As Justice Samuel Alito has said, there are “some people who have nothing better to do than count Supreme Court laughs.”
True enough: Last September, I did just that, tallying the number of “laughs” between the 2017-18 and the 2024-25 terms to crown “the funniest justice.” The winner: Justice Neil Gorsuch, with 225 laughs. He was followed by Chief Justice John Roberts at 189 and Justice Elena Kagan with 153.
Recommended Citation: Nora Collins, The funniest justice of the 2025-26 term, SCOTUSblog (Sep. 25, 2026, 9:30 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/09/the-funniest-justice-of-the-2025-26-term/