Several conservative justices are on the record that the Trump recess appointments scheme is unconstitutional.

Wade in 2022, the five Republican justices in the majority had a sense of how dangerous their decision could be to their ...

In December 2020, the Biden administration asked all 50 Democratic senators for potential judicial nominees who have worked as public defenders, civil rights lawyers, legal aid attorneys, and others ...

Each year, of the thousands of petitions for review that the Supreme Court receives, the justices typically grant fewer than 100. For just about everyone else, a decision made by one of the 13 federal ...

Last week, the Federalist Society’s annual convention gave a who’s who of the conservative legal movement the opportunity to toast their latest successes, like overturning landmark Supreme Court ...

In 2023, the renowned Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein announced his retirement, explaining that when the Court is controlled by a six-justice conservative supermajority, there is “very little that ...

Which judges are giving President Biden the chance to appoint their successors? Lifetime federal judges who meet age and service requirements can take “senior status,” which allows the president to ...

For several brief, glorious days, Senate Democrats were doing the lame-duck session right. As the clock ticked down on the 118th Congress, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took advantage of Republican ...

There are currently 37 federal judicial vacancies without a nominee. Of these, 35 are district court judgeships where Republican senators can veto a nominee under the blue slip policy observed by the ...

In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election win on Tuesday, unnamed Senate Democrats are now in the midst of “active” and “urgent” conversations, per Politico, about whether to nudge 70-year-old ...