SCOTUS sides with Trump administration in mail-in voting dispute
Plus, what Justice Thomas said on Sen. Ted Cruz’s podcast.
Gutting the Alien Tort Statute
The Supreme Court’s decision in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe I, decided in June, is a lethal blow to suits under the federal Alien Tort Statute. Such litigation often is…
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to move forward with order imposing restrictions on mail-in voting
The Supreme Court on Monday afternoon cleared the way for the Trump administration to begin implementing an executive order, signed by President Donald Trump earlier this year, that imposes restrictions…
There is no constitutional “right to privacy”
This is the second of five introductory articles on the relevance for U.S. constitutional law of the “born free and equal” clauses, which appeared in the Declaration of Independence and…
The court’s clearly established problem
If a person is convicted of a crime in state court, they can petition a federal court for relief by claiming that their conviction violates the federal constitution. However, the…
The latest on the mail-in voting and ballroom battles
Plus, the kidney stones that made John Marshall the chief justice.
Announcing The SCOTUSblog Summit: 2026 Term Preview
SCOTUSblog and Johns Hopkins University are proud to convene The SCOTUSblog Summit: 2026 Term Preview, an afternoon of conversations and analysis on the Supreme Court, to be held at the…
Supreme Court allows White House ballroom construction to continue for now
The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon allowed construction on a new 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom to continue – at least for now. Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Leon had issued…
Realizing Scalia’s vision: state originalism centers as legal civics education
It is no secret that, thanks to Justice Antonin Scalia, originalism is on the rise. This is true not only on the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary in general,…
Six justices, five techniques: writing lessons from the 2025-26 term
I’ve spent two decades mining Supreme Court opinions for writing techniques that can inspire advocates, too. The best examples rarely feature the snarky or witty lines made for social media.…