1+ hour, 15+ min ago   (871+ words) A legal realignment has been underway for some years now, in that legal views once associated with the right are now being espoused by the left, and vice versa. This post explores that point as to the Supreme Court’s October…...

2+ day, 45+ min ago   (186+ words) As it turned out, Landor has many layers. But isn’t that what Congress did with RLUIPA? Louisiana’s prisons receive federal funds on the conditions that they operate in ways that do not impose unnecessary “substantial burden[s]” on prisoners’ “religious…...

2+ day, 19+ hour 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…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (496+ words) Justice Lewis Powell died on this day in 1998. During his time on the Supreme Court, Powell was considered a moderate, leaning “to the right on some key issues and to the left on others.” CNN recently described him as one…...

1+ week, 1+ 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, 6+ day ago   (260+ words) Sauer sought to pause Leon’s order to give the government time to file a petition for review at the Supreme Court. He also asked the justices to immediately issue an administrative stay, which would temporarily block the order while the…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (150+ words) From OT2016 through the beginning of OT2026, the Supreme Court made 24 amicus appointments. Of those 24 appointments, 19 (79%) were men, the vast majority of them white. And only two of the appointed amici – Amy Weil and Deepak Gupta – did not clerk at the court....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (344+ words) On this day in 1965, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Abe Fortas to the Supreme Court. Fortas ultimately served on the court for under four years, resigning in May 1969 amid a financial scandal and potential impeachment effort. Margaret Talbot, The…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (741+ words) Justice Amy Coney Barrett recently resisted a label that has followed several members of the current Supreme Court. Asked whether her occasional breaks with the court’s conservative majority meant she was a swing vote, Barrett said the term made her…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (228+ words) The challenges to Trump’s order then continued in the lower courts, and on Dec. 5, 2025, the justices agreed to review a ruling by a federal judge in New Hampshire striking down the order. On the final day before the court’s summer…...