The tenth justice’s strategy
Analysis of the Supreme Court’s decisions most often focuses on the opinions and votes of the justices. Sometimes, though, strategic decisions by lawyers about how to argue a case may…
Justices navigate rising security threats
Plus, President Trump brings CNN case to SCOTUS.
Trump asks Supreme Court to hear his defamation case against CNN
President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on his defamation case against cable news giant CNN. In submitted on Aug. 14 but docketed on Thursday, Trump…
Slaughter’s vice
As a new school year gets underway, law students might expect to soon be called upon to answer a seemingly simple question: What did the Supreme Court hold in Trump…
What the public thinks about the emergency docket
This column has generally been about what the emergency docket does: how fast the justices act, how often lower courts cite its orders, who dissents on it and in what…
Ballroom dispute now fully briefed
Plus, a group of Florida Republicans brings their Census Bureau challenge to SCOTUS.
Florida Republicans bring Census Bureau challenge to the Supreme Court
A group of Florida Republicans has appealed a ruling by a federal court in that state throwing out a lawsuit seeking to require the U.S. Census Bureau to revise its…
Trump detention policy nears SCOTUS
As part of the Trump administration’s hardline approach to migrants, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has ramped up the number of people it detains. Soon, the Supreme Court may…
The scope of the Supreme Court’s emergency docket
On Aug. 12, an unusual emergency docket application captured court watchers’ attention. It centered on a dog named Bruce who was scheduled to die. Read more Trump administration awaits emergency…
Trump administration awaits emergency docket decisions
Plus, an update on the ripple effects of the Supreme Court’s TPS ruling.