Enhance the Supreme Court minority’s procedural powers
This is the sixth piece in a series on what I believe the court can, and should, do better. Read more Solicitor General Sauer’s SCOTUS…
Enhance the Supreme Court minority’s procedural powers
This is the sixth piece in a series on what I believe the court can, and should, do better. Read more Solicitor General Sauer’s SCOTUS tightrope *** On the Supreme…
Solicitor General Sauer’s SCOTUS tightrope
Three weeks after D. John Sauer was confirmed as the 49th solicitor general, law professor and podcast co-host William Baude speculated that Sauer might be “either fired or disbarred by…
New election disputes on the interim docket
Plus, Justice Alito’s financial disclosure for 2025 was released.
Republican groups file emergency application to court on broadcasting rates for political ads
Two Republican groups on Monday to temporarily pause a ruling by a federal appeals court that, they told the justices, “rewrote longstanding rules about preferential broadcast rates for political ads.”…
Supreme Court allows construction on White House ballroom to continue
The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Trump administration’s request to allow construction on a new White House ballroom to continue. By a vote of 5-4, the court paused a…
Justice Alito’s financial disclosure for 2025 is released
Justice Samuel Alito reported travel to the United Kingdom, Italy, and Arizona in 2025, as well as $33,333 in income from the publication of a book. The news came as…
The “born free and equal” clauses and Lawrence v. Texas
This is the third of seven introductory articles on the relevance for constitutional law of the “born free and equal” clauses, which appeared in the Declaration of Independence and in…
The 3-3-2-1 court?
In an earlier article I looked at all of the merits decisions since the Supreme Court’s newest member, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined the court four years ago, to see…
Updates on the new birthright citizenship executive order and mail-in ballots
Plus, a dispute over President Trump’s ban on transgender troops is back at SCOTUS.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to consider ban on transgender persons in the military
The Trump administration on Friday the Supreme Court to weigh in on whether a ban on transgender service members in the military violates the Constitution. U.S. Solicitor General D. John…