Alex Egues Janet Miller Intern The recent death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has left a vacancy that will more than likely be filled this week. The seat’s vacancy has unequivocally resulted in a political struggle that both parties believe will shape American culture. On September 26, President Trump nominated Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. As we...
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Michael Lissner May 25, 2011 A few years ago, the Library of Congress released a PDF that listed the exact dates that the early Supreme Court Cases were decided. Since the written record only contained the month and year of the decision, this list served as the official record for the cases. While it was great for the Library of Congress to publish this report...
Michael Lissner December 21, 2014 Earlier this week somebody on the Internet pinged us with some code and asked that we integrate the data from the Supreme Court Database (SCDB). Well, we’re happy to share that less than a week later we’ve taken the code they provided and used it to upgrade CourtListener’s database. The Supreme Court Database...
I watched anxiously as President Joe Biden approached the podium flanked by two Black women. President Biden was about to make history—yet again. With Vice President Kamala Harris by his side, the first woman of color to serve in the role, the announcement that was weeks in the making was finally spoken into existence. Within minutes of their entrance into the grand...
Brian Carver August 20, 2015 An early prototype of the new version. Free Law Project is excited to announce that over the next several months we will be collaborating with the University of Baltimore and Assistant Professor of Law, Colin Starger, to build a web-based version of his Supreme Court Mapping Project, a software-driven effort to visualize Supreme Court...
Michael Lissner September 6, 2016 We’re excited to share that as of today, we have added the latest data from the Supreme Court Database (SCDB) into CourtListener. This update adds SCDB ID’s, parallel citations, vote counts, and decision direction data to about 20,000 Supreme Court cases. Each of these enhancements enables some great functionality. For...
WASHINGTON, DC – Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen issued the following statement regarding Supreme Court’s decision on the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority: “Today’s Supreme Court decision limiting EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act is a further reminder that Congress is decades late in charting a...
The Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants underscores the need for Congress to step in and pass a national climate strategy. Writing for the 6-3 majority, Chief Justice John Roberts concluded that Congress never gave the EPA the authority to require so-called...
Michael Lissner March 27, 2017 We have a small update to share today, as we’ve wrapped up adding thousands of historical Supreme Court citations to our collection. These are the original citations for the Supreme Court from 1754 to 1874, from before when the United States Reports had begun. Previously we had many of these citations, but as of today we can say...