The Potential Biden SCOTUS Pick Who Is No Friend to Criminal Justice Reform Civil libertarians have reason to be wary of Judge J. Michelle Childs. Reason · Feb 8, 2022
SCOTUS joins the GOP racist insurrection The Supreme Court guts the Voting Rights Act while conservatives erase the history that necessitated its passage Salon · Feb 8, 2022
Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for February 1 Welcome to the Feb. 7 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. Ballotpedia · Feb 7, 2022
Hawaii, New York enact new congressional district maps; Pennsylvania Supreme Court assumes control over redistricting Our weekly summary of federal news highlights redistricting updates in Hawaii, New York, and Pennsylvania, and the FDA approving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the Federal Tap. Ballotpedia · Feb 5, 2022
SCOTUS releases March argument calendar The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Jan. 28 released its March argument calendar for the 2021-2022 term, scheduling nine cases for argument. Two of the cases were consolidated for one hour of oral argument. In total, the court will hear eight hours of arguments between Mar. 21… Ballotpedia · Feb 1, 2022
SCOTUS Splits 5-4 on Capital Case Justice Barrett would have denied the stay, but did not join Justice Kagan's dissental. Reason · Jan 28, 2022
Fox melts down over Biden SCOTUS pick Sean Hannity muses that Biden's nonexistent Supreme Court nominee may be "unlawful" and "unconstitutional" Salon · Jan 27, 2022
Breyer to retire: A look at the latest vacancy to open on the U.S. Supreme Court Welcome to the Thursday, January 27, Brew. Ballotpedia · Jan 27, 2022
SCOTUS accepts first cases for its 2022-2023 term The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) accepted three cases for argument during its October 2022-2023 term on Jan. 24. These are the first cases SCOTUS has granted for its next term scheduled to begin on Oct. 3. Ballotpedia · Jan 26, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announces retirement Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) Justice Stephen Breyer announced Wednesday he will retire at the end of the 2022 term this October. Ballotpedia · Jan 26, 2022
SCOTUS Grants Cert To Narrow, But Not Overrule McGirt Efforts to lobby ACB to reverse McGirt have failed. Reason · Jan 21, 2022
NPR Issues A "Clarification," Not A "Correction" on #Maskgate (Updated) Perhaps the one silver lining of this mess is that the media will be less likely to publish leaks from SCOTUS. Reason · Jan 21, 2022
How Many Supreme Court Justices Must Deny NPR's Reporting Before Media Outlets Believe Them? John Roberts, Neil Gorsuch, and Sonia Sotomayor have all denied Nina Totenberg's story about a SCOTUS dispute over masking. Reason · Jan 20, 2022
SCOTUS accepts cases for 2021-2022 term The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Jan. 14 accepted five cases for argument during the 2021-2022 term: Ballotpedia · Jan 20, 2022
Reason · Jan 20, 2022 SCOTUS GDRs Trump v. Thompson: Grant, Dictumize, and Retreat The Supreme Court summarily deems the "central question" of the D.C. Circuit's opinion as "nonbinding dicta" to avoid hamstringing some future, more worthwhile, president.
Ballotpedia · Jan 19, 2022 SCOTUS concludes January sitting with arguments in four cases The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is hearing oral arguments in four cases during the week of Jan. 18, the second and final week of its January argument sitting for the 2021-2022 term.
Reason · Jan 19, 2022 Leaks from SCOTUS About Maskgate!? (Updated with statements from Gorsuch, Sotomayor, and Roberts) I hope these leaks do not augur further leaks about Dobbs and other cases.
Ballotpedia · Jan 18, 2022 Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS begins second week of January sitting Welcome to the Jan. 18 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.