Trump administration brings immigration disputes to SCOTUS

[Newsletter ad — view on SCOTUSblog] Justice John Marshall Harlan II resigned from the Supreme Court on this day in 1971 while dealing with “failing health.” He died of cancer three months later. Please consider joining us on LinkedIn Live tomorrow for a discussion between Amy and Briefly’s Adam Stofsky about the […]

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Missouri redistricting dispute may return to Supreme Court

[Newsletter ad — view on SCOTUSblog] One year ago, the Supreme Court in an interim docket decision cleared the way for President Donald Trump to remove FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter from office while her challenge to her firing continued and announced that it would hear argument on the president’s ability […]

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Some lessons of open-minded discourse on the Supreme Court

Ever since the Supreme Court formally recognized the power of judicial review in the landmark 1803 case of Marbury v. Madison, the be-all and end-all on constitutionality has been the Supreme Court. Informed Americans and readers of SCOTUSblog know that means the court ultimately decides the laws by which we […]

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Republicans respond to Trump’s Supreme Court comments

[Newsletter ad — view on SCOTUSblog] Forty-five years ago today, the Senate unanimously confirmed Sandra Day O’Connor’s appointment to the Supreme Court. At the Court The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to clear the way for it to use the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for […]

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The fundamental confusions of federal Indian law

I wanted to begin this series for SCOTUSblog by discussing some fundamentals (and fundamental confusions) of federal Indian law. Despite the common understanding that federal Indian law is difficult and confounding, I teach my students that its foundational principles are actually fairly simple. Federal law is supreme in Indian affairs, […]

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