"If an employee's speech is about, in, and directed to the workplace, she has no 'possibility of a First Amendment claim,'" say the dissenters -- but that's not what the First Amendment caselaw says.
Today's Supreme Court ruling is a win for freedom of association and free speech, but don't expect it to change statehouse politics overnight.
"The majority's view, if taken literally, could radically change prior law," warn the Court's liberal justices.
It's the end of an era at the U.S. Supreme Court.
States that want to allow public sector unions, and avoid "free-rider" problems, should still be able to do that -- just by paying unions directly, rather than via compelled agency fees.
Comparing the records of two right-of-center justices.
A landmark victory for workers' rights will have major ramifications for the future of public sector unions.
A decade after recognizing a constitutional right to armed self-defense, the Supreme Court remains reluctant to defend it.
The government's prosecution of the Silk Road founder depended on a Fourth Amendment doctrine made questionable by Carpenter's new respect for the information accessible via modern technology.
"The Government has set forth a sufficient national security justification to survive rational basis review."
In a narrow, 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court overturns lower court injunction against Travel Ban 3.0, while also declaring Korematsu has been overruled.
Reason editors grapple with disassociation etiquette, family separation, third-party legal doctrine, health association plans, and the existential despair of Fozzie Bear
Washington State told to revisit ruling against Arlene's Flowers.
The Supreme Court justices divide among themselves in many different ways.
In a case involving cellphone location data, Gorsuch says entrusting information to someone does not mean surrendering your Fourth Amendment rights.
SCOTUS rejects warrantless cellphone location tracking in Carpenter v. United States.
Still more interesting line-ups from SCOTUS
What today's decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair might tell us about the future of qualified immunity
The ruling also raises questions about the future viability of "Chevron deference."
A blow against federalism, tax competition, and small businesses trying to expand.
Justice Kennedy calls for reconsidering parts of the Court's Chevron jurisprudence.
The Court broke in untraditional ways in making decisions about taxing internet sales and the Appointments Clause
A new draft article on so-called "non-Article III courts" with implications for the pending case of Dalmazzi v. United States.
Chief Justice John Roberts makes clear he cares about individual rights, not collective grievances.
The justices will hear oral arguments next term in Timbs v. Indiana.
Masterpiece Cakeshop is not the only decision to surprise this term.
A big win for First Amendment advocates in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky.
I discuss last week's Supreme Court opinions and much more with Professors Dan Epps and Ian Samuel.
The mercurial justice lets everybody down, again.
Despite its ruling in favor of a Colorado baker, the Court remains hostile to religious exemptions from anti-discrimination laws.
A plea for a more refined view, inspired by yesterday's decision in Hughes.
This 7-2 ruling is more about Colorado's biased enforcement of discrimination law than freedom of expression.
Arizona jurist Clint Bolick targets judicial pacifism in medical marijuana case.
Our video is awesome. But nothing in the First Amendment says YouTube has to run it.
His mother, Lyn Ulbricht, talks about her son's life in maximum security prison and their Supreme Court hopes for the Silk Road case.
What are the chances the justices will consider Brendan Dassey's cert petition cert worthy?
SCOTUS rejects warrantless search of vehicle parked in the "curtilage" of private home.
The Supreme Court has been almost completely silent on the subject of gun rights, leaving important issues unresolved.
And yet the Supreme Court is still reluctant to release same-day audio recordings.
Federal court allows a Virginia student's case against school district to continue.
Understanding the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in Epic Systems Corporation v. Lewis.
Congress can't "commandeer" state legislators, but it can achieve the same result with "preemption."
U.S. politicians prevented the development of a legal market for sports betting, driving eager gamblers to underground bookies.
Fourth Amendment advocates score a limited victory in Byrd v. U.S.
"A more direct affront to state sovereignty is not easy to imagine."
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