4+ hour, 21+ min ago  (172+ words) Immigration Matters is a recurring series by C'sar Cuauht'moc Garc'a Hern'ndez that analyzes the court's immigration docket, highlighting emerging legal questions about new policy and enforcement practices. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (165+ words) At the center of the dispute is a policy that the National Association of Immigration Judges describes as barring its members "from speaking in their personal capacities about immigration and about the agency that employs them." The NAIJ went to…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (346+ words) That skepticism prompted Justice Amy Coney Barrett to look ahead at the possible repercussions of a ruling for the challengers. Specifically, she asked Neal Katyal, who represented a group of small businesses at the November hearing, to "tell me how…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (588+ 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. Before the court considers the constitutionality of Section 922(g)(3), the justices will first have to interpret the statute itself....

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (311+ words) The clock is ticking for the Supreme Court. By this time next month, the justices are expected to be done, or at least nearly done, filling out the oral argument/merits docket for the current term, meaning they'll likely take…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (232+ words) ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. The specifics of Clark v. Sweeney Sweeney was convicted and sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison, and the Maryland state courts affirmed....

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (110+ words) Sixty years ago, on Dec. 16, 1965, students Mary Beth Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt were sent home from school for wearing black armbands to protest the U.S. government's policy in Vietnam. They, along with Mary Beth's brother, John, went on to win a…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (139+ words) AV Ristorante is a recurring series by Brian Fitzpatrick. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. The Federal Trade Commission Act says the president can remove the commissioners…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (140+ words) The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld Pitchford's conviction and sentence. It reasoned that Pitchford had forfeited his right to make his Batson claim because he had not offered any arguments to rebut the race-neutral explanations that the prosecutor had offered for…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (834+ words) In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country. A month later, the newly reconfigured NLRB ruled against Noel Canning, a Pepsi-Cola bottler and distributor, in a labor dispute…...