General News
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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 opinion: April 18
The United States Supreme Court has issued a new opinion. -
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: April 28
The United States Supreme Court has issued two new opinions. -
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.: 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.: 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." -
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.'" -
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.: 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.: Justices have a lot to say, but all is quiet in the Supreme Court
ABA Journal: "In a normal June, the U.S. Supreme Court issues the last of the term’s opinions, many of which are in its most contentious and divided cases." -
U.S.: Justices won’t wade into fight over tribal water rights
Courthouse News Service: "Farmers won’t get paid for river water they lost out on during a drought in southern Oregon, because Native American tribes have water rights that rank above those of irrigators." -
U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to attorneys' mandatory state bar dues
Washington Times: "The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge on Monday to lawyers’ state bar fees, which had been brought after the justices struck down mandatory union dues in a 2018 case citing the First Amendment." -
U.S.: Chief justice says pandemic teaches humility, compassion
Associated Press: "Chief Justice John Roberts told graduating seniors at his son’s high school that the coronavirus has 'pierced our illusion of certainty and control' and he counseled the students to make their way with humility, compassion and courage in a world turned upside down." -
Nothing to draw when nothing to see leaves SCOTUS artists idle
Bloomberg News: "Art Lien has been tuning in for what’s both familiar and unrecognizable during the first-ever live audio of Supreme Court oral arguments." -
U.S. Supreme Court Notebook: Chatty Thomas breaks with precedent
Associated Press: "A Supreme Court justice gets it in his mind to ask a question, and pretty soon, he’s got questions for everyone. And so the next question: Will Clarence Thomas ever stop talking?" -
Justice Ginsburg in hospital with infection, court says
Associated Press: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Tuesday with an infection caused by a gallstone, but plans to take part in the court’s arguments by telephone Wednesday, the Supreme Court said."