Justices Kagan and Barrett on the SCOTUS Leaks All nine justices are frustrated by leaks yet confidential information somehow keeps leaking. Reason · Jul 28
Journalistic and Legal Ethics for SCOTUS Reporters What happens when there is a conflict between the two standards? Reason · Apr 20
In Defense of Justice Alito Ben Aguiñaga, a former law clerk, responds to the gross media smears of Justice Alito. Reason · Jan 28
What Did A Young John Roberts Contribute To Chief Justice Rehnquist's Opinion In Dames & Moore v. Regan? Probably not very much. Reason · Oct 30, 2025
The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism The Guardian - US · Aug 21, 2025
NY Times Big Reveals On Deliberations In Three Trump Cases How did Roberts come to write Trump v. Anderson, Fischer v. United States, and Trump v. United States? Reason · Sep 15, 2024
How John Roberts gutted voting rights Forget his reputation as a straight-shooting "umpire." Chief Justice John Roberts is a dangerous radical Salon · Aug 30, 2024
Biskupic Part III Confirms What We Already Knew: Justice Alito Lost Majority Opinions in NetChoice and Trevino. There is little here that can't be gleaned from the docket and the split opinions. Reason · Jul 31, 2024
Biskupic's Second Installment on Trump Immunity We learn very little new: Roberts made no efforts to appeal to the left, as he sought to reclaim his Court. Reason · Jul 30, 2024
The Behind the Scenes Wrangling in the Idaho Abortion Case Joan Biskupic reports that the justices were initially inclined to back Idaho in the EMTALA case, until they realized the case was messier than they had thought. Reason · Jul 29, 2024
Judge David Tatel on the Roberts Court, the Voting Rights Act, and the Notorious RBG In a forthcoming book. retired Judge David Tatel offers candid thoughts and spills the tea. Reason · May 29, 2024
Experts call out ACB's "weird" opinion Barrett split from conservative majority — but used her opinion to admonish liberals in "unusually biting terms" Salon · Mar 5, 2024
"Hogwash": Experts doubt Thomas' excuses Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged that he took three trips aboard the GOP megadonor's plane Salon · Aug 31, 2023
Reason · May 16, 2023 Apparently Joan Biskupic Knows How Justice Gorsuch Addresses His Memo… ...for a particular draft opinion by CJ Roberts.
Reason · May 5, 2023 Jeff Rosen and Joan Biskupic Talk About Supreme Court Leaks RBG told Rosen that AMK wrote the Bush v. Gore PC, and Biskupic said a Justice likely leaked Dobbs wrangling to WSJ.
Reason · Apr 24, 2023 What Joan Biskupic "Learned" in Nine Black Robes? The inside-information largely trickled to a halt after 2020.
The Guardian - US · Apr 9, 2023 Nine Black Robes review: how Trump turned the supreme court right Joan Biskupic of CNN delivers an assured history of the conservative takeover that threatens to reshape America
Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2023 Roberts rankled colleagues as his hold on Supreme Court slipped, book says A new book details how Chief Justice John Roberts lost control of an increasingly conservative U.S. Supreme Court as it moved to overturn the constitutional right to abortion last year.
The Guardian - US · Apr 2, 2023 Supreme court justices felt tricked by Trump at Kavanaugh swearing-in – book CNN analyst Joan Biskupic cites unnamed justices saying a White House celebration of Trump’s pick turned overtly political
Reason · Mar 31, 2023 Joan Biskupic Breaks Some News About Pavan v. Smith and Masterpiece Cakeshop Did Roberts and Kennedy swap votes to GVR Pavan and grant Masterpiece?
Reason · Mar 27, 2023 Joan Biskupic's Barely-There Exclusives Gone are the days that Biskupic told us things we didn't already know.
Reason · Jul 26, 2022 Breaking Down Joan Biskupic's Latest Reporting On The Dobbs Leak Here we are, one month after Dobbs. The leaker has not yet come forward. Indeed, we have no clue who the leaker may be. David Lat suggests that the Politico reporters may not even know who the leaker is! I was patiently waiting for something, anything, from Supreme Court reporters…
Salon · Jul 26, 2022 SCOTUS leak derailed effort to save Roe Roberts tried to sway Justice Brett Kavanaugh before an unidentified leaker blew up his efforts
Reason · May 31, 2022 CNN: SCOTUS Investigation Demands Phone Records From Clerks, Who Must Sign Affidavits Leaks about the leaks continue.