As Mississippi explained in its brief seeking Supreme Court review: Oldham’s contortionist opinion reaching a contrary result is especially rich coming from a judge purporting to apply textualism—looking at the meaning of the text as understood by an ordinary English reader at the time Congress passed the statute.

A legal scholar and law professor roasted a judge appointed by President Donald Trump, referring to his "contortionist opinion" the Supreme Court is reviewing over mail-in ballots as "bonkers." Richard L.

Opinion: William & Mary Professor Allison Larsen says a question from Justice Alito in the tariffs argument signals a disregard for the "passive virtues" of the judiciary: a slow-moving system in which the court takes stock of lower court judges' views.

Court watchers say most of President Donald Trump’s judicial selections thus far have credentials in line with his first-term nominees—involvement with the conservative Federalist Society and prestigious clerkships with Republican-appointed U.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) went on a tangent about the Supreme Court being “corrupt” on Tuesday, referencing the ethics scandals involving conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.

President Donald Trump and senior administration officials are reinforcing the administration’s arguments for why the U.S. needs emergency tariffs, after a bruising hearing at the Supreme Court. Legal analysts,

John Roberts, the chief justice, referred to the court’s reluctance to bless consequential executive actions that have not been expressly authorised by Congress

John Sauer was in an unfamiliar position as the conservative Supreme Court majority that gave him big victories in rulings on presidential immunity and courts’ power to rein in executive actions appeared more skeptical of his defense of Donald Trump’s tariff power.