Fed Governor Lisa Cook responds to Trump administration’s letter stating that it is “considering” her removal

A lawyer for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook told the White House on Wednesday that allegations Cook committed mortgage fraud before joining the Fed are “unfounded and untrue.” As a result, attorney Abbe Lowell wrote, any effort to remove Cook from her job based on those allegations would be “corrosive […]

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The ripple effects of SCOTUS’ mail-in voting decision

Yesterday was National Dog Day, and we celebrated by updating the SCOTUSblog merch store to include a stainless steel bowl and a very distinguished “SCOTUSdog” bandana. Supplies are limited, so don’t miss getting one of these unique gifts for your attorney-at-paw. Plus, if you’d like to attend The SCOTUSblog Summit: […]

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What the public thinks of the Supreme Court

The Marquette Law School Poll, which I direct, conducts six polls each year that track approval of the court and ask for the public’s view on the outcome of cases. Our latest poll, conducted from July 22-29, yielded some fascinating results. Overall, 47% of respondents said they approved of the […]

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Alcohol at the Supreme Court

During the 2025-26 term, the justices pondered the Founding Fathers’ drinking habits as they considered a law barring habitual drug users from possessing guns. In the term ahead, they may return to the topic of alcohol in early America if they take up a case on a 19th-century law prohibiting […]

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The many layers of Landor

In recent years, the Supreme Court’s late June grand finale, headline-grabbing, crash-the-SCOTUSblog-live-feed decision-dumps have generally included salient church-state or religious-liberty cases. In 2021, for example, a unanimous court sustained, in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a closely watched religious-freedom claim involving adoption services, but – to the expressed-at-great-length frustration of […]

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SCOTUS again asked to address Ten Commandments in schools

Registration is now open for The SCOTUSblog Summit: 2026 Term Preview, which will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 16, in Washington, D.C. Programming will include a keynote address featuring Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA); a live taping of the Advisory Opinions podcast; a fireside chat with […]

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The justices should regularly sit on the lower courts

This is the fifth piece in a series on what I believe the court can, and should, do better. *** Each term, the chief justice appoints a circuit justice for each of the twelve regional courts of appeals. These appointments are expressly authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 42. More-senior justices […]

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