Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions ...

In recent years, the number of amicus briefs submitted to the Supreme Court, as well as to the lower courts, has increased. Generally, at the beginning of every brief is a "Statement of Interest," ...

"I've signed many of them over the years," retired U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin said of amicus briefs from former jurists. "But nothing like now. Now, it's like every other week somebody is ...

Only about two months remain before the Supreme Court hears arguments for the most-watched legislative challenge in higher education: two cases that could undo the practice of race-conscious ...

With the opening appeal briefs now filed in the copyright infringement case over the Internet Archive’s scanning and digital lending of print library books, the filing of amicus briefs is also now ...

A new study analyzed 50 years of friend-of-the-court briefs and found that abortion opponents were more relentless than their adversaries, with some reflected in the justices’ opinions. By Adam Liptak ...

All told, the court received more than 800 amicus briefs in the 67 argued cases with signed opinions. That's 24,000 pages or 7.2 million words — "War and Peace" a dozen times over. What do ...