Next month marks the birth of the Supreme Court. Established on September 24th, 1789, the Supreme Court is the only court that was specifically created by the Constitution in the United States. Initially, the Supreme Court was comprised of six members and they met for...
The U.S. Court system has two main branches. Federal courts decide cases brought against the United States, and cases that involve federal laws. States also have their own court systems authorized to hear cases involving citizens and laws of a particular state or...
This edition of James Romoser’s round-up highlights a few updates regarding the Supreme Court as the summer recess continues. Included in these updates is a recent ruling on the continued construction of the border wall between the United States’ southern border and...
In today’s issue of Edith Robert’s Tuesday Round-Up, she highlights a unanimous decision pertaining to the penalization of presidential electors who vote for candidates they did not pledge to support; the ruling here was that laws that punish electors do not go...
In this edition of the SCOTUSblog’s Round-Up, Edith Roberts highlights a few noteworthy cases dealing with religious freedom for death row inmates and prisoners in general as well as gender and sexuality-based discrimination in the workplace. Other prominent topics...
Today, Edith Roberts describes the anticipation preceding an unprecedented phenomenon: telephonic Supreme Court hearings. Because the Supreme Court has strongly adhered to tradition in the past, this decision to hear arguments remotely came as a shock to some...
