About Us

At the beginning of the October 2009 term, a friend asked me to predict the outcome of several Supreme Court cases. After making my predictions, I thought it would be cool if Vegas took bets on Supreme Court cases like they do on sporting events. And then I wondered, why not a Supreme Court Fantasy League? FantasySCOTUS.net was born.

I am, unashamedly a big Supreme Court nerd. I follow all the cases closely, I read about the Justices, and I attend Oral Arguments whenever I can. A Supreme Court Fantasy League is exactly the kind of Web Site a SCOTUS fan like me would love. And I know there are more people out there like me.

This Fantasy League allows you to compete against your friends, colleagues, and adversaries to determine who has the greatest ability to predict the outcome of Supreme Court casesAt the end of the Term, you will be ranked against your fellow Associate Justices, and the winner will receive the venerable title of the Chief Justice of Fantasy SCOTUS.  With this title comes some to-be-determined prize, The Golden Gavel Trophy, and a feature on Josh Blackman's Blog that you can brag about to all your friends.

The more people that sign up, the more fun it will be, so please help this fledgling site and spread the word.

I hope you enjoy this Fantasy League as much as I will. Welcome to FantasySCOTUS.net.

Josh Blackman
November 2009

Here are some of our press clippings:

- Lawrence Hurley asked Justice Stephen G. Breyer about the public interest in the Supreme Court and FantasySCOTUS.net in an interview. Justice Breyer responded that "I’m glad the public is interested. The more the public knows about the court, the better."

- Bill Mears, CNN's Supreme Court Producer called FantasySCOTUS.net the "hottest new fantasy-league game."

- Ashby Jones from the Wall Street Journal Law Blog did an inteview with me about FantasySCOTUS.net.

-David Post on the Volokh Conspiracy thought the site "looks like fun."

-SCOTUSBlog also took note in their daily roundup.

-AboutTheLaw featured our site in the Non-Sequitur of the day. Stay tuned to our weekly column, titled Predictions of the 10th Justice.

-FantasySCOTUS made Holiday Wish List at Underneath Their Robes. Clerquette writes " If you're a betting man, woman, or Groupie, Clerquette says: Christmas has come early this year! Indulge! If you're searching for a gift that will keep on giving -- at least from October to late June/early July -- look no further! FantasySCOTUS.net will keep your favorite groupie busy, away from productive activity, and unable to engage in telephone conversations while formulating bets for months to come. Hey: at least there's no draft. "

-Law.com Legal Blog Watch called FantasySCOTUS the "new gold standard in Supreme Court geekery"

-Eric Muller at the Faculty Lounge called FantasySCOTUS "a very, very clever idea!"

-Bill Araiza at PrawfsBlawg writes that FantasySCOTUS "sounds like fun for a rainy year."

-Derrick Eckhardt at Fantasy Ethos writes "This game may actually take off as a niche fantasy game for law schools as a way of teaching constitutional law and understanding the dynamics of the Supreme Court."