SCOTUStoday for Thursday, January 8

As tension continues to rise over the federal judiciary’s relationship to the Trump administration, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights held a hearing called “Impeachment: Holding Rogue Judges Accountable.” A recording of the hearing is available to watch online. SCOTUS Quick Hits […]

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SCOTUStoday for Wednesday, January 7

On this day in 1972, Justices Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist joined the Supreme Court. It was one of the rare occasions when the court gained more than one new member at one time. Rehnquist went on to become the chief justice in 1986. SCOTUS Quick Hits The Supreme Court […]

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Maduro’s arrest places these Supreme Court rulings in the spotlight

As former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro prepares to fight drug, weapon, and narco-terrorism charges in the United States after being arrested in Caracas, Venezuela, early Saturday morning by U.S. military forces, legal scholars and analysts are putting a spotlight on past Supreme Court rulings about presidential authority, extraterritorial arrests, and […]

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Announcement of opinions for Friday, January 9

On Friday, January 9, we will be live blogging as the court 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. The post Announcement of opinions for Friday, […]

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Did Justice Kagan debilitate the administrative state?

Trump v. Slaughter is among the most important tests to date of the Supreme Court’s view of the “unitary executive theory” – the idea that control over the entire executive branch is vested in the president. Specifically, the case asks whether the president can fire leaders of the Federal Trade Commission […]

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SCOTUStoday for Tuesday, January 6

On this day in 1964, the Supreme Court began hearing argument in New York Times Company v. Sullivan, a landmark case on libel laws and the First Amendment. The court’s eventual ruling in favor of The New York Times has been in the news somewhat regularly in recent months as […]

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The most unorthodox dissent

In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country. On Aug. 3, 1973, a single Supreme Court justice – working alone, far from Washington, D.C. – ordered the president of the United States to stop bombing Cambodia. He was […]

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