Chief Justice Earl Warren was born on this day in 1891. Before Warren joined the court, he served as governor of California for a decade. At the Court The court has indicated that it may announce opinions tomorrow at 10 a.m. EDT. We will be live blogging beginning at 9:30. […]

A group of Haitian nationals urged the Supreme Court on Monday to leave in place a ruling by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that allows them to stay in the United States for the time being because of unsafe conditions in their home country. Since returning to office last […]

The Supreme Court announced on Monday afternoon that it will hear oral argument on whether the Trump administration can end a program that allows several thousand Syrians and approximately 350,000 Haitians to live in the United States temporarily. In a brief, unsigned order, the justices left in place rulings by […]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We recommend celebrating by reading about Supreme Court justices of Irish descent. At the Court On Monday, the Supreme Court announced that it will hear oral argument in April on whether the Trump administration can end a program that allows several thousand Syrians and approximately 350,000 […]

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a 1977 law giving the president the power to regulate commerce during national emergencies created by foreign threats, did not give President Donald Trump the authority to impose sweeping tariffs in a series of 2025 executive orders. […]

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 last year’s TikTok v. Garland, the Supreme Court confronted a […]

Welcome to SCOTUSblog’s recurring series in which we interview experts on different supreme courts around the world and how they compare to our own. For our debut column, we covered the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Today we visit our northern neighbor with the help of Professor Adam Dodek, […]

Should the White House look more like the Supreme Court Building? The chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts, Rodney Mims Cook, Jr., has suggested swapping the White House’s “graceful Ionic columns” for “more ornate” Corinthian columns, the style of columns used for the Supreme Court, according to The Washington […]

The Supreme Court will kick off its March argument session by hearing a case that could have major implications for the 2026 elections and beyond. In Watson v. Republican National Committee, the justices will decide whether federal law requires not only that voters cast their ballots by Election Day, but […]

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. Requests for asylum typically include complex descriptions of violence and fear followed by flight to the United States. In immigration courts, it falls […]