Supreme Court
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Accounting / Accountants, Brett Kavanaugh, Going Concern, Sarbanes-Oxley / Sarbox / SOX, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Wall Street
Will the Supreme Court Knock SOX's Socks Off?
Is the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board unconstitutional? This admittedly boring-sounding entity has the important task of overseeing accounting firms, who in turn keep an eye on the balance sheets of corporate America, through such mechanisms as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. The constitutionality of SOX and the PCAOB is at issue in Free Enterprise Fund v. […] -
Health Care / Medicine, Old People, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Update: Justice Ginsburg Is Back on the Job
We’re happy to report that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was hospitalized last night after feeling lightheaded, was released from Washington Hospital Center this morning. The famously hardworking jurist “was at her desk by early afternoon, the court said.” Welcome back, Justice Ginsburg! Justice Ginsburg Home From Hospital [AP] Earlier: Breaking: Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized - Sponsored
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Health Care / Medicine, Old People, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Breaking: Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized
In February of this year, Senator Jim Bunning predicted that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would be dead in nine months from pancreatic cancer. It was a horrible and tasteless prediction, for which Senator Bunning apologized. But might he be right? Here’s the latest news about Justice Ginsburg’s health. From the Associated Press: Supreme Court Justice […]
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Barack Obama, Clerkships, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Peering Into The Crystal Ball for Obama's Judicial Picks(Plus a live chat with the New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin)
The current New Yorker has an interesting piece by Jeffrey Toobin on President Obama’s judicial picks. Toobin took part in a live chat about the piece at NewYorker.com right now earlier today if you’re interested. (Try not to crash their website.). UPDATE: The chat’s quite interesting. Toobin reveals why he likes Justice Souter best and […] -
Antonin Scalia, Movies, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Hates Acronyms, Loves Marisa Tomei
Those law students at Fordham University have a new tidbit to add to their dossier on SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia. He made an appearance last night at the Friendship Heights Village Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to talk about his book, “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges.” Politico reports that he gave out […] -
Native Americans, Racism, SCOTUS, Sports, Supreme Court
Quinn's Redskins Case Goes to SCOTUS -- On Petition for Certiorari
Who can forget Quinn Emanuel’s victory in the 17-year-long dispute over the name “Redskins”? Above the Law readers will remember Robert Raskopf’s happy victory email … and the first-year associate who had a problem with the firm’s representation of the Washington Football club. The first year was (eek!) fired for reasons unrelated to his disagreement […] -
9th Circuit, Elena Kagan, Fabulosity, Fashion, SCOTUS, Solicitor General's Office, Supreme Court
Solicitor General Elena Kagan: What Color Was Her Pantsuit?
In her excellent interview with Chief Judge Alex Kozinski at the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Solicitor General Elena Kagan poked gentle fun at the controversy surrounding what she should wear while arguing before the Supreme Court, as the first female Solicitor General. She quipped: “That this is the big question of the Washington Supreme Court […] -
Eyes of the Law, Fabulosity, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
The Eyes of the Law: Partying with Sonia from the Block
Sometimes stereotypes are true. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court’s first Latina justice, loves to dance — and she’s pretty darn good at it, too. Consider this comment — posted back in May 2005, about then-Judge Sotomayor — from Underneath Their Robes: In October [2004], attended the wedding of two law school classmate, one of […] - Sponsored
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9th Circuit, Free Speech, Hillary Clinton, John Ashcroft, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 09.08.09
* Free speech goes head to head with campaign finance laws at the Supreme Court today. [Washington Independent] * The 9th Circuit ruled that John Ashcroft can be sued by a Muslim man who suffered under the former AG’s anti-terrorism strategies. [Washington Post] * An Ohio judge makes his scarlet letter neon yellow. [New York […]
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Adam Liptak, Clerkships, John Paul Stevens, New York Times, Old People, SCOTUS, Shameless Plugs, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Retirement Watch: More on Justice Stevens
Just a quick follow-up to yesterday’s discussion of whether Justice John Paul Stevens’s failure to hire a full complement of law clerks for October Term 2010 might shed light upon his retirement plans. In today’s New York Times, Adam Liptak has an excellent article on the subject. It begins: A Supreme Court clerkship is a […] -
Clerkships, John Paul Stevens, Old People, Orin Kerr, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, Thomas Goldstein
Supreme Court Retirement Watch: Justice Stevens?
