Key takeaways from an active week at the court

Key takeaways from an active week at the court

[Newsletter ad — view on SCOTUSblog]This week may have fallen within the Supreme Court’s summer recess, but it wasn’t exactly restful for the justices – or for the team behind this newsletter. There was a flurry of activity in the ongoing battle over Missouri...
The funniest justice of the 2025-26 term

The funniest justice of the 2025-26 term

As Justice Samuel Alito has said, there are “some people who have nothing better to do than count Supreme Court laughs.”True enough: Last September, I did just that, tallying the number of “laughs” between the 2017-18 and the 2024-25 terms to crown “the funniest...
The High Court of Australia

The High Court of Australia

Welcome to SCOTUSblog’s recurring series in which we interview experts on different supreme courts around the world and how they compare with our own. Today’s column focuses on the High Court of Australia. To help me understand this institution, I corresponded with...