The immigration term
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court added Blanche v. Ozurumba, a case on whether someone who worked as a cook for a terrorist organization is eligible…
States, civic groups urge Supreme Court to leave order in place prohibiting Trump administration from implementing parts of mail-in ballot rule
California, joined by a group of 22 states and the District of Columbia, urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to leave in place a ruling by a federal judge in…
Introducing SCOTUSblog Plus
It’s hard to believe, but SCOTUSblog has now been around for nearly a quarter-century – old enough to run for Congress! SCOTUSblog was originally launched to help promote a then-three-person…
More election-related action on the interim docket
Plus, should the Supreme Court try to shorten oral arguments?
Aesthetic injuries, standing, and the White House ballroom
The Supreme Court’s decision to allow President Donald Trump to demolish the East Wing of the White House and build a huge ballroom is troubling enough. But it could also…
Justice Kavanaugh stands up for state constitutional law in the Missouri congressional case
A crucial case decided yesterday on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket will likely mean that in the upcoming November election Republicans will win only 6 of 8 Missouri congressional seats…
Justice Kavanaugh turns down request from Missouri to use congressional map expected to aid Republicans
Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday blocked Missouri from using a new congressional map, intended to give Republicans an additional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, in the November elections.…
Citing election-fraud concerns, Trump administration brings dispute over voter database to the Supreme Court
For the second time in three days, the Trump administration on Tuesday came to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to clear the way for it to implement a program…
The “born free and equal” clauses and same-sex marriage
This is the fourth of seven introductory articles on the relevance for constitutional law and the Supreme Court of the “born free and equal” clauses, which appeared in the Declaration…
Empower the Supreme Court’s supermajority on substantive matters
This is the seventh piece in a series on what I believe the court can, and should, do better. Read more The century-old fight to test birthright citizenship *** In…
The century-old fight to test birthright citizenship
As SCOTUSblog readers are well aware, on Apr. 1, a majority of justices struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. Much of this decision relied…