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:…
Trump v. Carroll and the Ten Commandments
Plus, the role of national security in the White House ballroom battle
Texas families ask Supreme Court to take up challenge to Ten Commandments in schools
Lawyers for a group of Texas families with children in the state’s public schools came to the Supreme Court on Monday, asking the justices to weigh in on the constitutionality…
Court turns down Trump’s request to reconsider its refusal to hear Carroll suit against him
The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down President Donald Trump’s request to reconsider the justices’ denial of review in a civil suit brought by journalist E. Jean Carroll, which…
SCOTUS litigator Floyd Abrams at 90
Floyd Abrams’ initials signaled his destiny as a First Amendment lawyer. More than any others, Abrams’ name is synonymous with freedom of speech and the press. Now nine decades into…
Who is Justice Barrett?
Back in 2024, Justice Amy Coney Barrett ended the Supreme Court’s term with two dissents that complicated the usual descriptions of her as a textbook conservative. In Ohio v. EPA,…
Emergency docket heats up
Plus, a refresher on the Supreme Court’s lottery system for oral argument tickets.
Trump brings ballroom dispute to the Supreme Court
The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the justices to allow construction of the new White House ballroom to continue while a challenge to the project…
Understanding the court’s next major case on asylum seekers: Wassily v. Blanche
This coming term, in Wassily v. Blanche, the Supreme Court will decide whether asylum beneficiaries are barred from obtaining lawful permanent residency if their asylum status has been terminated. Wassily…
Who exactly are the “friends of the court”?
On Oct. 13, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Beaird v. United States, a case brought by a Texas man challenging an increase to his sentence for having a…
The transformation of Supreme Court arguments
Plus, a top Democrat is calling for Supreme Court reform.