A Second Opinion is a recurring series by Haley Proctor on the Second Amendment and constitutional litigation. My previous column examined what it means for a gun control measure to fit within “the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.” This month I want to focus on how the court has […]

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’ decision making and what we can expect from the court in the future. In Case v. Montana, which dealt with the conditions in which […]

President Donald Trump is not done complaining about the Supreme Court’s tariffs ruling. Keep reading to learn more about his latest message for the justices. At the Court In its Monday order list, the court announced that it had added one new case to its oral argument docket for the […]

The Supreme Court on Monday morning added one new case, involving challenges to veterans’ benefit laws, to its docket for the 2026-27 term. The justices also sent the case of Stephen Bannon, a former adviser to President Donald Trump who was convicted of contempt of Congress, back to the lower […]

Justice, Democracy, and Law is a recurring series by Edward B. Foley that focuses on election law and the relationship of law and democracy. “Original public meaning” has become the prevailing method of constitutional interpretation at the Supreme Court. The idea, which is at the heart of originalism, will be […]

On this day in 1938, the Supreme Court heard argument in United States v. Carolene Products, on a law that prohibited interstate shipping of filled milk, an alternative to traditional dairy milk. Anastasia Boden wrote about the court’s eventual ruling in a column for SCOTUSblog in February, highlighting a footnote […]

By now, readers of SCOTUSblog are quite familiar with the Supreme Court’s emergency docket, where parties come to the court seeking emergency orders, oftentimes without full briefing and oral argument. Much of the discourse surrounding this docket centers on its opacity. In 2015, Will Baude pointed out that, unlike with […]

Justice Samuel Alito was hospitalized on March 20 “[o]ut of an abundance of caution” and at the recommendation of his security detail, the Supreme Court’s Public Information Officer, Patricia McCabe, said in a statement released to reporters on Friday afternoon. The statement came in response to inquiries prompted by a […]

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’ decision making and what we can expect from the court in the future. As Amy Howe reported for SCOTUSblog on Wednesday, the Supreme […]

As much of the legal media (including SCOTUSblog) reported last month, Chief Justice John Roberts offered some rare public remarks in an appearance at Rice University, rebuking personal attacks on judges. “Personally directed hostility is dangerous,” he said, “and it’s got to stop.” The comments came a day and a […]