US Supreme Court
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Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter dies at age 85
Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, David H. Souter, died on May 8, 2025. -
U.S. Supreme Court Comments on the Death of Sandra Day O’Connor.
Funeral held in Washington, D.C. for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. -
U.S.: Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor dies at 93
Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sandra Day O’Connor died December 1st, in Phoenix, Arizona. -
Justice serves as scholar for teacher professional development program
North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Daniel J. Crothers served as a scholar for the North Dakota Social Studies and We the People: the Citizen and the Constitution Summer Institute. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 30
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 29
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 27
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 23
The United States Supreme Court has issued four new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 22
The United States Supreme Court has issued four new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 16
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 15
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 8
The United States Supreme Court has issued four new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 1
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: May 25
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: May 22
The United States Supreme Court has issued a new opinion. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: May 18
The United States Supreme Court has issued six new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: May 11
The United States Supreme Court has issued five new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: April 19
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: April 18
The United States Supreme Court has issued a new opinion. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: April 14
The United States Supreme Court has issued a new opinion. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: March 28
The United States Supreme Court has issued a new opinion. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: March 21
The United States Supreme Court has issued a new opinion. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: Feb. 28
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: Feb. 22
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: Jan. 23
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 30
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new opinions. -
Jackson sworn in as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice
The Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the 104th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on Thursday, June 30. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 29
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 27
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 24
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 23
The United States Supreme Court has issued four new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 21
The United States Supreme Court has issued five new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 15
The United States Supreme Court has issued six new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 13
The United States Supreme Court has issued five new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: June 8
The United States Supreme Court has issued a new opinion. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 7
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: May 23
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: May 16
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: May 2
The United States Supreme Court has issued a new opinion. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: April 28
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: April 21
The United States Supreme Court has issued five new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court issues new opinions
The United States Supreme Court has released two new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: March 23-24
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: March 7
The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a sentencing case. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: March 4
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: March 3
The United States Supreme Court has issued two opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: Feb. 24
The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a copyright case. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: Jan. 24
The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a retirement benefits case. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: Jan. 20
The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a confrontation clause case. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: Jan. 13
The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a Social Security benefits case and two per curiam opinions on vaccination requirements. -
U.S. chief justice issues 2021 report on federal judiciary
Chief Justice John Roberts has released the 2021 year-end report on the federal judiciary. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: Dec. 10
The United States Supreme Court has issued two opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court per curiam opinions: Oct. 18
The United States Supreme Court has issued two per curiam opinions involving qualified immunity. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: July 1
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 29
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 28
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new per curiam opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 25
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 23
The United States Supreme Court has issued four new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 21
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 17
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 14
The United States Supreme Court has released two new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: June 10
The United States Supreme Court has issued a new opinion. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: June 7
The United States Supreme Court has issued a new opinion. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: June 3
The United States Supreme Court has issued a new opinion. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 1
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: May 27
The United States Supreme Court has issued a new opinion. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: May 24
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: May 17
The United States Supreme Court has issued four opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: April 29
The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in an immigration case. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: April 22
The United States Supreme Court has issued three new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court April opinions
