A Few Thoughts on the Chatrie Oral Argument On the whole, a good morning for the government. Reason · Apr 27
Justice Thomas Assigns Himself A Majority Opinion The preemption case may affect the Roundup argument next week. Reason · Apr 22
Leaked Supreme Court Memos Reveal Why Court Stayed Clean Power Plan (Setting Important "Shadow Docket" Precedent in the Process) A New York Times scoop reveals that Chief Justice Roberts was concerned that the EPA would (again) get away with imposing unlawful burdens on utilities. Reason · Apr 18
Trump seeks to redefine who gets to be an American with birthright citizenship case Most Americans support the rule that anyone born in the US is a US citizen, and a majority of supreme court justices are skeptical of Trump’s efforts to restrict it The Guardian - US · Apr 1
The Latest: Supreme Court hears arguments over Trump's birthright citizenship order The U.S. Supreme Court has begun hearing arguments over the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally or temporarily The Independent UK · Apr 1
Justice Alito: "Just out of curiosity, do you think we should ask Claude to decide this case?" I suspect many lawyers use AI, but now they will be even more hesitant to admit it. Reason · Apr 1
It's Elementary, My Dear Watson The 2000 and 2020 elections are still on the Justices' minds. Reason · Mar 24
The First Question From The Florida Supreme Court's Newest Member: "Is your position more like Justice Gorsuch in Bostock or Justice Alito in dissent?" The answer: "I think Justice Gorsuch was wildly incorrect." Reason · Mar 6
Counting The Votes In Mirabelli v. Bonta We only know how Justice Gorsuch voted because Justice Kagan told us he was in the majority. Reason · Mar 3
The Supreme Court's Emergency Docket Meets The Inferior Courts' Emergency Dockets Why should the Supreme Court defer to the emergency docket of lower courts? Reason · Mar 3
The Saving Construction in NFIB and the Anti-Saving Construction in Learning Resources Six justices found that the best reading of statute supports the government, but only three applied the major question doctrine. Why wasn't this a reversal? Reason · Feb 24
Justice Gorsuch's Campy Concurrence Justice Gorsuch takes us on visit of Camp Barrett, Camp Kagan, Camp Kavanaugh, and Camp Thomas. Reason · Feb 23
Reason · Feb 21 Trump on the Supreme Court's Tariff Decision It wasn't the Court's opinion that is an "embarrassment."
Reason · Feb 18 SCOTUS Modifies Rule 29, Paper Briefs Can Be Filed Three Days After Timely Electronic Submission This rule change effectively gives parties at least one more day to work on briefs, and make corrections.
Reason · Feb 12 Rumblings About Callais The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Louisiana v. Callais back on October 15. At the time, there was a… The post Rumblings About Callais appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Feb 3 NYT To SCOTUS: "I just want them to know we're watching them." We learn fascinating insights about how the newspaper of record covers the "holy of holies of American law."
Reason · Jan 21 National and Local Traditions for the Second Amendment The Second Amendment does not have a geography clause.
Reason · Jan 19 Three Flawed Opinions In Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections The majority and dissent’s understanding of standing turned on their visions of democracy. The concurrence does not fare much better.
Reason · Jan 14 Minnesota Not So Nice Plus: Solitary confinement for teens, the Disneyfication of protest, Alito asks about gender, autistic Barbie, and more...
Reason · Jan 4 Revisiting A.A.R.P. v. Trump In Light Of United States v. Maduro The United States military is like a Denny's.
Reason · Dec 25, 2025 Thoughts on the Supreme Court Ruling Against Trump in the Illinois National Guard Case The decision is a preliminary "shadow docket" ruling. But it strongly suggests the majority believes Trump's use of the Guard is illegal.
Reason · Dec 24, 2025 John Roberts Serves A Blue Plate Special, And The Progressives Forget All Of Their Complaints About The Shadow Docket Trump v. Illinois is Robertsian faux minimalism at its worst.