This is a non-partisan blog. It has thus, for example, featured endorsements of both Republican and Democratic nominees to the Supreme Court of New Jersey. And, as noted in this blog’s post about the 2016 election, the blog has criticized both Republican and Democratic officials. Election Day is November 3, two weeks from today. But voting has begun in New Jersey and many other states. As is often the case when an incumbent President runs for re-election, voters are in large part conducting a referendum on Donald Trump. Does his track record since his inauguration in 2017 justify...

Ten years ago yesterday, the first post on this blog appeared. Since then, there have been 1,780 others, nearly one every other calendar day for the last ten years. As far as I can recall, only one post on this blog has appeared on a weekend. That was because a blockbuster event– the death of Justice Scalia the day before– had occurred, about which reporting could not be delayed. Thus, today’s post did not appear yesterday, since this anniversary is not on a par with Justice Scalia’s death. This blog would have little value without its many readers: jurists at all...

The Appellate Division issues, annually, reports of statistics regarding its previous court year, such as this one. The Supreme Court, to my knowledge, does not, though a few figures appear in reports such as this one. Accordingly, this blog is for the first time attempting to compile some detailed statistics regarding the preceding Supreme Court Term. Any errors in the analysis that follows are mine alone. In the 2019-20 Term, the Court issued 68 full opinions, which decided a total of 87 appeals, since some opinions dealt with more than one appeal on the Court’s docket. The...