Is the Roberts court hyperopic or willfully blind?
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Looking back and looking ahead
The court just wrapped up a momentous term. Next term may also be consequential.
A tale of two justices and their children’s books
Now that the court has handed down its final opinions in argued cases for the 2025-26 term, Supreme Court observers must account not only for what has been decided but,…
The Trump term?
The Supreme Court’s 2025-26 term will likely be remembered as one of the most consequential in recent memory. This was certainly the case for President Donald Trump, who was the…
250 and the court
Don’t miss this animated explainer showing what we learned about the court this term.
An immigration law error in the court’s asylum decision threatens immigration courts
The Supreme Court’s decision last week blocking migrants stopped at the international boundary from applying for asylum turns on the text of federal immigration law. But the majority opinion reveals…
After Slaughter and Cook: future Fed fights, and maybe some midnight firings
Ninety-one years ago, when the Supreme Court held in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States that Congress could make agencies like the Federal Trade Commission “independent” from total presidential control, many…
What we learned about the court this term: an animated explainer
This animated explainer, the third in a series of animated videos done in partnership with Briefly, guides you through which justices dominated this term, which judicial alliances mattered most, and…
The Stat Pack is back
Jake S. Truscott and Adam Feldman crunched the numbers from the 2025-26 term and pulled together key takeaways.
Three cheers for Barbara!
First: Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion for the court in the landmark Trump v. Barbara decision yesterday reached the right result – a complete repudiation of President Donald Trump’s…