U.S. Supreme Court

By now, you might have heard of the “shadow docket.” It's a method the U.S. Supreme Court uses to resolve urgent matters without issuing a full opinion on the legal issues. If you’re a frequent reader at FindLaw, you may have read our various blogs or…

Becoming a United States Supreme Court Justice is not an easy task, and for good reason. The individuals who sit on our country's highest court are all guaranteed a position for life under current rules. The Court's opinions can greatly affect the national legal and political landscape.

The U.S. Supreme Court had another monumental term. Some cases involved novel issues for the court, such as the one granting the President immunity from almost all criminal charges. Other rulings, such as Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, overturned decades of precedent. While some decisions were made…

On June 21, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in United States v Rahimi. This case sets an important precedent in the often contested area of gun control and Second Amendment rights. Rahimi had a restraining order against him for…

At the beginning of the year, after the U.S. Supreme Court decided to take up a case about fishing, many legal minds were concerned that a seemingly ordinary case could actually have pretty significant effects downstream. We wrote a blog describing why many predicted that the…

There is a lot to digest in the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. United States. Here, we'll summarize the main takeaways before diving into this landmark decision's more granular holdings. The decision hobbles the prosecution against Trump to the extent that it is very much…