Dr. Adam Feldman
@dradamfeldman.bsky.social
Supreme Court Scholar, Empirical SCOTUS creator, legal data analytics consultant, political science professor, previously ran statistics for SCOTUSBlog
I ranked the top cases from the previous Supreme Court term using a quantitative index. You can find it on my Substack
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Measuring What Mattered: Machine-Calibrated Case Importance in the Supreme Court’s 2024-25 Term
What were the most important cases from last term? Here's how to move beyond the qualitative assessments
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November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I ranked the top cases from the previous Supreme Court term using a quantitative index. You can find it on my Substack
legalytics.substack.com/p/measuring-...
legalytics.substack.com/p/measuring-...
Interested in judges' legacies and strategic retirement. Read my latest free post at Legalytics. legalytics.substack.com/p/former-jud...
Former Judicial Clerks: Creating Legacies for Generations
A pattern of strategic succession is reshaping the federal judiciary, with judges increasingly replaced by their former clerks—cementing legal philosophies for generations.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Interested in judges' legacies and strategic retirement. Read my latest free post at Legalytics. legalytics.substack.com/p/former-jud...
Didn't have a chance to listen to all of the first two weeks of scotus oral args this term or want to know the details by the numbers? I have a deep dive.
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The First Two Weeks: What Supreme Court Oral Arguments Reveal About the Term Ahead
The first oral argument sitting of the Term is under the justices' belts but what does it show about the justices' interactions and what does it mean for the decisions down the line?
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October 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Didn't have a chance to listen to all of the first two weeks of scotus oral args this term or want to know the details by the numbers? I have a deep dive.
legalytics.substack.com/p/the-first-...
legalytics.substack.com/p/the-first-...
Circuit splits may signal the right type of cases for Supreme Court review but the Supreme Court only takes a limited amount of these. See which ones matter most recently and why in my latest post: open.substack.com/pub/legalyti...
An Empirical Look at Recent Circuit Splits and the Likelihood of Supreme Court Review
Circuit splits are the clearest indicator of cases ready for Supreme Court review, but the Supreme Court only selects a subset of these on cert. This post assesses some of the most likely candidates.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Circuit splits may signal the right type of cases for Supreme Court review but the Supreme Court only takes a limited amount of these. See which ones matter most recently and why in my latest post: open.substack.com/pub/legalyti...
Who really shapes the Supreme Court’s agenda?
Tracked elite advocates (Blatt, Pincus, Geyser, Ho, Fisher, Shanmugam, Dvoretzky, Streett, Clement, Perry, Katyal, Unikowsky) across:
Petition volume & conversion
Defense
Amicus
Relists & timing
Frequent foes.
legalytics.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
Tracked elite advocates (Blatt, Pincus, Geyser, Ho, Fisher, Shanmugam, Dvoretzky, Streett, Clement, Perry, Katyal, Unikowsky) across:
Petition volume & conversion
Defense
Amicus
Relists & timing
Frequent foes.
legalytics.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
The Supreme Court’s Quiet Power Players (2017-2024)
This piece shows how a small circle of elite Supreme Court advocates—measured by grant rates, opposition success, and amicus patterns—can significantly shift the odds at the Court’s certiorari stage.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Who really shapes the Supreme Court’s agenda?
Tracked elite advocates (Blatt, Pincus, Geyser, Ho, Fisher, Shanmugam, Dvoretzky, Streett, Clement, Perry, Katyal, Unikowsky) across:
Petition volume & conversion
Defense
Amicus
Relists & timing
Frequent foes.
legalytics.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
Tracked elite advocates (Blatt, Pincus, Geyser, Ho, Fisher, Shanmugam, Dvoretzky, Streett, Clement, Perry, Katyal, Unikowsky) across:
Petition volume & conversion
Defense
Amicus
Relists & timing
Frequent foes.
legalytics.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
Interested in Supreme Court clerk networks? I go through the similarities between the correlates of clerks across each justice, how long is the usual gap between law school and clerkships (in general, by justice, etc.) and more. legalytics.substack.com/p/clerks-cha...
Clerks, Chambers, and Power: The Networks Behind the Court
This article shows Supreme Court clerkships now function less as prizes than as pipelines, channeling talent through tight networks into powerful firms and institutions.
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September 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Interested in Supreme Court clerk networks? I go through the similarities between the correlates of clerks across each justice, how long is the usual gap between law school and clerkships (in general, by justice, etc.) and more. legalytics.substack.com/p/clerks-cha...
The ultimate guide to SCOTUS clerkship pipelines. Now on Legalytics: learn the schools and lower court judges that feed most often to Supreme Court clerkships by justice since 2005 and then since 2020 (when Barrett joined the Court).
