A Legalytics deeper dive into the shadow docket: What types of cases are coming up and when do the justices dissent? Which attorneys are participating in high volumes of these cases. and more.

You might have read about the Supreme Court's Shadow Docket but do you know how the justices' vote in these cases? Now you can. Read my latest on Legalytics:

SCOTUS amicus filings are a hot topic for academics, interest groups, and politicians (like @SenWhitehouse who I mention in this article). This Substack post breaks down when amici aligned with the federal govt's positions over the past 3 years.

RT @tdunc17: Excited to share my first piece.For @SCOTUSblog What the emergency docket actually looks like

The Supreme Court only takes a handful of cases each term. What are some of the signs that the justices may take a case? I lay them out in my latest substack post.

I tracked law firms that litigated on behalf of Fortune 500 companies in major appeals over the first two months of 2025. This free article has the data and analyses

I measured and compared the tone of dissents from the past Supreme Court term for Legalytics. You can read the article here

RT @SCOTUSblog: Is it a 6-3 court or a 3-3-3 court? Here's what voting data shows, according to @AdamSFeldman .

Where should law students find the most satisfaction from their experience? Some are top ranked schools, others are perhaps more surprising. I break the data down in this piece.

When it comes to the courtroom fate of Trump’s executive orders, the odds may depend less on the law itself than on which federal district judge is drawing the case. I wrote about this here:

Measuring the justices' uses of modes of interpretation this past SCOTUS term. A free one on Legalytics

Interested in SCOTUS advocacy? In my latest for Legalytics I ranked the most impactful merits briefs from 6-3 decisions last term across four empirical dimensions. You can find the article here:

My second in a series of deep dives into the leaked Harvard Law Review memos:

RT @SCOTUSblog: As Chief Justice John Roberts closes out his 20th term, the Supreme Court has entered a new phase. @AdamSFeldman dug into….

Does the Supreme Court break down to a 6-3, 5-4, 3-3-3 balance of justices of some other grouping? Here's my take

When you ask AI for an image of the justices faces around a question mark

Putting this Roberts Court term in historical context

Here are the updated amicus counts after fixing our code error

Our (with @JakeTruscott_44) extended Pack with all of the numbers we couldn't include in the @SCOTUSblog StatPack is now available on Legalytics. Soon from other sources too:

The @SCOTUSblog StatPack put together by yours truly and @JakeTruscott_44 is now up for all of your data dives. Come by and check it out.