Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean ...

Samarth Desai is a third-year student at Yale Law School, where he won the John Fletcher Caskey Prize. His work has been ...

Brothers in Law is a recurring series by brothers Akhil and Vikram Amar, with special emphasis on measuring what the Supreme Court says against what the Constitution itself says. For more content from ...

Returning from its winter recess, the Supreme Court on Monday added just one new case to its oral argument docket. In a list of orders from the justices’ private conference […] ...

In a pair of oral arguments on Monday, the Supreme Court wrestled with disputes over whether U.S. companies can recover under U.S. law for losses resulting from the confiscation of […] ...

Happy Monday! Although we here at SCOTUSblog are still recovering from a busy Friday analyzing the tariffs ruling, we have to turn our attention to the February argument session. It […] ...

11/13/2025 Application (25A581) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 14, 2025 to January 14, 2026, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh. 11/18/2025 Application ...

Waiver of right of respondents Honorable Bruce R. Beemer, Admin. Judge Alan Pelton, Honorable Kelly, Bigley, Charlene Christmas, Robert O'Brien, Stephen Esswein, Renawn Harris, (in their official ...

Issue: Whether, where necessary to resolve a church-property dispute, the First Amendment prohibits courts from examining church-related facts to determine who leads the church. Application (25A329) ...

09/11/2025 Brief amici curiae of Frontier Institute, et al. filed. 09/11/2025 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. 09/11/2025 Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation, et al. filed.

Application (25A394) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 12, 2025. Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including ...