One of the fundamental questions in federal law is the exact parameters of Indigenous property rights. From the first Supreme Court decisions in Indian ...

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether the Trump administration can suspend access to asylum for immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. In a ...

As the 2026-27 term got underway this fall, several commentators observed that it was shaping up to be a quiet term compared to the one before it. There are ...

During the 2025-26 term, the Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump defeats on two of his signature initiatives – his efforts to limit birthright ...

One of the Supreme Court’s most critical functions is deciding what cases to decide.This process has been explained before, but – given the court is now ...

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A Book Review of Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s “So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country (2026)” ***Justice Samuel A. Alito ...

Yesterday’s argument in Department of Labor v. Sun Valley Orchards showed a court open to the possibility of a major limitation on the ability of agencies ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is ...

The Trump administration returned to the Supreme Court last week, once again asking the justices to intervene in its ongoing efforts to build a new White ...