September 2026 Archive

Some lessons of open-minded discourse on the Supreme Court

Is it time to rethink the office of the chief justice of the United States?

The “born free and equal” clauses, incorporation, and 12-person juries

Republicans respond to Trump’s Supreme Court comments

Plus, what artificial intelligence misunderstands about SCOTUS.

The fundamental confusions of federal Indian law

What AI misunderstands about the Supreme Court

How Americans feel about possible court reforms

Plus, Justice Sotomayor reflects on the state of civics education.

At annual SCOTUSblog Summit, Sen. Durbin and Rep. Issa express differing views on Supreme Court

How courts keep getting Bruen wrong

What a missing citation tells us about the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision

Decision on citizenship database expected soon

Plus, an overview of our event previewing the 2026-27 term.

Looking Ahead to the Supreme Court Term

The foreign affairs origins of domestic executive supremacy

An interview with Sen. Ted Cruz on his biography of Justice Thomas

Announcing The SCOTUSblog Summit: 2026 Term Preview

Trump blasts Supreme Court on social media

Plus, what Attorney General Todd Blanche said about the administration’s next moves on mail-in voting.

Groups urge justices to leave in place ruling barring Trump administration’s use of voter database

Break the Supreme Court law clerk cartel

Criminal cases coming in the new term – and why the court could and should do more

Voting disputes take center stage

Plus, a closer look at Clarence Gideon from Gideon v. Wainwright.

Barely Averting a Constitutional Crisis

Supreme Court denies Trump administration’s request to implement parts of rule on mail-in voting

The “born free and equal” clauses and the noxious Buck v. Bell

When justices drift

Justices dismiss immigration case

Plus, former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried wants SCOTUS to take up his case.

Supreme Court dismisses immigration case that was scheduled for argument in October

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court

9/11 and the Supreme Court

More on Missouri’s congressional map and mail-in voting

Plus, Justice Kavanaugh will speak today at an event on 9/11.

Trump administration asks justices to decide on its appointments of acting U.S. attorneys

A quick update on the Missouri congressional districting case

Supreme Court grants request to prevent Missouri from using congressional map expected to aid Republicans

The architecture of persuasion: United States v. Hemani

The minoritarian difficulty

A new era of SCOTUSblog

Plus, the dispute over Missouri’s congressional redistricting is back at the Supreme Court.

Insular Cases | Interview: Chief Judge Jeff Sutton and Neil Weare

Missouri congressional redistricting dispute returns to the Supreme Court

States, civic groups urge Supreme Court to leave order in place prohibiting Trump administration from implementing parts of mail-in ballot rule

Introducing SCOTUSblog Plus

Aesthetic injuries, standing, and the White House ballroom

Justice Kavanaugh stands up for state constitutional law in the Missouri congressional case

More election-related action on the interim docket

Plus, should the Supreme Court try to shorten oral arguments?

Elections dispute continues after Justice Kavanaugh turns down request from Missouri to use congressional map expected to aid Republicans

Citing election-fraud concerns, Trump administration brings dispute over voter database to the Supreme Court

The “born free and equal” clauses and same-sex marriage

Empower the Supreme Court’s supermajority on substantive matters

The century-old fight to test birthright citizenship

One very busy weekend

Plus, how two men without lawyers got their cases to the Supreme Court.

Missouri organizer urges Supreme Court to leave ruling in place preventing use of congressional map expected to benefit Republicans

Trump administration again appeals mail-in ballot dispute to the Supreme Court