August 2026 Archive

Republican groups file emergency application to court on broadcasting rates for political ads

Supreme Court allows construction on White House ballroom to continue

Justice Alito’s financial disclosure for 2025 is released

The “born free and equal” clauses and Lawrence v. Texas

The 3-3-2-1 court?

Updates on the new birthright citizenship executive order and mail-in ballots

Plus, a dispute over President Trump’s ban on transgender troops is back at SCOTUS.

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to consider ban on transgender persons in the military

The Supreme Court of Israel

The Supreme Court’s realignment roundup: October Term 2025

Government urges SCOTUS to deny 9/11 petitions

Plus, would cameras in the courtroom boost public trust?

Fed Governor Lisa Cook responds to Trump administration’s letter stating that it is “considering” her removal

Has the Supreme Court rendered the First Amendment’s press clause invisible?

What the public thinks of the Supreme Court

How to Fix Congress | Interview: Rep. Jake Auchincloss

The ripple effects of SCOTUS’ mail-in voting decision

Plus, a man was arrested after a guillotine was parked next to the Supreme Court.

The orders docket, why it matters, and this term’s criminal law orders

The many layers of Landor

Alcohol at the Supreme Court

SCOTUS again asked to address Ten Commandments in schools

Plus, a Colorado man has been accused of impersonating Chief Justice Roberts.

Trump administration asks justices to consider key border policy

The justices should regularly sit on the lower courts

Gutting the Alien Tort Statute

SCOTUS sides with Trump administration in mail-in voting dispute

Plus, what Justice Thomas said on Sen. Ted Cruz’s podcast.

Civility vs. Collegiality | Interview: Judges Tom Griffith and David Tatel

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to move forward with order imposing restrictions on mail-in voting

There is no constitutional “right to privacy”

The court’s clearly established problem

The latest on the mail-in voting and ballroom battles

Plus, the kidney stones that made John Marshall the chief justice.

Supreme Court allows White House ballroom construction to continue for now

Realizing Scalia’s vision: state originalism centers as legal civics education

Six justices, five techniques: writing lessons from the 2025-26 term

The tenth justice’s strategy

Justices navigate rising security threats

Plus, President Trump brings CNN case to SCOTUS.

Trump asks Supreme Court to hear his defamation case against CNN

Slaughter’s vice

What the public thinks about the emergency docket

Let’s Pretend We’re Justices | Interview: Chris Scalia

Ballroom dispute now fully briefed

Plus, a group of Florida Republicans brings their Census Bureau challenge to SCOTUS.

Florida Republicans bring Census Bureau challenge to the Supreme Court

Trump detention policy nears SCOTUS

The scope of the Supreme Court’s emergency docket

Trump administration awaits emergency docket decisions

Plus, an update on the ripple effects of the Supreme Court’s TPS ruling.

Supreme Court urged to leave in place order blocking construction of White House ballroom

Trump’s Ballroom Blitz

The chief justice should share much of his power

What if one vote had changed in the birthright citizenship case?

Trump v. Carroll and the Ten Commandments

Plus, the role of national security in the White House ballroom battle

Texas families ask Supreme Court to take up challenge to Ten Commandments in schools

Court turns down Trump’s request to reconsider its refusal to hear Carroll suit against him

SCOTUS litigator Floyd Abrams at 90