A Second Opinion is a recurring series by Haley Proctor on the Second Amendment and constitutional litigation.

Last Monday, the Supreme Court heard argument in United States v. Hemani. In that case, Ali Danial Hemani argues that the Second Amendment forbids his prosecution for possessing a firearm as “an unlawful user of” marijuana because disarming people for mere drug use is inconsistent with “the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”

SCOTUSblog is excited to announce the addition of podcasts Amarica’s Constitution and Divided Argument to its podcast lineup, joining Advisory Opinions. While both podcasts will maintain their editorial and creative independence, their inclusion in the SCOTUSblog universe continues an increase in our coverage of everything SCOTUS (and SCOTUS-related). 

The hosts of each podcast will also appear in crossover episodes and provide running commentary during SCOTUSblog’s live blogs and coverage of the most important cases.

In this jam-packed episode, the hosts of all three podcasts discuss the current term and the future of originalism.

Brothers in Law is a recurring series by brothers Akhil and Vikram Amar, with special emphasis on measuring what the Supreme Court says against what the Constitution itself says. For more content from Akhil and Vikram, please see Akhil’s free weekly podcast, “Amarica’s Constitution,” Vikram’s regular columns on Justia, and Akhil’s new book, Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840-1920.

Elephants don’t hide in mouseholes. Dogs bark when something odd is afoot. Human beings (even members of Congress, sometimes) say what they mean. These common-sense mammalian maxims inform standard legal interpretation. (The preceding links are to opinions authored by Justices Antonin Scalia and Brett Kavanaugh, and Chief Justice John Roberts, respectively.)

Updated on March 9 at 5:14 p.m.

The Supreme Court added just one case – a technical dispute over the interaction between two federal environmental laws – to its docket for the 2026-27 term. The justices on Monday morning released a list of orders from their private conference last week in which they granted review in Department of the Air Force v. Prutehi Guahan, but did not act on a variety of other high-profile cases that they considered last week, including a request from Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, to clear the way for a lower court to throw out his conviction for contempt of Congress.

In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country.

The Olympics are one of those rare moments when the country comes together whatever its divisions and stays up late watching a skater joyfully complete a near perfect routine just years after quitting the sport completely – or cheers as a hockey player scores the winning goal in overtime moments after losing a few teeth to an opponent’s stick. The athletes’ personal stories somehow feel like our own.