The United States Supreme Court issued one opinion on April 5 and three opinions on April 1. -
U.S. Supreme Court per curiam opinion: March 29
The United States Supreme Court has issued a per curiam reversal of federal habeas review decision involving a state court murder judgment. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: March 25
The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in an automobile products liability case and a civil rights case involving unreasonable seizure. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: March 8
The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a religious speech case involving mootness questions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: March 4
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new opinions. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: Feb. 25
The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a case involving claims stemming from a violent encounter in which members of a federal task force mistook the plaintiff for a fugitive. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: Feb. 3
The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on disability benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act and in a case on compensation for relics allegedly taken by the Nazis. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: Jan. 14
The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a bankruptcy case involving retention of debtor property. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: Dec.14
The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a case involving the apportionment of water from the Pecos River and a per curiam opinion on habeas corpus relief. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: Dec.10
The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on a state law regulating drug sales, a case on limitation periods for military offenses, a case on state judicial appointments, and a case on whether money damages can be obtained for violations of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. -
U.S. Supreme Court per curiam opinion: Nov. 25
The United States Supreme Court has issued a per curiam opinion involving attendance restrictions on religious services. -
U.S. Supreme Court per curiam opinions: Nov. 2
The United States Supreme Court has issued per curiam opinions in a case on tort liability for injuries caused by protesters and a qualified immunity case involving allegations of cruel and unusual punishment. -
The United States Supreme Court will conduct oral arguments next week with one Justice missing and an empty courtroom
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on September 18, 2020, and her passing will leave the Court with 8 Justices when their term begins on October 5. -
U.S.: Inside virus-era Supreme Court
National Law Journal: "Michael Francisco clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch until July 17 this past term, an unusually late departure caused by the scrambled court calendar resulting from the pandemic." -
U.S.: The Supreme Court's 'shadow docket' is drawing increasing scrutiny
ABA Journal: "The U.S. Supreme Court’s 'shadow docket' is coming in from the dark. The term refers to emergency orders and summary decisions that are outside the high court’s main docket of argued cases and decisions." -
U.S.: Justices will hear argument in ACA case one week after Election Day
SCOTUSblog: "The Supreme Court on Wednesday released the calendar for the November argument session, which will include the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act and a clash between religious liberty and LGBTQ rights." -
Justice Thomas maps own course, at wheel of his 40-foot bus
Associated Press: "Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has never been afraid to turn right when his colleagues turn left, or in any direction really as long as there’s a place to plug in his 40-foot refitted tour bus at the end of the day." -
U.S. Supreme Court justices make rare public appearances in pandemic
Bloomberg News: "Two Supreme Court justices appeared in public this week in the kind of sightings that have become rare since the Covid-19 pandemic forced them to end the term while working remotely." -
Supreme Court denies Nevada church's appeal of coronavirus rule
MPR News: "A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court denied a rural Nevada church’s request late Friday to strike down as unconstitutional a 50-person cap on worship services as part of the state’s ongoing response to the coronavirus." -
U.S.: Pandemic lawsuits from voters, worshipers, prisoners meet roadblock at Supreme Court
USA Today: "The coronavirus pandemic has fueled an outbreak of lawsuits from voters, church worshipers, prisoners and others challenging public health policies, but the Supreme Court is proving to be a roadblock." -
Ruth Bader Ginsburg announces cancer recurrence, says chemotherapy yielding 'positive results'
CNN: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is undergoing chemotherapy to treat a recurrence of cancer. The treatment is yielding 'positive results.'" -
Blockbuster decisions in 6 areas of law made this a SCOTUS term to remember
ABA Journal: "The most important lesson from the Supreme Court's just completed term is that it is truly the John Roberts court." -
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized with infection
USA Today: "Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to a hospital Tuesday for treatment of a possible infection, marking the latest medical issue for the four-time cancer survivor." -
U.S.: Court releases October calendar
SCOTUSblog: "The Supreme Court released its calendar for the October argument session, which begins on Monday, Oct. 5, and continues through Wednesday, Oct. 14." -
U.S. Supreme Court: Final stat pack for October Term 2019
SCOTUSblog: "A Supreme Court term unlike any other has finally come to an end. In March, some observers thought the term would end early after the court shut its doors and postponed oral arguments." -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: July 9
The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on whether certain land in Oklahoma remains “Indian country," a case on congressional subpoenas for presidential information, and a case involving a criminal subpoena to a sitting president. -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: July 8
The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in an employment discrimination case brought by a teacher at a Catholic school and a case involving religious exemptions to health insurance contraceptive coverage requirements. -
U.S.: 2 female firsts at the Supreme Court announce retirements
Associated Press: "The Supreme Court said Tuesday that the first-ever women to hold two prominent positions at the court, handling the justices’ security and overseeing publication of the court’s decisions, are retiring." -
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: July 6
The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on robocalls and the First Amendment and a case on whether a presidential elector must support the state voters’ choice. -
Supreme Court: Montana can't exclude religious schools from scholarship program
MPR News: "The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Montana's exclusion of religious schools from a state scholarship program funded by tax credits violates the Constitution."