SCOTUSblog media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place SCOTUSblog in the centre. We have seen it on 18 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is SCOTUSblog biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place SCOTUSblog in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is SCOTUSblog left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place SCOTUSblog in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is SCOTUSblog reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for SCOTUSblog are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What SCOTUSblog has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with SCOTUSblog’s own report linked underneath.
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
SCOTUSblog reported it asDemocrats won control of Congress. So what does that mean for the Supreme Court? (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
Gold prices surpassed $4,000 per ounce and silver neared $52 as the US dollar index dropped to a five-week low. Markets reacted to potential Democratic control of Congress and geopolitical tensions.
SCOTUSblog reported it asDemocrats won control of Congress. So what does that mean for the Supreme Court? (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
The Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into the leak of the 2022 Supreme Court draft opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade. Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas as part of the probe.
SCOTUSblog reported it asDOJ steps up its investigation into the Dobbs leak (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
Relatives of Sandy Hook victims have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold state and local bans on AR-15-style rifles. They cited the high death toll and severe injuries these weapons can cause, referencing the 2012 school shooting. Gun rights advocates argue such bans violate the Second Amendment.
SCOTUSblog reported it asSandy Hook parents file amicus brief on AR-15 bans (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from former National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox, who challenged her dismissal by President Donald Trump. The court's decision upholds a lower court's ruling that validated Trump's executive authority in the firing.
SCOTUSblog reported it asJustices leave lower court order in place preventing Trump administration from implementing transgender inmate policy (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging a federal ban on distilling spirits in private homes, a law dating back to 1868. Conflicting lower court rulings have led to the case reaching the high court.
SCOTUSblog reported it asSupreme Court agrees to consider federal ban on home distilleries (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by a watchdog group seeking public records related to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DOGE was an initiative led by Elon Musk during Donald Trump's second presidential term.
SCOTUSblog reported it asCourt grants cases on DOGE data dispute, prisoners’ rights, and what qualifies as “material support” for terrorism (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has established a committee of inquiry to investigate Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. The committee, comprising three executive branch officials, will examine allegations that Cook made false statements related to mortgages. This action is part of Trump's ongoing efforts concerning Cook's position on the Fed's board.
SCOTUSblog reported it asTrump announces committee investigation of Fed Governor Lisa Cook (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the execution of Christa Gail Pike to proceed in Tennessee, reversing a stay granted by an appeals court. Pike, 50, was scheduled for lethal injection for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer.
SCOTUSblog reported it asSupreme Court allows for execution of only woman on Tennessee’s death row (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has permitted the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own. The court will hear arguments on the policy in December, with three liberal justices dissenting from the decision.
SCOTUSblog reported it asImmigrants ask Supreme Court to leave ruling in place preventing Trump administration from deporting them to third-party countries (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
SCOTUSblog reported it asTrump blasts Supreme Court on social media (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
SCOTUSblog reported it asSupreme Court denies Trump administration’s request to implement parts of rule on mail-in voting (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
Opponents of Missouri's new congressional map have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. This follows a federal appeals panel's decision to let a new map stand, sending the dispute back to the nation's highest court.
SCOTUSblog reported it asMissouri congressional redistricting dispute returns to the Supreme Court (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
Over 250 current and former members of Congress have urged the US Supreme Court to deny a request to pause a ruling blocking parts of a USPS mail-in voting rule. They argue the rule and a related executive order unconstitutionally infringe on Congress's authority over federal elections.
SCOTUSblog reported it asStates, civic groups urge Supreme Court to leave order in place prohibiting Trump administration from implementing parts of mail-in ballot rule (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to reject a federal judge's order that halts new rules for mail-in voting. The appeal comes as North Carolina prepares to send out mail ballots, with a whistleblower report warning the new rules could prevent millions of ballots from being sent.
SCOTUSblog reported it asTrump administration asks Supreme Court to clear the way for it to implement new mail-in voting rule (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to reject a federal judge's order that halts new rules for mail-in voting. The appeal comes as North Carolina prepares to send out mail ballots, with a whistleblower report warning the new rules could prevent millions of ballots from being sent.
SCOTUSblog reported it asTrump administration asks Supreme Court to clear the way for new mail-in voting rule to be implemented (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
Democratic-controlled states have filed a new lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order that seeks to limit mail voting in the midterm elections. The suit targets new U.S. Postal Service rules that require federal approval for mail ballot envelope designs and a list of eligible voters.
SCOTUSblog reported it asThe ripple effects of SCOTUS’ mail-in voting decision (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
More than two dozen Texas families, represented by civil liberties groups, have petitioned the US Supreme Court to block a state law requiring public school classrooms to display a Protestant version of the Ten Commandments. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals previously ruled the law does not violate the First Amendment.
SCOTUSblog reported it asTexas families ask Supreme Court to take up challenge to Ten Commandments in schools (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
The U.S. Supreme Court on 17 August 2026 declined for the second time to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of a $5 million jury verdict in favour of writer E. Jean Carroll. The decision leaves intact a 2023 finding that Trump sexually abused and defamed Carroll in the 1990s.
SCOTUSblog reported it asCourt turns down Trump’s request to reconsider its refusal to hear Carroll suit against him (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
An appellate court ordered construction halted on Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, ruling Congress must authorise it. Trump now calls the $400m project a 'military complex' and has asked the Supreme Court to intervene, citing security threats.
SCOTUSblog reported it asEmergency docket heats up (opens SCOTUSblog in a new tab)
Who says so
3 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Dispatch Media, Inc.Media Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Official site
- scotusblog.com
- Seen publishing on
- scotusblog.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 18
- Reports listed
- 21
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 12 August 2026
20 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. SCOTUSblog is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 18 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of SCOTUSblog: its report arrived a median of 23 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 11 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 11 November 2026. Ratings pulled 12 October 2026.
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