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How birthright citizenship made it back to the Supreme Court

On Friday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of its birthright citizenship order. Although the administration’s decision to...

The strange case of the superfluous sentence

Some sentences reproach without a single accusatory word. “The captain was sober today” impugns by implication. The officer who logs this superfluous statement...

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to withhold billions in foreign-aid funding

The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to withhold nearly $4 billion in foreign-aid funding. Over a dissent...

Trump urges Supreme Court to decide whether to end birthright citizenship

The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the legality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to...

SCOTUStoday for Friday, September 26

Today marks five years since President Donald Trump formally nominated Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Justice Barrett made an appearance...

Justice Barrett reflects on public scrutiny, swing votes, and recusals at SCOTUSblog Summit

Justice Amy Coney Barrett is not on social media to see critics calling her too conservative when she sides with her fellow Republican-appointed...

SCOTUStoday for Thursday, September 25

Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was sworn in on Sept. 25, 1981, becoming the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Five...

SCOTUStoday for Wednesday, September 24

On this day in 1789, President George Washington signed the Federal Judiciary Act into law, establishing the federal court system. We suggest you...

The funniest justice – SCOTUSblog

JUSTICE GORSUCH: So you have a dog in the hunt on the scope of the discovery rule — MR. EARNHARDT: Well — JUSTICE GORSUCH: —...

Supreme Court behavior on the shadow docket

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments,...

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Court appears divided on whether lower courts properly found death row inmate to be intellectually disabled

The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with the case of an Alabama man who has been on that state’s death row for more than...

Relist rodeo: firearm restrictions, searches incident to arrest, DNA evidence, and “clearly established” law

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is...

Supreme Court sends dispute on HIV disability claim back to the lower court and rejects case on defining “reasonable doubt”

The Supreme Court on Monday sent the case of a Louisiana man who was prevented from using a physical therapy clinic’s pool because...

Supreme Court difficult to read in case on campaign finance limitations

The Supreme Court on Tuesday considered a challenge to a federal law limiting the amount of money that political parties can spend in...

Originalism’s campaign finance conundrum – SCOTUSblog

Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. In a...
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