Like all good lawyers, Supreme Court justices can argue over anything – including, it turns out, how best to argue.

Oral argument occupies a privileged place in appellate mythology. It is often described as the moment when judges engage counsel, probe weaknesses, and decide close cases. In modern appellate practice ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. I love a good project. So when the 2025-26 term began, I had a new one. I decided to try to attend all of the oral arguments ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and ...

The Supreme Court has heard oral argument in a case to determine whether the Trump administration’s sweeping tariff regime, imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), is ...

The Byron White U.S. Courthouse in downtown Denver, which houses the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. (Photo by Michael Karlik) When the Denver-based federal appeals court convenes next week to ...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that examines the standards police must meet before entering a home without a warrant. In Wednesday’s oral arguments, petitioner’s counsel ...

David R. Fine, the head of the appellate practice at K&L Gates, walks through what he does to prepare before stepping up to the lectern. Preparing to Concede Early on, I build a concession list. From ...

There are a lot of things that Donald Trump accomplished, or attempted to, in the first year of his second term in the White House. And now, he can add being the first sitting president to ever sit in ...