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The Ultimate Guide to Supreme Court Clerk Pipelines
From the law schools that feed to lower court judges to the Supreme Court clerkship feeder judges, this article tracks Supreme Court clerkship data going back to 2005 and highlights recent shifts.
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September 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The ultimate guide to SCOTUS clerkship pipelines. Now on Legalytics: learn the schools and lower court judges that feed most often to Supreme Court clerkships by justice since 2005 and then since 2020 (when Barrett joined the Court).
legalytics.substack.com/p/the-ultima...
legalytics.substack.com/p/the-ultima...
Want to know more about the Supreme Court's 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.
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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.
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The Supreme Court’s Long Shadow Docket, Part II: The Lay of the Land
Using unique shadow docket data, this article tracks topic areas, repeat advocates, the most frequent relief granted, and more to provide a more holistic picture of the justices' dissenting behavior.
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September 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Want to know more about the Supreme Court's 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.
legalytics.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
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.
legalytics.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
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: legalytics.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
The Supreme Court's Long Shadow: Judicial Behavior on the Shadow Docket Between the 2010 and 2025 Terms
Using a dataset of decisions on the shadow docket with dissents between 2010 and 2025, this article presents of picture of coalitions and power distribution outside of the Court’s merits docket.
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August 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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: legalytics.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
SCOTUS amicus filings are a hot topic for academics, interest groups, and politicians. This Substack post breaks down when amici aligned with the federal govt's positions over the past 3 years.
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Friends of the Court, Allies of the State? Interest Group Alignment with the Federal Government
This article analyzes 1,192 amicus briefs across 82 cases (OT 2022–OT 2024) where the federal government was a party and maps how named interest groups and individual Justices line up in those matters
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August 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
SCOTUS amicus filings are a hot topic for academics, interest groups, and politicians. This Substack post breaks down when amici aligned with the federal govt's positions over the past 3 years.
legalytics.substack.com/p/friends-of...
legalytics.substack.com/p/friends-of...
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. legalytics.substack.com/p/the-front-...
The Front Door: Reading the Supreme Court’s Cert Tells
Want insight into the cert process? Using a modern dataset of paid petitions (2017–2024), this piece turns relists, pre-cert amici, calendar rhythms, and specialist lineups into practical odds.
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August 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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. legalytics.substack.com/p/the-front-...
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 legalytics.substack.com/p/beyond-big...
Beyond BigLaw: Comparing Law Firm Performance in Fortune 500 Federal Appeals in the First Two Months of 2025
This article compares law firms most trusted by Fortune 500 companies for high-stakes federal appeals, using new empirical data to reveal who actually delivers results when the stakes are highest.
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August 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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 legalytics.substack.com/p/beyond-big...
I measured and compared the tone of dissents from the past Supreme Court term for Legalytics. You can read the article here legalytics.substack.com/p/the-most-p...
The Most Powerful Dissents in the 2024–2025 Supreme Court Term
This article goes beyond a close read of this Term's dissents by creating discreet comparisons of the language used in each to define the most critical and urgent dissents over the past year.
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August 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I measured and compared the tone of dissents from the past Supreme Court term for Legalytics. You can read the article here legalytics.substack.com/p/the-most-p...
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. legalytics.substack.com/p/where-stud...
Where Students Find (Or Should Find) the Most Satisfying Law School Experiences: A Data-Driven Look at the Numbers
You may know the most prestigious schools, but do these and should these schools yield the most satisfied students? See what the data show.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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. legalytics.substack.com/p/where-stud...
Measuring the justices' uses of modes of interpretation this past SCOTUS term. A free one on Legalytics
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Measuring the Modes
How did the Justices leverage modes of interpretation this past term? This article uses empirical measures to track just how much originalism, pragmatism and more were applied in majority opinions.
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July 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Measuring the justices' uses of modes of interpretation this past SCOTUS term. A free one on Legalytics
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Reposted by Dr. Adam Feldman
As Chief Justice John Roberts closes out his 20th term, the Supreme Court has entered a new phase – less defined by volatility and more by entrenched ideological structure.
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How the 2024 term fits into the history of the Roberts court
Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’ decision […]
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July 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
As Chief Justice John Roberts closes out his 20th term, the Supreme Court has entered a new phase – less defined by volatility and more by entrenched ideological structure.
www.scotusblog.com/2025/07/how-...
www.scotusblog.com/2025/07/how-...
Putting this Roberts court term in historical context legalytics.substack.com/p/the-2024-2...
The 2024-2025 Supreme Court Term and the Roberts Court History
Placing the StatPack in the context of the Roberts Court's history since 2005
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July 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Putting this Roberts court term in historical context legalytics.substack.com/p/the-2024-2...
The @scotusblog.com StatPack put together by yours truly and @jaketruscott.bsky.social is now up for all of your data dives. Come by and check it out. www.scotusblog.com/stat-pack-20...
