4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (423+ words) With sentence-level choices, Gorsuch immediately revealed that Hemani would prevail. We read that Hemani used marijuana “a few times a week.” But based on that fact alone, the government sought to “disarm him for life.” With this windup, Gorsuch asked…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (638+ words) SCOTUSblog Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Trump administration asks justices to consider key border policy The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to review a ruling by a federal appeals court…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (545+ words) If you are interested in attending The SCOTUSblog Summit: 2026 Term Preview on Wednesday, Sept. 16, in Washington, D.C., don’t forget to fill out this registration request. On Thursday, the Trump administration urged the Supreme Court to temporarily pause an order blocking the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (871+ words) Alito’s dissent in Trump v. Barbara, which embraced foreign law in two ways. First, Alito invoked the practices...conservativism in several important ways, but his embrace of foreign law this term is among the most remarkable. This...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (417+ words) Justice James Wilson died on this day in 1798. This summer, Jesse Wegman published a biography of Wilson, highlighting, among other things, his time in debtors’ prison. Mark Walsh, ABA Journal Suzanne Monyak, Bloomberg Law Adam Liptak, The New York Times…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (223+ words) The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for political parties and joint fundraising committees, at least for now, to receive favorable advertising rates in the upcoming midterm elections. In a four-page, unsigned opinion, the justices temporarily paused a ruling…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (189+ words) Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. In Jan. 2023, a PDF attachment appeared in my inbox: draft legislation requiring the Supreme Court to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (182+ words) As one writer observed, But enough about bathtubs. After Taft lost the presidential election of 1912 and accepted an offer to teach at Yale Law School, he began focusing once again on losing weight, returning to his proto-keto diet. Importantly, he…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (317+ words) As we draw closer to the “long conference” on Sept. 28, our petitions page is filling up with notable petitions for review that are scheduled to be discussed. As Amy reported last year, over the past decade, the justices have granted…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (294+ words) A group of 23 states, led by California, and the District of Columbia went to federal court in Massachusetts to challenge the government’s implementation of the order. They argued that the executive order conflicts with provisions in the Constitution that give…...