Is the Supreme Court running behind?
When the justices take the bench on Thursday morning to issue opinions, the Supreme Court will have 20 cases left to decide, with just under two weeks to go before…
Protecting the justices
Last month, Justice Amy Coney Barrett was the target of an attempted “swatting” incident – a call falsely reporting the sound of gunshots at her Virginia home. Although swatting incidents…
When must justices recuse themselves over family members’ acts?
Late last month, the news site NOTUS reignited the perennial debate about Supreme Court recusals when it reported that Justice Samuel Alito’s son, Philip Alito, “quietly landed a political appointee…
The Supreme Court and the right to bear arms: an explainer
The Second Amendment is an area of law with many open questions. The amendment itself states that “ well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,…
The state of the death penalty at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday in Whitton v. Dixon sided with a death row inmate for the second time in less than a week, holding in an that the U.S.…
The most important cases yet to be decided
It’s June 1. The official start of hurricane season in the Atlantic, Statehood Day for both Kentucky and Tennessee, and Oscar the Grouch Day. It’s also the beginning of what…
The Supreme Court’s drug test
The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon in United States v. Hemani, a closely watched case addressing drug users’ gun rights. When it does, the ruling will likely reignite…
A brief guide to each chief justice of the United States
As of last Friday, SCOTUStoday (our weekday newsletter — subscribe here!) finished providing brief biographies of each chief justice of the United States, starting with John Jay and ending with…
When (if ever) it’s appropriate to make jokes, take selfies, or curse before the court
During last month in Mullin v. Doe, attorney Geoffrey Pipoly said something I won’t repeat to my kids. The remark came when Pipoly, who represents Haitian nationals challenging the Trump…
A history of Supreme Court leaks
Last month, The New York Times published a major scoop: the inside story of the Supreme Court’s 2016 order blocking then-President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, an environmental initiative intended…