Major Questions is a recurring series by Adam White, which analyzes the court’s approach to administrative law, agencies, and the lower courts. Does legislative history have a future in judicial […] ...

Critics and supporters of President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship often focus on the order’s ...

Cases and Controversies is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court’s rulings, opinions, and procedures on the law, on other institutions, and on ...

President Chester A. Arthur nominated Justice Samuel Blatchford to the court on this day in 1882. According to Justia, Blatchford was a “precocious talent” who “enrolled in Columbia College (now […] ...

Welcome to our SCOTUS Innovators series, a new recurring column on people who have shaped our understanding of the Supreme Court. A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to […] ...

During a roundtable at the White House on Friday, March 6, President Donald Trump returned to what has become a familiar refrain in the weeks since the Supreme Court struck […] ...

On this day in 1804, the House of Representatives voted to impeach Justice Samuel Chase, who had been accused of abusing his power by refusing to dismiss biased jurors and […] ...

These days, everyone wants to be an originalist. But in Trump v. Barbara, the birthright-citizenship case at the Supreme Court, not everyone is doing originalism well. Alas, the Trump administration ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to pause a ruling by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that ...

Critics and supporters of President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship often focus on the order’s barring of automatic citizenship to children born to individuals unlawfully ...

Free speech on university campuses is a perennially hot topic, perhaps most recently reflected in protests about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at places like Ball State University, Harvard, and ...

Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. […] ...