In three weeks, the justices will meet for their “long conference,” at which they will consider the thousands of petitions for review that have accumulated since their last conference in late June. The justices will grant only a few of these petitions. This post is the fourth in a series taking a closer look at… Read More
Alito’s financial disclosure shows teaching income, speaking engagements, and stock ownership
Justice Samuel Alito earned $24,000 in 2021 for teaching gigs at two law schools, and he continued to own a wide range of stocks, according to his recently released annual financial disclosure. Each justice is required to file a financial disclosure every year by May 15 with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, which… Read More
Looking ahead to the “long conference” — Part 3
Looking ahead to the “long conference” – Part 3 In four weeks, the justices will meet for their “long conference,” at which they will consider the thousands of petitions for review that have accumulated since their last conference in late June. The justices will grant only a few of these petitions. This post is the… Read More
Security fencing around court is removed, but building remains closed to public
An eight-foot-tall fence erected around the Supreme Court in the spring has come down, replaced by a network of much smaller barriers. The court put up the taller fence, described at the time by police officers as “nonscalable,” in early May, in response to protests that followed the leak of a draft opinion indicating that… Read More
Looking ahead to the “long conference” – Part 2
In just over a month, the justices will meet for their “long conference,” at which they will consider the thousands of petitions for review that have accumulated since their last conference in late June. The justices will grant only a few of these petitions. This post is the second in a series taking a closer… Read More
Amid Voting Rights Act challenge, court keeps election for Georgia utility regulators on hold for now
The Supreme Court on Friday reinstated a federal trial court’s order that barred officials in Georgia from using “at large” elections for the state’s Public Service Commission. The trial court ruled this summer that the at-large elections violate federal voting laws by diluting Black votes, but a federal appeals court put it on hold last… Read More
Looking ahead to the long conference: Part 1
In just under seven weeks, the justices will meet for the “long conference,” at which they will consider the thousands of petitions for review that have accumulated since their last conference in late June. The justices will grant only a few of these petitions. This post is the first in a series that will take… Read More
Affirmative action cases up first in November argument calendar
The Supreme Court will kick off its November argument session with the highest-profile cases of that session: challenges to the consideration of race in the admissions process at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. That news came with the release of the November argument calendar (as well as an updated October argument calendar) on… Read More
With no recorded dissents, justices allow execution of Alabama man to proceed
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to postpone the execution of Joe Nathan James, who was scheduled to die in an Alabama prison at 7 p.m. EDT. James was sentenced to death for the 1994 murder of Faith Hall, his former girlfriend. Hall’s family had urged Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to convert James’ death sentence… Read More
Court will hear affirmative-action challenges separately, allowing Jackson to participate in UNC case
The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it will consider two challenges to the role of race in college admissions separately, rather than – as it had originally planned – together. That news, which came in a brief order from the court, was not unexpected: It allows Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court’s newest justice,… Read More