SCOTUSblog’s new look

As you’ve probably noticed, SCOTUSblog looks a little different today.

But before we go there, a bit of background. When the folks at The Dispatch acquired SCOTUSblog in April of last year, they pledged to help us “double down on rigorous reporting and analysis” in terms of what we do best: making the Supreme Court more accessible. We think that has been a success.

Among other developments:

• We’ve dramatically expanded our coverage of the court. We are once again covering every case argued before the justices. Additionally, we’ve recruited nearly 20 new recurring columnists offering a variety of perspectives on the court’s most important rulings and the latest developments surrounding them. And we are now live blogging at least one argument every sitting and every opinion release day.
• SCOTUSblog has a daily newsletter on all things SCOTUS that’s sent out each weekday to over 80,000 subscribers. (And if you haven’t signed up for it, please do so here!)
• We’ve dramatically expanded our offerings. For example, the podcast Advisory Opinions now sits fully under the SCOTUSblog umbrella, joined by podcasts Divided Argument and Amarica’s Constitution, as part of an expanding podcast network.
• For the first time, SCOTUSblog has flagship events. Last year’s inaugural summit featured Justice Amy Coney Barrett – and we’re expanding to multiple events in 2026, including a Decision Season forum in July and a Term Preview summit in September. 
• We’ve reintroduced our Stat Pack, a statistical analysis of the court’s work, as well as introduced the only such analysis on the court’s controversial interim docket – catnip for Supreme Court aficionados and legal nerds everywhere. 
• We’ve debuted cutting-edge explainer videos on the court’s most important decisions, for both a general audience and SCOTUS experts.
• Behind the scenes, we’ve also repaired and restored much of the site’s infrastructure, including its case pages and petition analyses.

And now we’re introducing the next phase of SCOTUSblog: an entirely redesigned website.

So what have we done (and what will we be doing)? A lot. But here are some examples:

• Perhaps most obviously, we’ve dramatically improved the user experience, both aesthetically and structurally. Our prior homepage was wonderful but getting … dated. The new homepage reads more like a magazine than a blog; that is, it allows readers to locate our expanded content not only based on what was recently published but in a much more intuitively appealing way.
• We’ve differentiated between News and Commentary. Many of you are interested in straight-up court news and developments from Amy and the team. Others are interested in analyses and opinions from our top-notch recurring columnists. And many of you are interested in both. The website now reflects this along the top navigation bar – separating out these distinct types of content while making it easier to navigate between them.
• You can log in and create an account to track your newsletters (though this is not necessary to access the site).
• We’ve expanded our calendar and live coverage, making SCOTUSblog the one-stop shop for any upcoming arguments, announcements, or notable events at the Supreme Court.
• We’ve created handy landing pages for almost everything, whether for podcasts, authors, series, or recurring columns.
• We have substantially improved our case pages. These feature all the relevant data for each case, the proceedings below, and additional information for practitioners and casual SCOTUSblog readers alike.
• We have set up the infrastructure to significantly enhance our statistics, which we will roll out in the coming weeks. Specifically, this will allow readers to track how each justice votes and what coalitions they vote in and provide a host of other key court metrics not available anywhere else. 
• Next Tuesday, April 28, Advisory Opinions will be launching a newsletter, designed for people who want to keep up with each episode more easily, return to the key arguments later, and have the most important points, cases, and questions gathered in one place.
• And we have vastly improved our mobile user experience – which we’ve not only worked to make more visually appealing but easier for readers to scroll through and quickly locate whatever aspect of the court they are interested in.

This only scratches the surface.

We look forward to hearing from you about what you think we’ve done right, what can be done better, and any other features you feel would make for a further improved site. Oh, and as with any website alteration, there will be bugs – especially as we all really get to know the new site.

As always, thank you for your readership and all your help in keeping SCOTUSblog alive and thriving!