Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, ...

In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country. The Olympics are one of those rare moments when the […] ...

Just 22% of U.S. registered voters have “a great deal” (7%) or “quite a bit” (15%) of confidence in the Supreme Court, ...

Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should stay the execution of Cedric Allen Ricks.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in Hunter v. United States about what exceptions exist to federal defendants ...

The problem is the trial court decision in Malliotakis is not a “final judgment or decree rendered by the highest Court of a State in which a decision could be had.” The highest court would be the New ...

Ratio Decidendi is a recurring series by Stephanie Barclay exploring the reasoning – from practical considerations to deep theory – behind our nation’s most consequential constitutional decisions.

Justice Clarence Thomas’ virtual appearance last week at a legal conference in Washington, D.C. brought renewed attention to court security. Thomas had originally planned to attend in person,  but he ...

On this day in 1857, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford, holding that Scott, an enslaved man who spent time in free territory, was not […] ...

A group of Syrian nationals urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to leave in place a ruling by a federal judge in New York ...

Updated on March 6 at 10:50 a.m. The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard argument in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, a ...

Petition GRANTED and consolidated with No. 24-1113, limited to the following question: Whether the New Jersey Transit Corporation is an arm of the State of New Jersey for interstate sovereign immunity ...