Stat Pack 2025
Supreme Court patterns are evolving.Stat Pack analysis – 2024-25 term The SCOTUSblog Stat Pack provides a comprehensive analysis of Supreme Court trends and patterns. Through a detailed tracking of ca...
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June 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The @scotusblog.com StatPack put together by yours truly and @jaketruscott.bsky.social is now up for all of your data dives. Come by and check it out. www.scotusblog.com/stat-pack-20...
Unpacking Harvard Law Review memos released by the Washington Free Beacon. The first part in a series on Legalytics is now up: legalytics.substack.com/p/behind-the...
Behind the Scenes at Harvard Law Review
There's a lot to unpack with over 2,200 pages of internal memos from the decision-making process now released. Here are details on what they show.
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June 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Unpacking Harvard Law Review memos released by the Washington Free Beacon. The first part in a series on Legalytics is now up: legalytics.substack.com/p/behind-the...
New this evening. A romp through judicial ideology, anchoring in the recent SCOTUS Skrmetti decision, and applying to six courts of appeals judges (three from Biden and three from Trump). A true deep dive: legalytics.substack.com/p/judicial-i...
Judicial Ideology, Skrmetti, and Circuit Judges
How does the Skrmetti opinion help define the stakes of judges' ideological positions in the U.S. Courts of Appeals?
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June 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
New this evening. A romp through judicial ideology, anchoring in the recent SCOTUS Skrmetti decision, and applying to six courts of appeals judges (three from Biden and three from Trump). A true deep dive: legalytics.substack.com/p/judicial-i...
Which law reviews have the justices cited most frequently since Barrett joined the Court? I break down the numbers relating to the justices, journals, and article authors in my latest for Legalytics: legalytics.substack.com/p/scotus-law...
SCOTUS’ Law Journal Citation Practices Since Justice Barrett Joined the Court
A look at the authors and journals that most frequently make their ways into the justices’ opinions.
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June 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Which law reviews have the justices cited most frequently since Barrett joined the Court? I break down the numbers relating to the justices, journals, and article authors in my latest for Legalytics: legalytics.substack.com/p/scotus-law...
Interested in who Trump may nominate to SCOTUS if given another opportunity to do so? I have a unique mainly textual (opinion-based) analysis now up on Legalytics: legalytics.substack.com/p/ranking-tr...
Ranking Trump's SCOTUS Shortlist (Mainly) by Their Writings
You may have seen these names before, but you have not seen this type of analysis
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June 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Interested in who Trump may nominate to SCOTUS if given another opportunity to do so? I have a unique mainly textual (opinion-based) analysis now up on Legalytics: legalytics.substack.com/p/ranking-tr...
What kind of impact are the newest Supreme Court advocates making (argued this term and either their first or second argument)? Who has performed strongest at oral argument? I cover these and more in my latest for Legalytics:
legalytics.substack.com/p/the-new-cl...
legalytics.substack.com/p/the-new-cl...
The New Class of SCOTUS Advocates (2024/2025)
Who were the top performers? How did they score? What did the top attorneys do that placed them ahead of the pack?
legalytics.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
What kind of impact are the newest Supreme Court advocates making (argued this term and either their first or second argument)? Who has performed strongest at oral argument? I cover these and more in my latest for Legalytics:
legalytics.substack.com/p/the-new-cl...
legalytics.substack.com/p/the-new-cl...
Is there a current swing justice on the Supreme Court. If so who? I provide answers to these question and more in my latest for Legalytics: legalytics.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...
The Myth of the Modern Swing Vote
Who is the heir to Justice Kennedy, if there is any at all?
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May 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Is there a current swing justice on the Supreme Court. If so who? I provide answers to these question and more in my latest for Legalytics: legalytics.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...
Six cases. One central question: How far can presidential power go?
From birthright citizenship to $20B grant clawbacks, this week’s court rulings and arguments show a judiciary wrestling with executive limits.
Dive in here: legalytics.substack.com/p/executive-...
From birthright citizenship to $20B grant clawbacks, this week’s court rulings and arguments show a judiciary wrestling with executive limits.
Dive in here: legalytics.substack.com/p/executive-...
Executive Actions at the Forefront of Federal Court Decisions and Arguments
In six major—three before the U.S. Supreme Court and three in the federal courts of appeals—judges across the country are confronting the boundaries of executive authority and judicial intervention.
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May 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Six cases. One central question: How far can presidential power go?
From birthright citizenship to $20B grant clawbacks, this week’s court rulings and arguments show a judiciary wrestling with executive limits.
Dive in here: legalytics.substack.com/p/executive-...
From birthright citizenship to $20B grant clawbacks, this week’s court rulings and arguments show a judiciary wrestling with executive limits.
Dive in here: legalytics.substack.com/p/executive-...