Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 14/09/2026New today on supremecourt.report: Justice level stats by Term supremecourt.report/justices/ot2... 010
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 12/09/2026Here's some backtesting of supremecourt.report 's new and updated cert grant probability model. Darker dots are grants, lighter dots are denials. Log scale. 020
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 08/09/2026I'm happy to announce a new resource for Supreme Court watchers: supremecourt.report. Read on for more 🧵supremecourt.reportSupreme Court ReportEvery case the Supreme Court is asked to hear, what it asks, and the odds it is granted — rebuilt three times a day from the Court's own docket. 27431
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 05/06/2026I don't know if we should abandon SSRN for an alternative. But I do know that it's now essentially trivial to make a replacement, because I made one in an afternoon. 160
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 04/06/2026I try to teach my classes such that, even when they are vacationing across Europe in the summer, my students cannot escape thinking about National Pork Producers Council v. Ross. 040
Reposted by Tommy BennettFree Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 12/05/2026CourtListener is now available inside Claude as a new MCP Connector. Here's what that means and why it matters. 👇 free.law/2026/05/12/c...free.lawAI Tools and Assistants such as Claude Can Now Connect to CourtListener's Full FunctionalityCourtListener is now available as a new MCP Connector inside Claude and other AI assistants, giving AI agents native access to the full power of CourtListener — case law, PACER data, citation analysis... 22915
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 25/03/2026Once again the world has turned, and baseball is back. To mark the occasion, here is my favorite literary quotation about baseball, from DeLillo's "Mao II" 020
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 20/01/2026Hark! An Erie opinion! www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...supremecourt.gov 030
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 11/12/2025Do you want to see the new filings at the Supreme Court each day? I built a tool to do just that. s2.smu.edu/~tbbennett/d... 151
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 05/11/2025Cool but nerdy legal tech development: @free.law launched natural-language search in its vast and powerful case law API! Can’t wait to dig in and see what it can do. Full announcement here: free.law/2025/11/05/s... 040
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 24/10/2025Here's a little preview of something I've been working on: a dashboard of the new Supreme Court petitions and applications filed each day. s2.smu.edu/~tbbennett/d... 0122
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 07/10/2025Jeffrey Kessler has filed a petition for certiorari asking the Supreme Court to overrule baseball's "antitrust exemption." The case arises in the somewhat unusual context of Puerto Rico's professional baseball league. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... 030
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 03/10/2025Fascinating takings clause petition granted today by the Supreme Court. No amicus briefs, no relists, counsel without any SCOTUS arguments to date, interesting issue. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... 082
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 26/09/2025Most law schools have substantially increased the median LSAT and UGPA scores of their incoming classes in the last decade. s2.smu.edu/~tbbennett/a...s2.smu.edu 030
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 06/08/2025Listening to the tariff oral argument from last week and my main reaction is that we need to deploy the nation’s strategic podcast-producer reserve to the Federal Circuit 010
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 05/08/2025Interesting cert petition filed by Lehotsky Keller and First Liberty Institute asks the Supreme Court to overrule Employment Division v. Smith www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... 031
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 24/07/2025RIP to Hulk Hogan, whom I learned a good bit about for “Breaking Kayfabe.” Here’s my favorite bit 110
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 24/07/2025A good bit of commentary on the exercise of equitable power has the flavor of, “ugh, isn’t it lawless how this whole area lacks hard rules and focuses on difficult judgments of fairness?” 100
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 16/07/2025Thanks to the Legal Theory Blog for "highly recommend[ing]" my latest article, "Breaking Kayfabe"! lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/... 110
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 08/07/2025Hi, friends. I'd like to share a new-ish paper that I'm delighted to have in print. It's called "Breaking Kayfabe," and it's about what professional wrestling can teach us about Supreme Court opinions. I'd be grateful if you gave it some time!media.tenor.coma man with a beard speaking into a microphone with the words acknowledge me written below himALT: a man with a beard speaking into a microphone with the words acknowledge me written below him 160
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 07/07/2025"What two or three suggestions would you make to improve this course in the future?" 🦅 210
Reposted by Tommy BennettSara K. Rosenburg @sara-rosenburg.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Oh god! It's happening!!! THE HECK BAR RECKONING IS HAPPENING!!!!!!!!media.tenor.coma man wearing a white sweater says deep breathsALT: a man wearing a white sweater says deep breaths 021
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 03/07/2025Today from the Supreme Court: two new cases about trans athletes, a new case about the scope of the Heck v. Humphrey bar, and a case about sovereign immunity and Hyatt v. FTB. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...supremecourt.gov 000
