The state of the death penalty

As the justices make their final preparations this week for the start of the 2025-26 term, they’ll also address the latest request for a stay of execution.   Victor Tony Jones was sentenced to death in 1993 after being convicted of killing Matilda and Jacob Nestor in December 1990, and […]

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SCOTUStoday for Tuesday, September 30

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s investiture ceremony took place on this day in 2022, but she actually had been serving on the court for three months by that point after taking the Constitutional Oath and Judicial Oath on June 30. As the most junior justice, she’s in charge of taking notes […]

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How birthright citizenship made it back to the Supreme Court

On Friday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of its birthright citizenship order. Although the administration’s decision to do so was not a great surprise, the issue has taken a somewhat meandering path to get to the court. Upon assuming office on Jan. 20, Trump […]

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SCOTUStoday for Monday, September 29

The leaves are changing, pumpkin bars are baking, and the justices are back at the Supreme Court. They’ll gather today for the annual “long conference,” the unofficial end of their three-month summer break (though, to be fair, they’ve been kept plenty busy with emergency applications). Morning Reads Not ‘the gospel.’ […]

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SCOTUStoday for Friday, September 26

Today marks five years since President Donald Trump formally nominated Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. We’re celebrating by telling you about her appearance at the inaugural SCOTUSblog Summit. Morning Reads The Trump administration is pushing courts to make more ‘new law’ (Kyle Cheney, Politico) — Cases on […]

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