Fix the Court

Last night, the Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law at Advancing American Freedom hosted its annual Originalism Lecture. The lecture featured Notre Dame Professor Sherif Girgis, who also received the 2026 Edwin Meese III Originalism Award from the Institute. Thank you to all who attended!

Cameras in the Supreme Court: supremecourt.gov/oconnorbarmemo…

Thanks to @USMarshalsHQ Director Serralta for sitting down with me. Story and video via @WashTimes washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/…

The Supreme Court of Canada (@SCC_eng & @CSC_fra) is more transparent than #SCOTUS, per interview posted today on @SCOTUSblog scotusblog.com/2026/03/the-su…. Reasons given: cameras + advanced notice of opinions ✔️✔️ Also, they're on social media! CC: @uscourts

"Judges' objection [to using social media] strikes me as merely an unpersuasive appeal to tradition — a tradition that, quite frankly, comes across to many citizens as deeply rooted in elitism, arrogance & entitlement." 🎯🎯🎯

Chief Justice Roberts just now: "Personally directed hostility [at judges] is dangerous, & it's got to stop." Wonder who Roberts is talking about? youtube.com/watch?v=j8vUUl…

NEW: We go circuit by circuit across the federal judiciary & explain how to file complaints against judges fixthecourt.com/2026/03/fix-th…

BREAKING: Supreme Court defers Trump’s request to end temporary legal protections for Haitian and Syrian migrants, agreeing to hear oral arguments in April This means lower court orders blocking the revocations stand, for now @CourthouseNews

Who's going to be the first to submit a filing that reflects the #SCOTUS rule change on publicly traded companies? Guess we'll find out later in the week...

Another reason why Van Dyke’s vulgarity is self-defeating: he makes the case more salient at the cost of making cert less likely. This is now the case _about Van Dyke’s dissent_. The justices will recognize that some will see granting cert as an endorsement of his rhetoric.

Ahead of 3/16 rule change where briefs filed by public cos. + subsidiaries must include ticker symbol, #SCOTUS has new wavier form that includes line for ticker symbols supremecourt.gov/casehand/march…. This is positive since many missed recusals came from waivers fixthecourt.com/2025/07/recent…

Can federal judges remove one of their colleagues from the bench without impeachment? NCLA is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case Newman v. Moore to answer that question. Judge Pauline Newman has been suspended for three years—the longest suspension of a federal judge in U.S. history. Watch ⬇️

Hope Justice Breyer is okay! instagram.com/p/DVtlx4Oiv2Z/

NEW: Confidence in the Supreme Court has dropped to a new low, according to the latest NBC News polling:

The Supreme Court Advocacy Project, approved Tuesday, will provide resources and litigation strategy insights to public defenders and court-appointed attorneys, addressing an “incredible imbalance” between the government and indigent criminal defendants. law360.com/articles/24513…

SCOOP: Judiciary OKs new Supreme Court defender office to help represent indigent defendants at #SCOTUS. Its full-time director will serve as counterweight to the U.S. solicitor general in federal criminal cases. The first will be former Kagan clerk and SG atty Ashley Robertson.

INCREDIBLE: Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama has commuted the death sentence of Sonny Burton! #deathpenalty #sonny #SonnyBurton

Want to see something insane? youtube.com/shorts/SUts9S-…

JUST NOW: In joint appearance at D.C. federal courthouse, Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson spar over the emergency docket. Even as they touted civility and bonhomie, things got a bit heated as they discussed why emergency appeals are now so central to the court's work.

Now added to our #SCOTUS events tracker. Getting close to 50 for the year! fixthecourt.com/2026/03/2026ev…