2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (208+ words) Before, during, and after his term as chief justice, Chief Justice John Marshall's successor commanded attention " though rarely for the right reasons. Taney, like Jackson, criticized the Second National Bank " and after Jackson nominated him for Treasury Secretary in 1833, Taney…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (408+ words) Cases and Controversies'is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court's rulings, opinions, and procedures on the law, on other institutions, and on our constitutional democracy more generally. As a constitutional law professor,…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1315+ words) Immigration Matters is a recurring series by C'sar Cuauht'moc Garc'a Hern'ndez that analyzes the court's immigration docket, highlighting emerging legal questions about new policy and enforcement practices. Last month, the [] The post In birthright citizenship fight, Justice Department selectively interprets…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (207+ words) As we've noted many times before, we read a lot of news stories in the process of preparing this newsletter. But we've perhaps never seen a headline as memorable as this one: Educator Who Read "I Need a New Butt!...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (581+ words) In 2025, the United States saw a surge in executions after a period of decline. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 47 people were put to death in 11 states, the highest annual execution total since 2009. The Supreme Court also played a…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (352+ words) Chief Justice John Marshall was sworn in on this day in 1801. We wrote about his upbringing, political career, and legal legacy (well, at least some of it) in two recent editions of this newsletter. One question we often get at…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (286+ words) Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson just lost out on a major award to the Dalai Lama. To understand why they were in competition, look to the Morning Reads section below. Justice Neil Gorsuch once described the court as "just nine old…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (433+ words) Justice Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish justice, was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Woodrow Wilson on this day in 1916. SCOTUSblog executive editor Zach Shemtob recently gave a Jewish Study Center presentation on the history of Jewish justices and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (733+ words) ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. With over half the term gone by, about half of the 58 cases in which the court has now granted review for the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (550+ words) Ratio Decidendi is a recurring series by Stephanie Barclay exploring the reasoning " from practical considerations to deep theory " behind our nation's most consequential constitutional decisions. On Tuesday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit sat en banc to hear oral…...