Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’ decision making ...

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. A lot ...

Legal experts agree that the US Supreme Court has been more active in issuing unexplained orders through its "shadow docket," which gives the Trump administration nearly carte blanche to further its ...

As she has done several times recently, liberal Justice Elena Kagan recently sounded the alarm after another bold emergency action by the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority again let President ...

President Donald Trump has an almost flawless record on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket this year, a streak that has delivered crucial moments of relief to the government as it fights hundreds of ...

Critics call the expedited rulings, which have become routine in the second Trump administration, the “shadow docket.” The justices have other ideas. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington About a ...

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide another Second Amendment case this term, taking on the question of whether a federal law that bars gun possession by anyone who is “an unlawful user of or ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. On Thursday, a federal district judge allowed a lawsuit challenging the ...

Twelve years ago, the Supreme Court held in a 5–4 decision in Maryland v. King that police departments could perform cheek swabs on people they take into custody and use the DNA sample for criminal ...

The Supreme Court‘s emergency docket has not slowed down over the summer, with the Trump administration waiting on four requests for emergency relief, even as the justices have been away from ...