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Court to consider prison inmate’s religious liberty claims

On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Damon Landor. Landor is a Louisiana man who grew long...

Court to hear argument on ICE contractor’s right to immediate appeal

If you want more cases about government contractors even after reading the argument earlier this week in Hencely v. Fluor Corporation, then The GEO Group...

Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on sex designations on passports

The Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon handed the Trump administration another victory on the justices’ interim docket. In a brief, unsigned opinion, the court...

Six significant cases the justices are deciding whether to hear

The justices returned to the courtroom on Monday for the start of the court’s November sitting. On Friday, they’ll return to their conference...

Trump’s tariffs: from dollars to donuts

Security around the U.S. Supreme Court building is amped up a bit this morning, almost as if somebody really important was planning to...

Advisory Opinions live broadcast: Trump’s Tariff Showdown

Oral arguments in the Supreme Court’s tariffs case have concluded, but the conversation isn’t over. Listen now to a special live broadcast of...

The tariffs case and whether amicus briefs matter

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...

Justices debate protections for contractors from some suits for mishaps in war zone

Monday’s argument in Hencely v Fluor Corporation revealed a bench broadly skeptical of the idea that military contractors have absolute immunity for negligent mistakes they make when...

SCOTUStoday for Monday, November 3

Updated on Nov. 3 at 9:22 a.m. Welcome to the Supreme Court’s November sitting. Starting today, there will be nine arguments over the next...

What can we learn from the Supreme Court’s first round of oral arguments?

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

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What James Madison thought about AR-15s

A Second Opinion is a recurring series by Haley Proctor on the Second Amendment and constitutional litigation. My most recent column considered the challenges involved in...

SCOTUStoday for Friday, November 14

On this day in 1878, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments in Reynolds v. United States, on whether a federal law banning bigamy...

A justice’s most lasting legacy

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

Originalism and judicial oversight: A report from the Federalist Society’s 2025 National Lawyers Convention

Late last week, Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett took center stage at the Federalist Society’s annual gala in the nation’s capital,...

Justices evaluate limits of the compassionate-release statute

In Fernandez v. United States and Rutherford v. United States, argued on Wednesday, the Supreme Court considered what constitutes permissible grounds for a federal inmate to...
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