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

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House committees sent more oversight letters and held fewer hearings in 2020 than in 2019 due to disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic

During the 116th Congress, the Trump administration adopted an oversight strategy of stonewalling congressional requests and challenging subpoenas in court

The referral of Representative Thomas Massie's impeachment resolution to the House Judiciary Committee ended efforts to impeach Pete Hegseth before January 2027

The United States House of Representatives voted 211 to 204 to refer the Pete Hegseth impeachment resolution to the House Judiciary Committee

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

Representative Joe Morelle sponsored a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling in Trump v. United States

Representative Thomas Massie was the sole Republican who voted alongside Democrats during the Pete Hegseth House impeachment vote

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

Disbursements reported in 2022 showed the House January 6th Select Committee spent approximately $11.8 million

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

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Brian Mast stated that Brian Mast is prepared to issue a subpoena to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang if Jensen Huang declines an invitation for a closed-door meeting

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

Molly Reynolds's research team tracked hearings held by both House and Senate committees during the 117th Congress

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

The United States House of Representatives voted 211 to 204 to block an impeachment effort against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth