9/11 and the Supreme Court

Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. At the Supreme Court, the justices will soon consider whether to again wade into the legal fallout from that terrible event. Since May, the court has received three petitions for review related to the attacks, including two involving the […]

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The minoritarian difficulty

Court reform is a hot topic these days. Scholars, commentators, and politicians argue that the Supreme Court is aggrandizing its powers at the expense of Congress, undermining American democracy, and facilitating the Trump administration’s authoritarian overreach both with substantive rulings like the immunity decision and with its persistent interventions in […]

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The architecture of persuasion: United States v. Hemani

Although some law professors make a living hiding the ball, I will repeat my thesis right up front: Good legal writers are simply good writers – strong English stylists. As my first example, I offered Chief Justice John Roberts, who showed in Learning Resources v. Trump how to choose the […]

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A new era of SCOTUSblog

As we recently announced, SCOTUSblog is launching SCOTUSblog Plus, a membership service providing even more analysis and reporting on the court’s arguments, orders, and decisions. Starting Tuesday, Sept. 22, SCOTUStoday will be available each weekday to Plus members only; non-Plus readers will continue to receive Friday’s edition for free. This […]

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States, civic groups urge Supreme Court to leave order in place prohibiting Trump administration from implementing parts of mail-in ballot rule

California, joined by a group of 22 states and the District of Columbia, urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to leave in place a ruling by a federal judge in Boston that prohibits the Trump administration from implementing parts of a U.S. Postal Service rule on mail-in ballots. Ian Fein, […]

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Introducing SCOTUSblog Plus

It’s hard to believe, but SCOTUSblog has now been around for nearly a quarter-century – old enough to run for Congress! SCOTUSblog was originally launched to help promote a then-three-person law firm. As a business-development strategy, the blog was not particularly successful, but it was a lot of fun, and […]

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