The Supreme Court’s landmark opinion on same-sex marriage isn’t the only high-profile precedent the justices will have an opportunity to tinker with – or entirely scrap – when the court reconvenes this fall.

By now, you’ve probably heard a great deal about the Supreme Court’s interim relief docket, also known as the emergency or “shadow” docket – which, although it technically refers to […]

The case before the Supreme Court, United States v. Rahimi, puts a 30-year-old federal gun law designed to protect survivors of domestic violence in the spotlight.

As of 2025, here is the full list of the nine justices in the United States Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts Date appointed: Sept. 29, 2005.

Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, highlighting emerging legal questions about new policy and enforcement practices.

These legal fights, which can escalate all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, can determine the fate of controversial laws and issues, such as abortion access and immigration policies.

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Hillary Clinton, during an interview with Jessica Tarlov on the "Raging Moderates" podcast, predicts that after a decade of scheming, Republicans will undo the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized gay marriage nationwide and "send it back to the states.