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Court turns down hearing cases on prison construction, school prayer

Over the objections of three justices, the Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from the sheriff of New Orleans in a...

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...

SCOTUStoday for Thursday, November 13

The Supreme Court wrapped up its arguments for the November sitting yesterday and announced what cases it will hear in January. Mark your...

Second Amendment in the spotlight

If you’ve followed coverage of the Supreme Court’s 2025-26 term over the past few months, you’d likely say this term’s theme is executive...

States seek clarity on class actions in a post-CASA world

In last term’s Trump v. CASA, the Supreme Court curtailed the use of universal injunctions – that is, lower court orders that grant relief...

Supreme Court will hear cases in January on transgender athletes, gun rights, and Trump’s firing of Fed governor

The Supreme Court will kick off 2026 with a series of arguments in blockbuster cases. In a calendar released on Wednesday afternoon, the justices announced...

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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...

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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