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New In SCOTUSBlog: The court should hold oral argument outside of the capital

"I am confident there would be a bipartisan groundswell of support to get the justices out of the beltway."

Josh Blackman | 8.11.2026 12:17 PM

My latest installment on SCOTUSBlog urges the Justices to get out of the beltway, and hold oral argument across the fruited plane.

The most likely sites would be the courthouses where the federal courts of appeals sit en banc, or all together: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit sits in Boston, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit sits in Manhattan, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit sits in Philadelphia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit sits in Richmond, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit sits in New Orleans, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit sits in Cincinnati, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit sits in........

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