How William Howard Taft transformed from a portly president to a svelte chief justice
As summer comes to a close, I thought SCOTUSblog readers might appreciate a brief escape from the day’s dreary headlines to something a bit different:…
The 3-3-2-1 court?
In an earlier article I looked at all of the merits decisions since the Supreme Court’s newest member, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined the court four years ago, to see…
Updates on the new birthright citizenship executive order and mail-in ballots
Plus, a dispute over President Trump’s ban on transgender troops is back at SCOTUS.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to consider ban on transgender persons in the military
The Trump administration on Friday the Supreme Court to weigh in on whether a ban on transgender service members in the military violates the Constitution. U.S. Solicitor General D. John…
The Supreme Court of Israel
Welcome to SCOTUSblog’s recurring series in which we interview experts on different supreme courts around the world and how they compare with our own. Today’s column focuses on the Supreme…
The Supreme Court’s realignment roundup: October Term 2025
A legal realignment has been underway for some years now, in that legal views once associated with the right are now being espoused by the left, and vice versa. This…
Government urges SCOTUS to deny 9/11 petitions
Plus, would cameras in the courtroom boost public trust?
Fed Governor Lisa Cook responds to Trump administration’s letter stating that it is “considering” her removal
A lawyer for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook told the White House on Wednesday that allegations Cook committed mortgage fraud before joining the Fed are “unfounded and untrue.” As a…
Has the Supreme Court rendered the First Amendment’s press clause invisible?
In 2021, the legal scholars RonNell Andersen Jones and Sonja West published a study tracking the Supreme Court’s references to the press in its opinions over time. The data they…
What the public thinks of the Supreme Court
The Marquette Law School Poll, which I direct, conducts six polls each year that track approval of the court and ask for the public’s view on the outcome of cases.…
The ripple effects of SCOTUS’ mail-in voting decision
Plus, a man was arrested after a guillotine was parked next to the Supreme Court.