In Barrett v. United States, the Supreme Court is considering whether the double jeopardy clause prohibits a defendant from ...

At least some of the justices at Monday morning’s oral argument in Villarreal v. Texas appear to be willing to permit trial courts to limit what defense lawyers may discuss […] ...

A Second Opinion is a recurring series by Haley Proctor on the Second Amendment and constitutional litigation. Three years ago in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, […] ...

Chief Justice Melville Fuller, who served from 1888-1910, took the judicial oath on this day in 1888. To mark the occasion, consider shaking someone’s hand. Fuller instituted the practice of […] ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning appeared largely sympathetic to a Colorado licensed counselor who is challenging the ...

Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, highlighting emerging legal questions about new policy and enforcement ...

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 and lower courts, and for people’s lives. […] ...

The Supreme Court on Monday morning issued a long list of orders from the justices’ private conference on Sept. 29. At that ...

The Supreme Court on Monday announced that it will not hear an appeal from longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine ...

The oral argument Monday in Berk v. Choy was filled with the nuts and bolts of judicial procedure – what it takes to get a ...

Lawyers for a group of transgender and nonbinary Americans urged the Supreme Court on Monday afternoon to leave in place a ...

Want to make people laugh? Try citing a page number. That’s how Justice Elena Kagan sparked the first burst of laughter of ...