Yesterday marked 85 years since the death of Justice Willis Van Devanter. Van Devanter served on the Supreme Court from 1911 ...

Issue: Whether federal courts have the power to issue sanctions under their inherent authority without first finding “bad faith,” and, if they do, whether they have the power to issue sanctions under ...

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. Imagine: A group of drug dealers beat and shoot dead a citizen […] ...

Now that the Supreme Court appears to have filled out its oral argument docket for the 2025-26 term (unless it opts to fast-track a case), it seems an apt time […] ...

Whether proving a lack of general applicability under Employment Division v. Smith requires showing unfettered discretion or categorical exemptions for identical secular conduct; (2) whether Carson v.

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

Cases and Controversies is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court’s ...

Last month, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. At issue was whether Idaho ...

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You’re running out of time to take advantage of the preorder offer for Last Branch Standing, Sarah Isgur’s new book, set to ...

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

The Supreme Court has made a mess of the law concerning the Second Amendment. Two years ago, in the last Supreme Court ...