3+ hour, 44+ min ago   (475+ words) Ahead of Valentine's Day, the Supreme Court is putting a spotlight on a "Match Made in Utah." Its website currently features the marriage certificate for Justice George Sutherland and Rose Lee, which the couple received from Utah when it was…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago   (454+ words) John P. Elwood is a partner at Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., specializing in appellate litigation and administrative law, and also teaches the University of Virginia School of Law's Supreme Court litigation clinic. He formerly worked at Vinson & Elkins and served as…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago   (375+ words) Some lawyers in the office of the solicitor general have worried that increased filings would risk diluting the signaling value of uninvited amicus briefs. But the court's response so far suggests a more modest conclusion: success still turns on whether…...

8+ hour, 14+ min ago   (370+ words) Last week, the Supreme Court issued a one-sentence order that cleared the way for California to use a new congressional map intended to add five Democratic seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. The California map was a response to Texas…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (208+ words) Before, during, and after his term as chief justice, Chief Justice John Marshall's successor commanded attention " though rarely for the right reasons. Taney, like Jackson, criticized the Second National Bank " and after Jackson nominated him for Treasury Secretary in 1833, Taney…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (408+ words) Cases and Controversies'is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court's rulings, opinions, and procedures on the law, on other institutions, and on our constitutional democracy more generally. As a constitutional law professor,…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1315+ 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. Last month, the [] The post In birthright citizenship fight, Justice Department selectively interprets…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (207+ words) As we've noted many times before, we read a lot of news stories in the process of preparing this newsletter. But we've perhaps never seen a headline as memorable as this one: Educator Who Read "I Need a New Butt!...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (581+ words) In 2025, the United States saw a surge in executions after a period of decline. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 47 people were put to death in 11 states, the highest annual execution total since 2009. The Supreme Court also played a…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (352+ words) Chief Justice John Marshall was sworn in on this day in 1801. We wrote about his upbringing, political career, and legal legacy (well, at least some of it) in two recent editions of this newsletter. One question we often get at…...