The history the court would rather not see
In 2021’s New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the Supreme Court held that modern gun laws must be “consistent with the Nation’s…
The biggest Supreme Court surprises this term
At the end of a recent talk on the Supreme Court’s latest term I was asked what surprised me most about the term. I was not surprised by the results…
A history of justices testifying before Congress
Justices Kagan and Barrett will discuss the court’s budget request before House and Senate subcommittees.
The Supreme Court and the opinion-assignment guessing game
As we saw this term, by late May the Supreme Court begins releasing the bulk of its merits decisions, and with it a familiar guessing game starts among court watchers.…
A dissent worthy of a World Cup
This month the World Cup final will be played at MetLife Stadium, home of the New York Giants and Jets. Read more How Justice Samuel Alito stands out Nobody finds…
How Justice Samuel Alito stands out
Plus, a closer look at summer order lists.
The limits of the Second Amendment
In previous articles, I explored two of the biggest unanswered questions in the Second Amendment space: Who are “the people,” and what constitutes “Arms”? Both of these questions seemingly emerge…
The man and the movement: a Q&A with Peter Canellos on his biography of Samuel Alito
Peter S. Canellos is a prize-winning journalist and the author of Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement, which Publishers Weekly called “a…
High court mysteries
One might argue that Supreme Court justices are more visible today than ever before. Six have published books and Brett Kavanaugh is apparently working on one to become the seventh.…
The rarity of Supreme Court do-overs
Plus, what Cecillia Wang said about arguing the birthright citizenship case during SCOTUSblog’s term-in-review event.
At SCOTUSblog’s term-in-review event, National Legal Director of the ACLU Cecillia Wang speaks about arguing birthright citizenship, the term in general, and what’s next on the organization’s docket
Cecillia Wang, the national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, called her April 1 argument in Trump v. Barbara, the challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking…