The Supreme Court has reached a new level of consensus through April in a term at least in recent memory. This post shows where the agreement is so far and discusses what we should expect for the remainder of the term: empiricalscotus.com/2024/04/22/the…

Some Guy CourtListener 🦋 Volokh Conspiracy David Lat Dr. Adam Feldman at Empirical SCOTUS is doing some of that.

Which conservative justices on SCOTUS form coalitions with the liberal justices most frequently in closely divided votes? I answer this question and look at the cases that make up the data in this post: empiricalscotus.com/2024/04/01/cha…

Updated Decisions from #SCOTUS as of Today (3/19)

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More at: empiricalscotus.com/2023-stats/

The 2023 Director’s Annual Report and Judicial Business supplement detailing the work of the federal Judiciary are now available. uscourts.gov/news/2024/03/1…

Does political party still impact the justices' votes? How about lower federal court panel composition? New data and analyses are used to look at these questions in this post: empiricalscotus.com/2024/03/12/are…

Excited to share new work on the state of women in the judiciary from me and appellate litigation extraordinaire MC Sungaila. You can read the article here (AMLaw paywall though). law.com/litigationdail…

.Bloomberg Opinion, Attorneys Who Argue At Supreme Court Skew Male, Ivy League bit.ly/3SWweg3

by Dr. Adam Feldman (Empirical SCOTUS)

Charles Barkley joking about life tenure for federal judges.

A DEEP dive into the justices' votes based on the lower court. Does ideology of the lower court drive the justices' votes? Not as much as might be expected but for good reason. empiricalscotus.com/2024/02/15/the…

All things considered, yesterday's Trump v. Anderson was one of the most even oral arguments re: share of words spoken by the Justices I've seen in a while.

More at: empiricalscotus.com/february-sitti…
Dr. Adam Feldman

Opinion: Empirical SCOTUS’s Adam Feldman analyzes data to show the paths most taken to becoming one of the few attorneys who argue frequently at the US Supreme Court. blawgo.com/rivt6t7

ICYMI: Whether Chevron Stands or Falls, Any Deference Should Be Based Upon Delegation, Not Ambiguity reason.com/volokh/2024/02… via reason Volokh Conspiracy

I have a new one up looking at SCOTUS oral arguments from a few different perspectives trying to get a sense of who and what will be the focus when it comes time for opinions. empiricalscotus.com/2024/01/24/mea…

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In light of yesterday's cert grant in Glossip v. Oklahoma, here is a chart with the justices' pro-death penalty vote percentages and counts in combined cruel and unusual punishment and capital jury instruction cases (per curiam and argued cases)