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:…
Once upon a time: storytelling in Learning Resources v. Trump
Every fall, with each new class of 1Ls, we legal writing teachers undertake a strange job. We spend an entire year trying to get students to not write like lawyers,…
The Supreme Court expands protections for digital data – now what?
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Trump administration asks SCOTUS to rule soon on mail-in voting
Plus, are Republicans falling out of love with the Supreme Court?
Trump administration urges Supreme Court to issue a decision in mail-in voting dispute
The Trump administration on Wednesday reiterated its request for the Supreme Court to move quickly to block a ruling by a federal judge in Massachusetts that prohibits the government from…
SCOTUS has issued its decisions. Now Congress has the floor.
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Are Republicans falling out of love with the Supreme Court?
Public opinion polls fielded and released this summer showed a by-now-familiar partisan gap in views on the Supreme Court. Republicans are not only more likely than Democrats to approve of…
The new birthright citizenship battle
Plus, the court has scheduled seven cases for the November argument session.
The Supreme Court and the Indian nations
This article was adapted from an essay that first appeared in the essay collection America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance (MIT Press, 2026). Read more 12 angry men…
12 angry men – or six?
“6 Angry Men” doesn’t have the same ring as the name of the famous film – but is 12 constitutionally required? Or is it merely a convention that some states…
Challenge brought to Trump’s new birthright citizenship order
Just five days after President Donald Trump signed a new executive order that seeks to narrow the availability of birthright citizenship – the current guarantee of automatic citizenship to almost…