Break the Supreme Court law clerk cartel

This is the eighth and final piece in a series on what I believe the court can, and should, do better. *** Every year, each justice hires four law clerks. Under the current practice, the justices will hire young lawyers with sterling credentials who secured two or three prior clerkships from “feeder” […]

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Voting disputes take center stage

[Newsletter ad — view on SCOTUSblog] Chief Justice William Howard Taft, who famously joined the Supreme Court after serving as president, was born on this day in 1857. Jordan Lorence recently wrote for SCOTUSblog about the concept of “Taft-maxxing” (yes, you read that right). At the Court On Monday, the […]

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Justices dismiss immigration case

[Newsletter ad — view on SCOTUSblog] Today is Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s birthday. Born in 1970, Jackson has served on the Supreme Court since 2022. At the Court On Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed a case on whether certain noncitizens have a right to a bond hearing that had been […]

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When justices drift

Upon introducing Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court in September 2020, President Donald Trump praised her as “a woman of unparalleled achievement, towering intellect, sterling credentials, and unyielding loyalty to the Constitution.” This view of her did not last. In April, after Barrett voted against Trump’s […]

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Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court

Welcome to SCOTUSblog’s recurring series in which we interview experts on different supreme courts around the world and how they compare with our own. Today’s column focuses on Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court. To help me understand the court that can apparently “do no wrong,” I corresponded with Professors Susanne Baer […]

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More on Missouri’s congressional map and mail-in voting

[Newsletter ad — view on SCOTUSblog] Today is the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was a White House attorney in 2001 and has described 9/11 as “the most memorable, searing, important day” of his life, will speak at a Notre Dame event commemorating the anniversary. The event […]

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