When the justices hold their private conference on Friday, Feb. 20, the petitions for review that they are slated to consider ...

The Supreme Court has made a mess of the law concerning the Second Amendment. Two years ago, in the last Supreme Court ...

For years, scholars and commentators have tracked the Supreme Court’s merits docket through detailed statistical analyses.

Justice Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish justice, was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Woodrow Wilson on this day ...

Controlling Opinions is a recurring series by Richard Re that explores the interaction of law, ideology, and discretion at the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is creating a formidable presidential ...

Friday, Jan. 9, was the Supreme Court’s first announced opinion day of the term, and the excitement that typically surrounds ...

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. A lot ...

Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, ...

Today is Chief Justice John Roberts’ birthday. Born in 1955, Roberts has served on the Supreme Court since 2005. SCOTUS Quick Hits Morning Reads A Closer Look: The Justices’ Geographic […] ...

The Supreme Court on Monday morning agreed to weigh in on the interpretation of a federal law, enacted in the wake of Judge ...

Ratio Decidendi is a recurring series by Stephanie Barclay exploring the reasoning – from practical considerations to deep ...

Updated at 3:45 p.m. on Jan. 21 The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared likely to leave Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal ...