As many SCOTUSblog readers are likely aware, there are some blockbuster criminal law cases set for the Supreme Court’s upcoming term. Bans on AR-15 and similar semi-automatic rifles. Whether juries…
The Supreme Court divides its website for official writings by the justices into two main parts: “Opinions of the Court” and “Opinions Relating to Orders.” (The court also maintains another…
As a resource for court observers interested in criminal law, this column completes (together with my prior column) my listing of criminal law and related cases decided by the court…
Approximately two weeks after of the 57 argued cases decided by the Supreme Court in the October 2025-26 Term was filed, this column presents an overview of the “pure” criminal…
The term is not quite over, but I have no doubt that Hunter v. United States, decided on June 18, is its most important criminal case. In Hunter, the court…
Last December I published a column entitled “Party presentation: a mysterious new rule?”, addressing a summary reversal in a criminal case, Clark v. Sweeney. On May 26, the court the…
The U.S. Supreme Court (unlike some) does not divide its docket between civil and criminal cases. So I do. With about five weeks left in the current Supreme Court term,…