Americans supported Jackson. Why didn’t more Republican senators?
Partisan fights have become the norm in Supreme Court nominations
Gorsuch is scheduled to speak to the right-wing Federalist Society. Americans find such speeches inappropriate.
Nathan T. Carrington and Logan Strother - February 4, 2022
Americans don’t approve of justices appearing with politicians, our research finds.
Justice Breyer announced he will retire. Here’s what happens next.
Paul Collins and Lori Ringhand - January 27, 2022
If Biden fulfills his promise to appoint a Black woman, he’ll make the Supreme Court more representative of the U.S. population
Conservatives may control the Supreme Court until the 2050s
Charles Cameron and Jonathan P. Kastellec - December 12, 2021
Overturning Roe v. Wade may just be the beginning, our research suggests.
The Supreme Court might overturn Roe. It took decades of scorched-earth conservative politics to get here.
Joshua C. Wilson and Amanda Hollis-Brusky - December 2, 2021
Upholding Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban could severely damage American belief in the court’s legitimacy.
Supreme Court justices sounded suspicious of New York’s gun law. Here’s what might come next.
Jacob D. Charles - November 4, 2021
Will the court listen to empirical evidence about safety, or just strike down any regulations that didn’t exist in the 18th century?
Americans’ respect for the Supreme Court has dipped. That might affect the justices’ decisions this term.
Amanda Savage - October 3, 2021
How will they approach one of the most controversial terms in years?
The Supreme Court faces more pandemic questions this term. Here are 4 takeaways from last year’s rulings.
Kyle Thomson, Herschel Nachlis, Annika Begley, and Amy Park - September 23, 2021
The court is skeptical about restrictions on religion and about mandates from ‘the administrative state’
The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a Second Amendment case. That’s bad news for gun regulation advocates.
Amanda Hollis-Brusky - April 27, 2021
But if its decision goes too far, the Supreme Court might be handing ammunition to liberals who want to overhaul the court.
Will Breyer retire while Democrats hold the White House and Senate? Here’s what political science tells us.
Christine Nemacheck - April 21, 2021
Most federal judges retire for personal, rather than politically strategic, reasons. Supreme Court justices may be different.