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Ellena Erskine

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Ellena Erskine is the blog manager at SCOTUSblog.

Before joining the blog, Ellena served as project manager at the access-to-justice nonprofit DaisyDebt. She focused on making consumer protection law concepts accessible in plain English.

Ellena holds a bachelor’s degree from Smith College, where she studied English and legal theory and sometimes the two together.

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evening sunlight hitting the Supreme Court steps, flag pole, and fall tree

SCOTUS FOCUS

We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don’t have to

By Ellena Erskine on Nov 30, 2021 at 5:24 pm

joe biden sits at desk and signs document while kamala harris stands in background wearing mask

SCOTUS NEWS

Commission on court reform tweaks draft materials as it nears final report to Biden

By Ellena Erskine on Nov 19, 2021 at 8:13 pm

PETITIONS OF THE WEEK

Compassionate release, the First Step Act, and jurors on social media

By Ellena Erskine on Nov 5, 2021 at 4:58 pm

Supreme Court building at night

SCOTUS FOCUS

We read all the amicus briefs in New York State Rifle so you don’t have to

By Ellena Erskine on Nov 2, 2021 at 4:41 pm

joe biden speaking at microphone

SCOTUS NEWS

Biden court-reform commissioners remain divided

By Ellena Erskine on Oct 17, 2021 at 7:40 pm

Event announcement: Clearing up some misconceptions about the supreme court's shadow docket -- and its critics

UPCOMING EVENT

Notre Dame to host Stephen Vladeck on the shadow docket and its critics

By Ellena Erskine on Oct 7, 2021 at 3:15 pm

Fatima Graves speaking at senate hearing. Woman behind here in mask.

CONGRESSIONAL NEWS

Senators spar over shadow docket in wake of court’s order allowing Texas abortion law to take effect

By Ellena Erskine on Sep 29, 2021 at 8:20 pm

UPCOMING EVENT

George Mason to preview Supreme Court cases with significant economic implications

By Ellena Erskine on Sep 23, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Featured Posts

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Roe v. Wade hangs in balance as reshaped court prepares to hear biggest abortion case in decades

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We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don’t have to

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Justices mull Chevron and voice skepticism of Medicare’s rate cut for hospital drugs

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“I’m stuck!” “What do I do?” “I’m baffled!”: Court struggles with Medicare payment technicalities