7+ hour, 53+ min ago  (161+ words) On April 10, 1869, Congress passed legislation increasing the number of Supreme Court justices from seven to nine, where it's remained since. The Supreme Court on Thursday denied Sam Ronan's request to block Ohio election officials from removing him from the state's…...

6+ hour, 53+ min ago  (325+ words) The promise of a justice telling his or her life story is that it will help us further understand the jurisprudence of the person who is shaping the path of the law. But, truth be told, each of these books…...

11+ hour, 18+ min ago  (581+ words) But some parties before the court have a spotlight on them well before the justices view their name on a filing. Among the petitions for review awaiting the justices" attention this spring, there are at least four that involve well-known…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (203+ words) Clear Statements is a recurring series by'Abbe R. Gluck on civil litigation and the modern regulatory and statutory state. Rumors of the textualist triumph over legislative history have been greatly exaggerated. But recent cases suggest the pendulum may be secretly swinging…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (439+ words) 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 history of professional speech in the court Chiles v. Salazar…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (348+ words) Curious about how Supreme Court justices spend their spare time? Justice Sonia Sotomayor revealed on Tuesday that she likes reading " recent books from her colleagues. She "said she just finished reading Justice Amy Coney Barrett's memoir and is in the…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (190+ words) Ronan is an Air Force veteran who seeks to challenge incumbent U. S. Rep. Mike Carey, a Republican who represents the 15th District, which stretches out from the Columbus suburbs, in the Republican primary. President Donald Trump won the district by nine points…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (136+ words) Civil Rights and Wrongs is a recurring series by Daniel Harawa covering criminal justice and civil rights cases before the court. Zorn v. Linton, decided last month, seems to confirm that pattern, albeit in a different context. What makes Zorn notable…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (479+ words) In early January, as the country eagerly awaited a tariffs ruling that " as it turned out " was still more than a month away, Supreme Court watchers raised concerns about the court's pace. They questioned whether the justices had fallen behind…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (358+ words) Yesterday marked four years since Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the Supreme Court, paving the way for her to become the first Black woman to serve as a justice. In a new request for interim relief, the court…...