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 02/07/2025For reasons I'll make public soon, I have been tracking newly filed petitions for certiorari at the Supreme Court. Yesterday—July 1—the Court began assigning docket numbers beginning "25-" instead of "24-" Look who filed (first one is with the Stanford Clinic). What do they know? 000
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 01/07/2025Today, July 1, is the official beginning of the Supreme Court's 2025 term. Beginning today, docket numbers of new cases begin "25-" or "25A." Here is auspicious 25-1: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...supremecourt.gov 100
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 30/06/2025The executive branch has asked the Supreme Court to answer this question: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24... 210
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 27/06/2025There's a compelling version of a course in Federal Courts that teaches the opinions in CASA on day 1, focusing on dispute resolution vs. law declaration, the Judiciary Act, and the role of Congress. 110
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 27/06/2025The CASA majority (per Justice Barrett) had some strong words for Justice Jackson: 000
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 27/06/2025Pretty psyched for a badly fractured Supreme Court to say four different confusing and unworkable things about universal injunctions today! 230
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 23/06/2025For those who appreciate such things, last Friday's NYT xword puzzle—one of the most aesthetically pleasing grids I've ever seen—was a _debut effort_ constructed by a rising junior at Harvey Mudd. Brava! www.nytimes.com/crosswords/g...nytimes.comPlay The New York Times CrosswordKeep your mind sharp by making The Crossword part of your daily routine. 010
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 12/06/2025When e-filing goes wrong www.nytimes.com/athletic/641... 000
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 09/06/2025Hypercard is one of my ten favorite pieces of software ever. RIP. arstechnica.com/apple/2025/0...arstechnica.comBill Atkinson, architect of the Mac’s graphical soul, dies at 74Creator of MacPaint, HyperCard, and pull-down menus shaped modern computing. 110
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 07/06/2025To paraphrase Justice Kennedy in U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton, the Framers built the split-level of sovereignty. 000
Reposted by Tommy BennettChris Kenny, PhD @chriskenny.bsky.social · 23/05/2025#rstats package `congress` to study #polisky is updated to account for congress api changes over the last 18 months! Install with `pak::pak(‘christopherkenny/congress’)` to get the current version. I’ll submit to CRAN next week when outstanding questions are concluded and vignettes are added. 022
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 21/05/2025Just a reminder that nearly every federal court injunction is presumed to have nationwide effect. If a federal court enjoined Walmart from doing something, Walmart couldn’t and wouldn’t go do it in another district or circuit. Please do not use the term “nationwide injunction.” 032
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 20/05/2025The loss of Justice Souter is a moment to celebrate what a tremendous public servant he was. And I’ve always loved what a quirky Yankee he was. Like how he had to move out his phoneless farmhouse because it was collapsing under the weight of his books. 👑 020
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 20/05/2025My computer is very supportive during this trying period of grading 020
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 14/05/2025Here's a half-way interesting fact I learned today. The best single-game NBA performances each season are getting better over time. The biggest outliers are getting bigger. #rstats 160
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 01/05/2025Ask yourself why your state’s judiciary’s swag bags for kids aren’t as good as Maryland. Call your representative today. 030
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 17/04/2025I wish that open APIs had the same kind of rabid boosters that the blockchain has. 000
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 11/04/2025Reading about the common law in the early Oregon Territory. Obviously it's wild that they had a big fight about which book had the right law. But if both books were blue, why did they refer to them by their color at all?? 160
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 09/04/2025Of course US News rankings are a malign force in the world. But the real crime is their website. Use this instead: s2.smu.edu/~tbbennett/r... 010
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 03/04/2025So nice of the communications team to compile the definitive set of images of me gesticulating wildly 150
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 20/03/2025There are many good providers of NCAA tournament bracket competitions: ESPN, Yahoo, CBS, etc. But none holds a candle to "person who has been maintaining the same Excel spreadsheet for decades and sends out colorful updates after each round." That person is goated. 000
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 19/03/2025As expected, Judge Furman has ordered Khalil's habeas petition transferred to the District of New Jersey and denied the government's motion to dismiss or to transfer to the Western District of Louisiana: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...storage.courtlistener.com 341072
Tommy Bennett @tommybennett.com · 18/03/2025New lawsuit by the Phillies over an analytics platform called Titan Intelligence. Phillies allege they paid millions of dollars for an exclusive right _in their division_ to use this platform, and seek an injunction blocking the platform from being sold to other NL East teams 221
