How the Supreme Court Operates

For the first time, the Court decided more substantive cases on its shadow docket than on its traditional merits docket.

In considering the value of dissents, we should focus on substantive contributions to constitutional analysis and not just celebrate that our system allows them.

His tenure has included multiple ethics scandals, as well as votes that helped roll back voting rights and ushered in unlimited corporate spending on elections.

In the past few weeks, two Supreme Court justices offered comments that were greeted with outrage and condemnation.

The Supreme Court of Texas has long allowed cameras in its courtroom and takes the unique approach of allowing clerks to sit in on conferences.

Leaked memos show that the Supreme Court’s emergency docket is rife with double standards. 

Which cases the justices choose to hear has a major impact on Americans’ lives.

The Court is ruling on challenges to government actions on its emergency docket, often without explaining its decisions or providing guidance to lower courts.

In gun cases, more than in other areas of constitutional law, Supreme Court justices increasingly rely on legal scholarship.

The Supreme Court chooses silent acquiescence.