As of November 2026, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted more than $4 million worth of personal gifts while serving on the Supreme Court bench

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The proposed SCOTUS Act would establish a panel of the 13 chief judges of the federal circuit courts or their designees to determine which cases the Supreme Court hears

A circuit split among the federal circuit courts of appeals is a primary criterion for the United States Supreme Court to grant certiorari

Representative Jamie Raskin introduced the SCOTUS Act to reform the case selection process for the Supreme Court

The first Trump presidential administration appealed 34 federal district court rulings to the Supreme Court and secured reversals in 25 of those cases

In Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, the Supreme Court affirmed the separate-but-equal doctrine, legally entrenching Jim Crow segregation

In Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court struck down Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, effectively incapacitating Section 5 preclearance enforcement

Representative Jamie Raskin proposed expanding the Supreme Court to 13 justices to provide one justice for each of the 13 federal judicial circuits

In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court denied legal citizenship to Black Americans and upheld the institution of chattel slavery

The United States Supreme Court is the only court among the 51 supreme courts in the United States that lacks a binding code of judicial ethics

In Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court rescheduled an argued Voting Rights Act challenge and reframed the question presented into a constitutional issue for a subsequent term

In February 2016, following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked hearings and votes for President Barack Obama's nominee Merrick Garland

In Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court established criminal immunity for a former president for official core constitutional acts committed while in office

In Bush v. Gore in 2000, the Supreme Court halted the manual recount of presidential ballots in Florida, effectively deciding the outcome of the presidential election

In October 2020, the United States Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court approximately eight days before the presidential election

The Supreme Court's Trump v. Mazars ruling required congressional committees to demonstrate a valid legislative purpose when issuing subpoenas for personal records

Gifts accepted by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas included a recreational vehicle and private school tuition for a nephew

The United States Supreme Court independently determines which cases to review through the certiorari process

Members of the United States Congress are legally subject to a $50 gift limitation rule

The statutory size of the United States Supreme Court has been altered seven times throughout American history, varying between 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10 seats

Proposed shadow docket reform legislation would mandate that the Supreme Court issue a written explanation within seven days of granting emergency docket relief