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SCOTUSblog is the most popular blog about the Supreme Court of the United States. This blog offers insight and context on the most up-to-date changes in American jurisprudence. Like the Supreme Court itself, its purview covers all areas of U.S. law.

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Court to hear new Enron case

Oct 13, 2009
The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to rule on claims that “searing media attacks” on longtime Enron executive Jeffrey K. Skilling tainted his criminal trial and conviction on various fraud charges.  The case of Skilling v. U.S. (08-1394...

A new Justice takes her seat

Sep 8, 2009
With President Obama and Vice President Biden and some 450 other witnesses looking on silently, Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her seat for the first time on the Supreme Court bench Tuesday afternoon, the 111th member of the Court in its history.  Amo...

Sotomayor sworn in as Associate Justice

Aug 8, 2009
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., administered the Constitutional Oath to Judge Sonia Sotomayor in a private ceremony in the Justices’ Conference Room on Saturday August 8, 2009. Mrs. Celina...

Republican Senators announce their votes on Sotomayor: Graham, Yes; Kyl, No

Jul 22, 2009
Earlier today, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., announced on the Senate floor that he intends to vote in favor of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination for the Supreme Court, while Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., announced that he will vote against her nominat...

Over 1000 law professors join letter endorsing Sotomayor

Jul 8, 2009
In a letter received today by the Senate Judiciary Committee, more than 1000 academics expressed their support for Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. A number of signatories with diverse specialties and political leanin...

Monday round-up

Feb 8, 2010
Above the Law reports that Justice Thomas, discussing clerk hiring at his Thursday talk at the University of Florida, contrasted his views with those of his colleagues, whom he says mainly hire clerks from Ivy League schools.  “I don’t believe...

NAMUDNO: Right Question, Wrong Case

Feb 8, 2010
The following is an essay for our Race and the Supreme Court program by Abigail Thernstrom,  vice-chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.  Ms. Thernstrom is the author, most recently, of...

The week ahead

Feb 8, 2010
The Court’s recess continues until February 19, when the Justices will meet for their next private conference.  The next oral arguments are scheduled for February 22. As we posted on Friday, the Washington Legal Foundation holds its mid-Term...

U.S. seeks to end Kiyemba case

Feb 5, 2010
In a move that might head off another major Supreme Court ruling on detention policy, the Justice Department on Friday suggested that the Court consider dismissing the pending case of Kiyemba v. Obama (08-1234) as one that should never have been...

This week on the Wiki

Feb 5, 2010
This week, we introduced a new feature on our sister site, SCOTUSwiki: we have created case pages for each “CVSG” case – cases in which the Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General to submit a brief expressing the views of the United States. ...




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