Welcome to SCOUTSblog’s newest recurring series, in which we interview experts on different supreme courts around the world ...

As we’ve noted before, we read a lot of legal news in the process of preparing this newsletter. Here’s a headline we saw recently that we won’t soon forget: References […] ...

The Supreme Court on Monday was skeptical in that the indictment of a Texas man on charges that he violated a federal law ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court is continuing to ...

Foundlings – babies born of unknown parentage – loomed large in the imagination of mid-19th century Americans, who dutifully ...

The Supreme Court on Monday night granted a request from a group of California parents to reinstate a ruling by a federal district court that prohibits schools in that state […] ...

The Supreme Court on Monday night cleared the way for New York to go forward with the 2026 elections using the state’s existing congressional map. Over the objections of the […] ...

Over the objections of the court’s three Democratic appointees, the Supreme Court on Monday morning declined to hear a case involving the payment of filing fees by indigent prisoners. The […] ...

In Hunter v. United States, to be argued on Tuesday, March 3, the Supreme Court will address how broad federal defendants’ waivers of their right to appeal can be and […] ...

Issue: Whether the Takings Clause’s protection against unconstitutional permit conditions encompass an evidentiary ...

If you are looking for a great introduction to this morning’s argument in United States v. Hemani, please check out this animated explainer, done in partnership with Briefly. Our live […] ...

A divided Supreme Court sided with the federal government on Tuesday in U.S. Postal Service v. Konan, a dispute over ...