Supreme Court
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Antonin Scalia, Cars, Federal Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice Scalia Gets Caught in a Fender-Bender
The wheels of justice might have taken a wrong turn today. It seems that Justice Antonin Scalia had some minimum contacts — with another vehicle, on a highway outside D.C. According to a Supreme Court spokesperson, Justice Scalia was involved in a minor car accident this morning, while heading in to One First Street to […] -
Celebrities, Lindsay Lohan, Madonna, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Trials
Morning Docket: 03.24.11
* Conky the Robot says the word of the day at the Barry Bonds trial yesterday was…syringe. AAAAHHHH!!!!!! [ESPN] * Robert George, a prominent Boston defense attorney, stands accused of money laundering. Forget prison for a second; what is he going to do with 40 subscriptions to Vibe? [Boston Globe] * Lilo rejected a plea […]
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9th Circuit, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Oh, explanation is overrated.
That decision is as inexplicable as it is unexplained. It is reversed. — opinion of the Supreme Court in Felkner v. Jackson, benchslapping the Ninth Circuit through a unanimous, per curiam reversal of an unpublished memorandum disposition. (For more context, see Josh Blackman or read the SCOTUS opinion.)
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Antonin Scalia, Biglaw, FDA, Linda Greenhouse, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Texas
Morning Docket: 03.11.11
* Johnson & Johnson will have to fix several factories after an agreement with the FDA prompted by massive product recalls. This still doesn’t explain why my bottle of Tylenol may contain tree nuts. [Bloomberg] * Charlie Sheen hammered out a custody agreement With Brooke Mueller. That’s nice. [People Magazine] * Texas may consider a […]
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Food, Legal Ethics, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Sorry, Lady Soto Already Took Them All
If I was a Supreme Court Justice, I’d take all the buffet’s individually-wrapped butters. I answer to no manager! — Stephen Colbert, discussing the lack of mandatory ethical rules for justices of the Supreme Court (gavel bang: BL1Y). -
Federal Judges, Judicial Nominations, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Not Going Commando Underneath Her Robe
One day, after I had been questioned for weeks at a time, I was so frustrated I looked at my assistant and said ‘I think they already know the color of my underwear.’ — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, complaining about the intrusive questioning she was subjected to during the Supreme Court nomination process, in an appearance […] -
Copyright, Crime, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Law Schools, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket, Rankings, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, U.S. News, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 03.08.11
* Obama has created an indefinite detention system for prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. Because he’s too soft on terrorism to make it definite. [Washington Post] * Utah’s new immigration laws will create a legal storm. El Niño! Spanish for The… Niño! [USA Today] * Lilo finally starred in another movie, and former wet poodle […]
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7th Circuit, Document Review, Federalist Society, Gay, Gay Marriage, Non-Sequiturs, Richard Posner, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 03.07.11
* The Supreme Court opens the door, but just a crack, to prisoners seeking access to DNA evidence. [SCOTUSblog] * The legal job market is getting better, right? Right? [Vault] * Hall, J., dissenting — from the grave. [How Appealing] * Harvard Law School is always ready for its close-up: first The Paper Chase, then […] - Sponsored
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Education / Schools, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Wesley Snipes
Non-Sequiturs: 03.03.11
* Wesley Snipes wants the Supreme Court to review his conviction. Or maybe he’s just doing research because he wants the lead role in a Clarence Thomas biopic: The Silence. [TaxProf Blog] * Congratulations to David Rivkin of Debevoise & Plimpton — a man who I remember as having great seats at Shea Stadium — […] -
Dahlia Lithwick, John Roberts, Privacy, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
John Roberts Pokes Fun at AT&T's 'Personal Privacy'
There’s some good news this week for those people whose blood boils at the mention of Citizens United. The Supreme Court proved that it is not always sympathetic to the rights of corporations — and is even willing to have some fun at their expense. Chief Justice John Roberts penned a tongue-in-cheek opinion lambasting AT&T […] -
Biglaw, John Roberts, Musical Chairs, Non-Sequiturs, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Non-Sequiturs: 03.02.11
* Marc Randazza wants to feed the members of the Westboro Baptist Church into a wood chipper, but he respects their First Amendment rights; accordingly, “the Westboro Baptist Church is the first entity to receive both the First Amendment Bad Ass award and the Asshat award in a single blog post.” [The Legal Satyricon] * […] -
Federal Judges, Free Speech, Rudeness, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Unless You Are a Corporation, Sam Alito Wants You to STFU
The Supreme Court just handed down its decision in the Westboro Baptist Church case, Snyder v. Phelps. The court ruled, 8-1, that the father of a slain Marine could not successfully sue the Westboro church in tort for protesting during his son’s funeral. Call it Free Speech 101. The hard part about the First Amendment […] -
Clarence Thomas, Federal Judges, Federalist Society, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, UVA Law
Quote of the Day: Who Are You Calling Mute?
And what I think is important for you all, is that when you see people standing in defense of what’s right, that you make sure that your voice is not remembered as one of the silent. Because there’s gonna be a day when you’re gonna look around and you’re gonna look at your kids and […]
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Clarence Thomas, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Maybe His Wife Does All the Talking?
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Law Professors, New York Times, Noah Feldman, Politics, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: But Black Is So Slimming!
The justices are human — and the more we let them be human, the better job they will do. Let the unthinkable be said! If the medieval vestments are making people think the justices should be monks, then maybe, just maybe, we should to do away with those robes. — Noah Feldman — professor at […] -
Anthony Kennedy, Constitutional Law, Federal Judges, Health Care / Medicine, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Florida Judge Strikes Down Obamacare
Well this should be fun. Florida federal judge Roger Vinson has struck down the heart of Obama’s health care reform plan, finding that the individual mandate part of the bill is unconstitutional and therefore the whole thing is unconstitutional. As Ashby Jones points out on the WSJ Law Blog, that makes the score 2 – […] -
Barack Obama, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
The State of the Union: Open Thread
President Barack Obama just finished delivering his State of the Union address for 2011. Alas, it wasn’t as exciting as last year, which featured a confrontation between the president and the Supreme Court. This time around, six justices attended — Chief Justice Roberts, joined by Justices Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan — but they […] -
Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, John Roberts, Politics, Reader Polls, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
Will SCOTUS Go to the SOTU This Year?
Tomorrow night, many of us will tune in to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address — hoping to catch more catfighting than on an episode of Jersey Shore. Last year’s SOTU did not disappoint drama-seekers. As you may recall, an Article II vs. Article III smackdown took place: President Obama chided the Supreme […] -
Clarence Thomas, Federal Judges, Money, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Clarence Thomas and His Wife's $680,000 of Unreported Income
Who knew that working for a conservative think tank paid so well? The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Virginia Thomas, the politically active wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, earned over $680,000 over five years while working at the Heritage Foundation. That’s pretty nice scratch. A possible problem: according to Common Cause, Clarence […] -
Elena Kagan, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Lawyerly Lairs: Justice Kagan Goes House Hunting
In 2010, music superstar Lady Gaga earned an estimated $64 million. Meanwhile, legal superstar Lady Kaga — aka Justice Elena Kagan, of the United States Supreme Court — earned considerably less. For the part of 2010, the Divine Miss K served as Solicitor General, earning an annual salary of $165,300. After her confirmation as an […]