A big day for SCOTUSblog

Good morning! It’s a new day and a new era for the SCOTUSblog website, which got a makeover last night. Read about the redesign in the Closer Look section below and don’t forget to join us this morning at 9:30 a.m. EDT for an opinion announcement live blog. [SCOTUS Today […]

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The emergency docket’s mistaken birthday

Ratio Decidendi is a recurring series by Stephanie Barclay exploring the reasoning – from practical considerations to deep theory – behind our nation’s most consequential constitutional decisions. Last Saturday, the New York Times published a trove of internal Supreme Court memoranda from February 2016 and declared that the five-day deliberation […]

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A leak from the interim docket

As you’ll see below in the Morning Reads section, it was a busy weekend on the Supreme Court beat – to put it lightly. And we’ve got a busy week ahead, as today marks the start of the April argument session. We’re also just two days away from launching our […]

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Why the Supreme Court’s birthright-citizenship decision may depend on the meaning of “domicile”

Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, highlighting emerging legal questions about new policy and enforcement practices. The future of President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to limit access to birthright citizenship is now positioned for a final decision from […]

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Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, April 22

We will be live blogging as the court potentially releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. Note: A login is not required to participate in the chat. To learn about future live blogs and the […]

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The Brazilian Federal Supreme Court

Welcome to SCOTUSblog’s recurring series in which we interview experts on different supreme courts around the world and ask about how they compare to our own. Today we focus on the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court, which has some absolutely fascinating differences with SCOTUS (in ways both very good and very […]

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