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What cases might the court grant next?

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions ...
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Why does the government keep showing up at the Supreme Court uninvited?

When the justices meet for their private conference on Friday, April 17, they will consider a petition for review filed by a ...
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SCOTUStoday: Sotomayor apologizes to Kavanaugh; Jackson criticizes her conservative colleagues

As we’ve previously noted, we here at SCOTUSblog read a lot of legal news each week. Still, some headlines are hard to forget ...
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The (non-)partisan puzzle in the conversion therapy case

Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not reflect the official ...
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“Universal” pre-K causes court to re-re-reconsider major religious precedent

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Since our last post, the Supreme ...
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Justice Sotomayor apologizes for “inappropriate” remarks about Justice Kavanaugh

Just over one week after lobbing pointed personal criticism at Justice Brett Kavanaugh for his concurring opinion in a ...
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Last arguments of the term: huge cases for the Fourth Amendment and immigration

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. It’s ...
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Court to contemplate SEC’s use of disgorgement in securities enforcement

Next week’s argument in Sripetch v SEC presents yet another chapter in the court’s sustained examination of the Securities ...