As summer comes to a close, I thought SCOTUSblog readers might appreciate a brief escape from the day’s dreary headlines to something a bit different: the little-known physical transformation of…
As the back-to-school spirit sweeps across the nation, education is likely on the minds of the Supreme Court justices (especially those with kids still at home or in college). The…
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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…
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…
Plus, Justice Alito’s financial disclosure for 2025 was released.
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.”…
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 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…
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…