The statue, Authority of Law, by American sculptor James Earle Fraser outside the Supreme Court of the United States. The High Court building was built during the Great Depression and completed in 1935. Architect Cass Gilbert's design is based on a Greco-Roman temple.

Ratio Decidendi

The Ten Commandments return to federal court

Stephanie Barclay January 23, 2026

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NUTS AND BOLTS

Closing out the cases to be heard this term

Stephen Wermiel January 23, 2026

Carved details along top of Supreme Court building are pictured

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SCOTUStoday for Friday, January 23

Kelsey Dallas January 23, 2026

The U.S. Supreme Court is shown on April 25, 2022 in Washington, DC.

ARGUMENT ANALYSIS

Justices dubious about forcing actuaries to use out-of-date assumptions in assessing costs of leaving a multiemployer pension plan

Ronald Mann January 22, 2026

Carvings are shown at the top of the Supreme Court building

JUSTICE, DEMOCRACY, AND LAW

Only electoral reform, not the Supreme Court, can protect against an American Caesar

Edward Foley January 22, 2026

The Supreme Court building is pictured behind a tree

RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Saints, statues, and church-state separation

Richard Garnett January 22, 2026

View from the court

The full Fed battle

Mark Walsh January 22, 2026

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SCOTUStoday for Thursday, January 22

Kelsey Dallas January 22, 2026

RELIST WATCH

The relist logjam finally breaks

John Elwood January 21, 2026

The Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. is pictured from afar

BROTHERS IN LAW

Four answers to the justices in Wolford v. Lopez

Akhil and Vikram Amar January 21, 2026

Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell speaks with Lisa Cook, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, as he chairs a Federal Reserve Board open meeting discussing proposed revisions to the board's supplementary leverage ratio standards at the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington, DC, on June 25, 2025.

ARGUMENT ANALYSIS

Supreme Court appears likely to prevent Trump from firing Fed governor

Amy Howe January 21, 2026

The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2022.

INTERIM DOCKET

California Republicans urge court to strike congressional map as racially discriminatory

Amy Howe January 21, 2026

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