Republican groups file emergency application to court on broadcasting rates for political ads

Two Republican groups on Monday asked the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by a federal appeals court that, they told the justices, “rewrote longstanding rules about preferential broadcast rates for political ads.” With the upcoming midterm elections just over two months away, the National Republican Congressional Committee and […]

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The 3-3-2-1 court?

In an earlier article I looked at all of the merits decisions since the Supreme Court’s newest member, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined the court four years ago, to see who is its most “ideological” justice. I found a court with clear ideological poles but also a group of justices […]

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The Supreme Court of Israel

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 the Supreme Court of Israel. To help me comprehend this institution, I corresponded with law professor Keren Weinshall. When was the Supreme […]

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Government urges SCOTUS to deny 9/11 petitions

Tomorrow (Aug. 29) is Justice Neil Gorsuch’s birthday. Born in 1967, Gorsuch has served on the Supreme Court since 2017. At the Court Last Friday, Chief Justice John Roberts issued a temporary order, known as an administrative stay, allowing construction on the new White House ballroom to continue for now. […]

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