A few weeks ago, we were emailing with one of our sources about an interesting fact we noticed, based on Above the Law’s real-time coverage of Supreme Court clerk hiring. The fact: thus far, Justice John Paul Stevens has hired just one law clerk for October Term 2010 (Sam Erman (Michigan 2007 / Garland)). We […] -
Clerkships, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Official List
We’ve previously reported on the hiring of Supreme Court law clerks for October Term 2009. Their names appear here (everyone but Justice Sotomayor’s clerks) and here (Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s clerks). As we mentioned, we weren’t 100 percent certain on the Sotomayor clerks. Happily, as it turns out, our intelligence was correct. Thanks to everyone who […] -
Alan Dershowitz, Antonin Scalia, Death Penalty, Religion, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Professor Dershowitz's Challenge to Justice Scalia
On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered a federal trial judge to take a closer look at the murder case against Troy Anthony Davis, a Georgia death row inmate. The SCOTUS directed the district judge to “receive testimony and make findings of fact as to whether evidence that could have been obtained at the time of […]
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Clarence Thomas, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Justice Sotomayor(Plus info about Justice Thomas for OT 2010.)
The complete, official list of Supreme Court clerks for October Term 2009 — i.e., the clerks who recently arrived at One First Street — will be released by the Public Information Office shortly, perhaps by the end of this week. We’ve previously listed many of the Court’s OT 2009 law clerks in these pages. But […] -
Exercise, Federal Judges, Rudeness, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Good thing the Supreme Court has its own gym!
When Justice Sonia Sotomayor needs to work off all the rice, beans and pork she’s consumed, she hits the gym. Alas, it appears that Her Honor’s Equinox gym membership was canceled, after she apparently refused to show identification when trying to enter the premises. We’re with Justice Sotomayor on this: she’s a frickin’ federal judge, […] -
SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
¡Hola, Jueza Sotomayor!
It’s official. Earlier today, everyone’s favorite Wise Latina was sworn in as the nation’s 111th Supreme Court justice. Justice Sotomayor will be the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the SCOTUS. Justice Ginsburg once again has company for her trips to the ladies’ room at One First Street. Justice Scalia now has […] -
Politics, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Liveblogging the Sonia Sotomayor Confirmation VoteUpdate: Sotomayor Confirmed, 68-31
The U.S. Senate is now voting on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor (2d Cir.) to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Senator Al Franken presiding. It’s interesting and weird to see him in this role. Are we watching an SNL skit? The normally empty Senate chamber is […] -
David Souter, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Lawyerly Lairs: Souter's Upgrade
I guess Justice Souter no longer has to play the role of humble civil servant, and can now start living the life of a former uber-powerful person. Yesterday, the New York Times reported that Souter is getting new digs: When he retired from the Supreme Court in June, it was expected that Justice David H. […] -
9th Circuit, Conferences / Symposia, Federal Judges, Kathleen Sullivan, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
At the Ninth Circuit Conference: Kathleen Sullivan and Janet Napolitano
Greetings from the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. We’ve been having a great time schmoozing with federal judicial celebrities, here in lovely (but surprisingly chilly) Monterey. Yesterday we participated in an excellent panel discussion about the future of journalism, together with some boldface names: Linda Greenhouse (moderator), former Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times; […] -
Fabulosity, Fashion, Federal Judges, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Breaking Down Sotomayor's Fashion Choices
Is it sexist to dissect the fashion choices of Judge Sonia Sotomayor during last week’s confirmation hearings? Probably. I don’t remember anybody asking what Sam Alito was trying to convey with his confirmation tie choices. But Sotomayor was trying to convey something with her choices. We might as well take a look at what message […]