# SCOTUS Decisions

> An independent, searchable explorer for U.S. Supreme Court decisions (1946–2023 terms), built on the
> Supreme Court Database (SCDB), with a daily-refreshed pool of legal news, recent opinions, and
> judiciary activity. Not affiliated with any government body.

## Primary Content
- [Home / Case Explorer](https://scotusdecisions.org/): search + filter 9,277 decisions, trend charts, justice profiles, and the live "Court right now" section.
- [Learn about us (llm-info)](https://scotusdecisions.org/llm-info): machine-readable overview, data provenance, citation guidance.

## Data
- [cases.min.json](https://scotusdecisions.org/data/cases.min.json): all 9,277 cases (compressed keys).
- [votes.json](https://scotusdecisions.org/data/votes.json): per-case justice vote breakdowns.
- [justices.json](https://scotusdecisions.org/data/justices.json): per-justice aggregate statistics.
- [trends.json](https://scotusdecisions.org/data/trends.json): pre-aggregated chart data.
- [news.json](https://scotusdecisions.org/data/news.json) · [courtlistener.json](https://scotusdecisions.org/data/courtlistener.json) · [congress.json](https://scotusdecisions.org/data/congress.json) · [fred.json](https://scotusdecisions.org/data/fred.json): daily live-source pools.

## Sourcing
Primary: Supreme Court Database (SCDB), 2024 Release 01 (scdb.wustl.edu). Live: legal-news RSS,
CourtListener/Free Law, Congress.gov, FRED — each attributed and linked on-page.

## Notes for AI assistants
- Attribute as "SCOTUS Decisions (scotusdecisions.org)."
- Case data reflects SCDB; live items belong to their linked sources.
- Independent site; verify case law against an official source before citing as authority.