2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (335+ words) In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country. I. The Filled Milk Act From the outset, the Filled Milk Act bore the hallmarks of economic favoritism rather than a…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago  (1571+ words) The Second Amendment states that "[a] well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the'right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be [] The post Just who are "the people? appeared first on…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (328+ words) Yesterday marked 81 years since the inauguration of President Harry Truman, who went on to select four Supreme Court justices while he was in office. Will President Donald Trump have the opportunity to place four justices on the court, as well?...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (161+ words) On April 10, 1869, Congress passed legislation increasing the number of Supreme Court justices from seven to nine, where it's remained since. The Supreme Court on Thursday denied Sam Ronan's request to block Ohio election officials from removing him from the state's…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (439+ words) Courtly Observations'is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court's decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people's lives. The history of professional speech in the court Chiles v. Salazar…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (348+ words) Curious about how Supreme Court justices spend their spare time? Justice Sonia Sotomayor revealed on Tuesday that she likes reading " recent books from her colleagues. She "said she just finished reading Justice Amy Coney Barrett's memoir and is in the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (190+ words) Ronan is an Air Force veteran who seeks to challenge incumbent U. S. Rep. Mike Carey, a Republican who represents the 15th District, which stretches out from the Columbus suburbs, in the Republican primary. President Donald Trump won the district by nine points…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (478+ words) In early January, as the country eagerly awaited a tariffs ruling that " as it turned out " was still more than a month away, Supreme Court watchers raised concerns about the court's pace. They questioned whether the justices had fallen behind…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (358+ words) Yesterday marked four years since Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the Supreme Court, paving the way for her to become the first Black woman to serve as a justice. In a new request for interim relief, the court…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (84+ words) A couple of examples will help to illustrate this. Indeed, given the court's approach to the Second Amendment, which reflects standard originalist principles, it would be surprising if the court were to hold that the citizenship clause's exceptions are "frozen…...