Trump’s original petition for review was first distributed for the justices’ Feb. 20, 2026, conference, but the court repeatedly rescheduled it, finally considering it at the June 25 conference and ...
By now, you have probably read a great deal about the Supreme Court’s emergency docket – and a fair amount about the justices who disagree with its orders. Over the past year, in this space alone, I ...
The measures would expand conflicts of interest rules that apply to the executive branch to the judiciary and require justices and judges to put certain financial assets in a blind trust.” “The ...
Plus, the justices added a case involving a seized plane and a six-pack of beer to next term’s oral argument docket.
And the decisions give no reason to believe that a substantial number of justices have misgivings about the Bruen approach. While Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson stated in a concurring opinion in Hemani ...
One of SCOTUSblog’s most popular features is our live blogging during major oral arguments and opinion hand down days. Throughout these live chats, our moderators (led by Amy) not only provide what’s ...
The Supreme Court on Monday morning added a new case to its oral argument docket for the 2026-27 term. As part of a regularly scheduled summer order list, the justices agreed to review Jouppi v.
Bruen, the Supreme Court held that modern gun laws must be “consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation” to survive a Second Amendment challenge. Under that newly announced ...
Everything’s bigger in Texas – even the number of people who brought a case that was ultimately argued before the Supreme Court during the 2025-26 term. A SCOTUSblog analysis of the 35 argued cases ...
Some provisions of the Constitution enjoy far more attention than others. At the Supreme Court, for example, it is a rare term that doesn’t have a case involving the First, Second, or Fourth ...
The Supreme Court’s decision about President Donald Trump’s attempt to narrow access to birthright citizenship left no doubt that a majority of justices agree it’s illegal. But two justices, Clarence ...