Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Courtwatching

The United States Supreme Court has designated two opinion release days this week: Thursday and Friday. With more than two dozen still-pending decisions from October Term 2023 to release before the traditional end of the term (including five from the November and December oral arguments), the next few weeks promise to be busy at One First Street!

You can keep up with the activities of the Court at its website, including new opinions as they are released. Seasoned Court-watchers gather at the SCOTUSblog homepage on opinion days at 10:00 am Eastern for expert commentary and live updates on opinion releases. The blog's Cases section includes helpful overviews of the issues under review, with links to relevant case documents. The Statistics section also includes handy information about decided and pending decisions. The Newsfeed provides daily updates on pending petitions, opinion analysis, and other Court activities (such as the justices’ financial disclosures, released earlier this month).

Other good sources for keeping up with the Court include the United States Law Week Supreme Court coverage (available to the Duke Law community on Bloomberg Law), the Justia Supreme Court Center, including Justia Daily Opinion Summaries for the Supreme Court, and Oyez. For historical information about the Court and help locating opinions and case documents (such as briefs), check out the library’s research guide to the U.S. Supreme Court or Ask a Librarian.