It’s the time of year when many people become curious about the highest court in the land. If you’re looking for facts and context about important legal rulings and the judges who issue them, Judgepedia has an extensive collection of information. Our coverage includes:

• A synopsis of the Supreme Court's ten most recent notable rulings (From free speech to search warrants to guns),

• A detailed history of the Supreme Court (Did you know the court first convened in New York City?),

• An in-depth overview of the current Supreme Court (The current justices hail from four states and three law schools),

• Federal judicial nominations by president (Ronald Reagan holds the record with 384 federal judicial nominations),

• Overview of the U.S. federal courts system (There is no statutory requirement that Article III federal judges have any legal training, so go ahead and brush up your resume!), and

• Judgepedia’s Federal Vacancy Warning System, which tracks the federal judicial vacancy rate as well as the status of all pending federal judicial nominees.

The other Supremes

And don’t forget future members of the Supreme Court. With extensive biographies of every state and federal judge, including notable rulings, Judgepedia is already covering the men and women who will one day sit through confirmation hearings, anxiously waiting to find out if they’ll earn a spot on the Supreme Court.