Law School graduate who […]

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SCOTUStoday for Monday, October 20

The court did not announce any new grants of cases on Friday, but that doesn’t mean SCOTUSblog had a quiet afternoon. Read on to learn about three major pieces of news that hit our inbox as the weekend approached. Morning Reads US courts set to run out of money, begin […]

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Court announces funding will run out on Oct. 18

The fallout from the federal government shutdown, now in its 17th day, has come to the Supreme Court. Patricia McCabe, the head of the court’s Public Information Office, said in a statement released to reporters by email on Friday afternoon that the court “expects to run out of funding on […]

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