Court grants three cases as new term is set to begin

Court grants three cases as new term is set to begin

[Newsletter ad — view on SCOTUSblog]The 2026-27 term doesn’t officially start until Monday, but the Supreme Court was busy this week adding cases to the oral argument docket, addressing emergency applications, and announcing a significant last-minute recusal. Keep...
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...