SCOTUS litigator Floyd Abrams at 90
Floyd Abrams’ initials signaled his destiny as a First Amendment lawyer. More than any others, Abrams’ name is synonymous with freedom of speech and the press. Now nine decades into…
Who is Justice Barrett?
Back in 2024, Justice Amy Coney Barrett ended the Supreme Court’s term with two dissents that complicated the usual descriptions of her as a textbook conservative. In Ohio v. EPA,…
Emergency docket heats up
Plus, a refresher on the Supreme Court’s lottery system for oral argument tickets.
Trump brings ballroom dispute to the Supreme Court
The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the justices to allow construction of the new White House ballroom to continue while a challenge to the project…
Understanding the court’s next major case on asylum seekers: Wassily v. Blanche
This coming term, in Wassily v. Blanche, the Supreme Court will decide whether asylum beneficiaries are barred from obtaining lawful permanent residency if their asylum status has been terminated. Wassily…
Who exactly are the “friends of the court”?
On Oct. 13, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Beaird v. United States, a case brought by a Texas man challenging an increase to his sentence for having a…
The transformation of Supreme Court arguments
Plus, a top Democrat is calling for Supreme Court reform.
Once upon a time: storytelling in Learning Resources v. Trump
Every fall, with each new class of 1Ls, we legal writing teachers undertake a strange job. We spend an entire year trying to get students to not write like lawyers,…
The Supreme Court expands protections for digital data – now what?
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Trump administration asks SCOTUS to rule soon on mail-in voting
Plus, are Republicans falling out of love with the Supreme Court?