Alito Hints That The Dobbs Leaker Knew A Member of the Majority Would Be Subject To Assassination This strongly suggests Alito does not think a conservative leaked to "lock in" the votes. Reason · 23h ago
As Suncor Approaches, Justice Alito Recuses The petitioners appear to lose a vote they might need in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County. Reason · Sep 28
Trump Goes Postal On Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett What did the Justices tell Trump during their interviews to make the President think otherwise? Reason · Sep 15
Chief Justice Roberts Goes Postal on Trump's USPS Rule Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Heat Nor Gloom Of Night Will Stop The Shadow Docket. Reason · Sep 15
Advocate John Roberts v. Chief Justice John Roberts How do you know what a lawyer really believes when he is always representing a client? Reason · Sep 2
New in Civitas Outlook: "SCOTUS's Immigration Rulings Chastise Trump on Morality" "Mullin v. Doe should have been resolved on legal grounds without the need to virtue signal about immigration." Reason · Aug 25
A Response To National Review's Editorial on Justice Barrett "On the Supreme Court’s interim and certiorari dockets, Justice Barrett consistently stands apart from Justices Thomas and Alito when liberal lower courts run amok on hot-button social issues." Reason · Jul 31
Cert Denied, Cert Delayed, Cert Granted In at least four cases, the Court denied cert over three dissentals, and then resolved the same issue a year or more later. Reason · Jul 29
Judge James C. Ho's Speech On "Judicial Courage" and Judicial Selection "Nobody actually reads what people have said and written. And that’s why mistakes are made. Because if nobody reads, then it’s not about who would do the job best. It’s about who wants the job most." Reason · Jul 29
Updating The Wall of Receipts For President Trump's Three Appointees How have Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett voted over the past year on the interim and certiorari dockets? Reason · Jul 28
Chief Justice Roberts Broke The Fourth Wall in Cook This unusual opinion suggests something happened behind the scenes over the past ten months. Reason · Jul 21
Congratulations To Kirill Muzyka, Repeat Chief Justice of FantasySCOTUS for OT 2025 The October 2025 Term of FantasySCOTUS finally came to a close. On the whole, this term was a one of… The post Congratulations To Kirill Muzyka, Repeat Chief Justice of FantasySCOTUS for OT 2025 appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jul 13
A Chronological Reader's Guide To The Opinions In Trump v. Barbara How to read nearly 200 pages of opinions by time period. Reason · Jul 6
Some Thoughts on the Court's Opinion(s) in the Birthright Citizenship Case Did any of the other Justices happen to notice Justice Kavanaugh's argument that the entire matter could have been disposed of on statutory grounds? Reason · Jul 3
Reason · Jul 1 Nina Totenberg Sincerely Apologizes For An Inexplicable Error This is just the latest in a series of questionable judgments that Totenberg has made over the years.
International Business Times UK · Jun 30 From Tariffs to Birthright Citizenship, Trump's Own Court Appointees Rule Against Him in 6-3 Split The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, marking a significant defeat for his immigration policy. The decision underscores limits on executive power.
Reason · Jun 30 The Final Recap of Authorship Predictions I correctly predicted that Coach Kavanaugh would have the transgender sports cases and the Chief would write birthright citizenship. I… The post The Final Recap of Authorship Predictions appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Jun 29 Recap of Today's Opinions and Predictions For The Final Four Cases My predictions from last Thursday panned out well. The Chief Justice wrote the majority opinion in both Cook and Slaughter. There… The post Recap of Today's Opinions and Predictions For The Final Four Cases appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Jun 29 Supreme Court Ends Agency "Independence," Save for the Federal Reserve As expected, the Supreme Court overturns Humphrey's Executor, but reaffirms the independence of the Federal Reserve.
The Times of India · Jun 26 'America's doors are closed fully to asylum seekers': Supreme Court upholds Trump immigration policies The US Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to strip hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants of a humanitarian status that protects them from deportation, giving another boost to the president's hardline approach toward immigration.
Reason · Jun 26 Second Amendment Roundup: Supreme Court Decides Wolford Aloha to Hawaii’s Vampire Rule on private property open to the public.
Reason · Jun 26 The Supreme Court's Badly Flawed Ruling in the Haiti TPS Case Extensive evidence indicates that the decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian migrants was motivated by unconstitutional racial and ethnic discrimination. The Court's ruling on statutory issues also has flaws.
Reason · Jun 25 Something Feels Off About Hemani and Wolford (Updated) The Court decides two major Second Amendment cases, but the latter does not even mention the former.
Reason · Jun 25 Revisiting My Authorship Predictions And Making More Predictions Today the Court decided four more cases, including three opinions by Justice Alito. How did my predictions from Tuesday fare?… The post Revisiting My Authorship Predictions And Making More Predictions appeared first on Reason.com.