Conservative US supreme court justice Samuel Alito hints at retirement in interview Alito, 76, delivers comment in rare interview with CBS News scheduled to air on Monday The Guardian - US · 21h ago
Justice Gorsuch on Abuse of Emergency Powers In a recent talk, he decried a situation where "everything is an emergency." Reason · Oct 2
Donald Trump watches his Supreme Court picks vote against his tariffs. Then he compares their loyalty to Dems: ‘What can I do? I put them in’ President Trump is expressing significant frustration with his Supreme Court appointees, specifically Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, over their recent voting records. In an interview published Thursday, as reported by The Hill, the president openly questioned his decision to nominate these justices to the high court. We Got This Covered · Oct 2
Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS opinions spotlight Welcome to the Sept. 28 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 · Sep 28
Donald Trump Says His Appointed Supreme Court Justices Are 'Merely a Shell of Their Original Selves' Donald Trump criticised three Supreme Court justices he appointed after they backed a decision blocking his administration's proposed mail-in voting requirements for the 2026 midterms. International Business Times UK · Sep 21
48 Million Mail Ballots on the Line: Why Trump's War With His Own Court Hits Latino Voters Hardest Trump calls his own Supreme Court picks "a shell" after they blocked his mail-ballot rule. The August win he skipped changes everything. Latin Times · Sep 18
Thomas and Alito Are More Reliable Votes for Trump Than His Own Supreme Court Appointees The conservative legal movement may be winning big at the Supreme Court. But Trump is not. Reason · Sep 17
Trump Says Justices Are 'Not the People I Interviewed' After Supreme Court Mail Ballot Loss Donald Trump criticised three Supreme Court justices he appointed after they supported a ruling rejecting his effort to curb mail-in voting, according to commentary by Michael Wolff International Business Times UK · Sep 16
'Not the people I interviewed': Trump lashes out at Supreme Court after it blocks his mail ballot restrictions for the midterms President Trump sharply criticized the Supreme Court after its ruling against his administration's voting restrictions. He expressed disappointment with justices he appointed, stating they were not the individuals he interviewed. The court's decision allowed states to continue their existing mail-in ballot procedures for the upcoming election. Trump has a history… The Economic Times · Sep 15
Religious Vaccine Exemption Petitions Keep Reaching the Supreme Court After Justices Reject a New York Mother's Emergency Request More than half a dozen religious vaccine exemption petitions have reached the Supreme Court since May. What the latest denial did and did not decide. Medical Daily · Sep 15
The 8th Circuit Lets the Government Retroactively Repair Unconstitutional Gun Cases Against Pot Smokers A SCOTUS petition argues that the practice, which allows a judicial finding of dangerousness based on a preponderance of the evidence, violates the Fifth Amendment. Reason · Aug 31
The GOP's "blood and soil" obsession The nativist doctrine lives on in JD Vance's vision for the US Salon · Aug 30
Jason Arday and new plagiarism politics The controversy over Arday’s work reflects an ongoing trend of ideological opponents levying plagiarism accusations Salon · Aug 23
Jason Arday and the new politics of plagiarism After a meteoric rise to the top ranks of British academia, scholar Jason Arday was found dead at his London home on Aug. 14, 2026. The Conversation · Aug 21
Reason · Jul 26 Bureaucracy, Labor, & Tariffs: How Government Is Making BLTs More Expensive The BLT—a delicious celebration of the power of markets—exemplifies political attacks on the free movement of goods and people.
Ballotpedia · Jul 16 Supreme Court rules 6-3 for presidential removal of independent agency commissioner Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling for presidential removal of independent agency commissioners, and a South Carolina law with a REINS-style provision, judicial deference prohibition, and sunset review requirement
Reason · Jul 14 4 Takeaways From the Supreme Court's 2025–2026 Term From executive power to civil liberties, what to make of a momentous year at SCOTUS?
Reason · Jul 13 How the Right to Trial Became a Legal Fiction Half a century after approving coercive plea bargaining, the Supreme Court is beginning to recognize its costs.
Reason · Jul 8 The Supreme Court's 'Reasonable Expectation of Privacy' Test Defies Expectations Neil Gorsuch proposes an alternative to a Fourth Amendment standard that has proven to be an unreliable safeguard against government snooping.
Reason · Jul 6 U.K. Might Force Social Platforms To Give Government-Backed Media Special Status Plus: The Democrats' Project 2029 would ban minors from social media, the Supreme Court protects private data in geofence warrant ruling, and more...
Reason · Jul 3 Washington and His Men Knew How To Party America was founded by drinkers, distillers, and maltmen whose consumption would be labeled problematic by today's public health authorities.
The Guardian - US · Jul 2 ‘King Trump’ is stronger than ever after US supreme court bolsters his agenda Birthright citizenship ruling only a surface-level setback, with the court granting president’s multiple power grabs
Salon · Jul 2 SCOTUS split on birthright citizenship The ruling was a revealing moment for the future of the court
Ballotpedia · Jul 2 U.S. Supreme Court rules 6-3 for presidential removal of independent agency commissioner Welcome to the Thursday, July 2, 2026, Brew.
Ballotpedia · Jul 1 U.S. Supreme Court rules 6-3 for presidential removal of independent agency commissioners On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in the case of Trump v. Slaughter that the president may remove a leader of a multi-person independent agency for reasons other than those enumerated in statute. The Court upheld President Donald Trump's (R) 2025 dismissal of Federal Trade Commission (FTC)…