Supreme Court
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SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Checking In With Sotomayor
We are not live blogging the Senate confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor today; we’ve already weighed in on what we’ve learned from this process. But we are keeping an eye on the proceedings just in case somebody says something stupid. Today they are finishing up with the questions from the senators. Then they will […] -
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SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
The Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings: A Preview
In a few hours, at 10 a.m., the confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor (2d Cir.) to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court will get underway. We will be liveblogging today’s proceedings (as will others — e.g., Clerquette of Underneath Their Robes). Although polling suggests the nation is closely divided (or perhaps […]
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SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: A Look at OT 2010
Welcome to July, a month of transitions at the U.S. Supreme Court. The law clerks for October Term 2009 will be starting up at One First Street this month. The OT 2008 clerks are riding off into the sunset — and six-figure signing bonuses. [FN1] So OT 2009 clerk hiring is pretty much done — […] -
SCOTUS, Supreme Court
SCOTUS Is Clothes-Minded When It Comes To Student Strip Search
SCOTUS ruled today that strip searching middle school students is not cool. When Arizona school officials suspected an eighth-grade girl of harboring ibuprofen, they made her strip down to her bra and underwear, and then a nurse watched as she shook her bra and shook her underwear to prove there were no pills in her… […] -
Cars, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
SCOTUS Puts the Brakes on Chrysler Sale to Fiat
Read more and discuss over at Dealbreaker. U.S. high court grants stay delaying Chrysler sale to Fiat [Dealbreaker] -
Health Care / Medicine, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Breaking: Sotomayor's Ankle
Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court nominee with the $15,000 in unpaid dental bills, doesn’t just have problems with her teeth. From the AP: The White House says Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has broken her ankle after an airport stumble in New York City. Sotomayor fractured her right ankle Monday morning at New York’s […] -
Federal Judges, Money, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Does Judge Sotomayor Need A Visit from Suze Orman?
Here’s interesting information about the personal finances of Judge Sonia Sotomayor (2d Cir.), nominated last month to the U.S. Supreme Court. A tipster directed our attention to this post from the NYT’s Caucus blog, observing: “You can’t spend most of your professional life as a judge and get rich. Maybe Biglaw is the way to […] - Sponsored
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SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, Theater
The Theater of the Courtroom (Or, A Review of A More Perfect Union)
Your ATL editors kicked off the Memorial Day weekend with a trip to the East 13th Street Theater in Manhattan, where we saw A More Perfect Union, presented by the Epic Theater Ensemble. The play, by Canadian playwright Vern Thiessen, is about two members of The Elect — i.e., two Supreme Court clerks, who fall […] -
SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
The Sotomayor Nomination: A Reader Poll
Right now the news cycle is dominated by the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor (2d Cir.) to the U.S. Supreme Court. We’ve been following the story closely, of course, and we’ll have more later. In the meantime, check out Underneath Their Robes, where Clerquette has been blogging up a storm. Her latest posts appear here […] -
Federal Judges, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, White House Counsel
The Sotomayor Nomination: A Bit of Backstory
This morning we covered the announcement by President Barack Obama of his intention to nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor, of the New York-based Second Circuit, to serve as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. This afternoon, we participated in a conference call between a senior Administration official and several reporters, to discuss the Sotomayor […] -
SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Liveblogging the Sotomayor SCOTUS Announcement
Yours truly is covering the White House press conference, over on Twitter. For more detailed discussion of the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, see our prior post. Earlier: Breaking: Obama To Nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor (2d Cir.) to Supreme Court -
SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Breaking: Obama To Nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor (2d Cir.) to Supreme Court
As we once wrote about Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the Second Circuit, paraphrasing the lyrics of another high-powered Latina who made it from the South Bronx to the pinnacle of fabulosity and fame, “Don’t be fooled by the robes that she’s got; she’s still Sonia from the block.” Despite her high station as a federal […]
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SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
Pick Your Poison: A Conservative Ranks SCOTUS Possibilities
Conservatives won’t be happy with President Obama’s pick to succeed Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court. But some nominees are more noxious than others. Of the names surfacing on SCOTUS short-lists, who can conservatives live with — and who would drive them up the wall? We reached out to Curt Levey, Executive Director […] -
Law School Deans, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
Is the Hofstra Law Dean on the SCOTUS Short List?
Is it possible to be on the short list to fill Justice Souter’s place on the Supreme Court and not even know it? Newsday reports: Much to her surprise, the dean of Hofstra University Law School woke Sunday morning to find she had just been thrust into the national political conversation as a possible contender […] -
Jeffrey Toobin, John Roberts, Media and Journalism, New Yorker, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Chief Justice John Roberts: The Elephant in the SCOTUS Courtroom?
Everyone’s a-twitter about Jeffrey Toobin’s profile of Chief Justice John Roberts in this week’s New Yorker. And with good reason. We’re not sure whether the title of the profile, “No More Mr. Nice Guy,” is meant to describe Roberts or Toobin. We’re sure you’re familiar with Toobin, the ubiquitous legal analyst whose resume includes gigs […] -
Non-Sequiturs, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Non-Sequiturs: 05.15.09
* I would have no problem at all if potential SCOTUS justices had to answer this questionnaire and those answers had to be published and discussed during the confirmation hearing. [Daily News] * Married men looking for sex slaves might want to consider the words of the wise Falstaff. Discretion is the better part of […] -
Diane Wood, Elena Kagan, Reader Polls, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Supreme Speculation: And Then There Were Six
As noted in yesterday’s Morning Docket, President Obama has reportedly narrowed his search for a Supreme Court justice to a shortlist of six. From CNN: Among the finalists are federal appeals court judges Sonia Sotomayor and Diane Wood, and Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, said the […] -
John Yoo, Law Professors, Media and Journalism, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Did I Miss the Part Where John Yoo Actually Matters?
Berkeley Law School professor (and former Department of Justice attorney) John Yoo published his inaugural column in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday. He argues that Obama should nominate somebody FDR would have liked to the Supreme Court: Franklin Roosevelt faced exactly this dilemma. With large majorities at his back, FDR pushed through sweeping legislative efforts […] -
Department of Justice, Lesbians, Morning Docket, Robert Wone, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 5.08.09
* There has been plenty off talk about potential Supreme Court nominees, but how about the conservative groups gearing up to oppose them? [The Washington Post] * Two highly qualified lesbians, Virginia Linder and Kathleen Sullivan, are apparently on Obama’s Supreme Court short list. [ABC News] * The ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, […]