Supreme Court
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Elena Kagan, Law School Deans, SCOTUS, Solicitor General's Office, Supreme Court
Breaking: Elena Kagan to Solicitor General
Many have speculated that Harvard Law School’s hot and high-powered dean, Elena Kagan, might be a Supreme Court nominee in an Obama administration. Dean Kagan is one step closer to sitting on the Court. Assuming her confirmation process goes smoothly — which it surely will, given how universally adored and admired she is, by liberals […] -
D.C. Circuit, Morning Docket, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 12.16.08
* Poker chip thief sniped!!! (thank goodness) [Norwich Bulletin] * Budweiser (Bud) beer cannot corner the market on it’s name anymore. The EU high court took away Anheuser-Busch’s famous trademark–a big win for Czech beer company “Budvar”. [Associated Press] * The Supreme Court breathed life in to the lawsuit of former Gitmo detainees, British Muslims […]
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4th Circuit, 9th Circuit, Bankruptcy, Morning Docket, Pornography, Supreme Court, Trademarks
Morning Docket 12.02.08
* Thailand’s constitutional court decided to disband the country’s ruling party and ban the prime minister from politics for five years. [CNN.com] * A former federal courts chief is calling for the resignation or impeachment of an appellate judge in California for watching internet porn. In one month, there were 90,000 hits on 1,100 porn […]
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Alex Kozinski, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: New Term, New Hires
Our last round-up of Supreme Court clerk hiring was published back in August, before the start of October Term 2008. Now that the justices are back in the country and back on the bench, they’re back to interviewing clerkship applicants. Over at the Clerkship Notification Blog, there was buzz about Justice Stephen Breyer interviewing and […] -
Eyes of the Law, Old People, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
The Eyes of the Law: Justice O'Connor Hearts Art
It has been a while since our last Eyes of the Law legal celebrity sighting, so here’s a fun one for your consideration. A D.C. tipster tells us: We saw Sandra Day O’Connor in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s exhibit on Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams. She had on the same red sweater she can […] -
Career Alternatives, Job Searches, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
For lawyers are jolly good fellows...A few fellowship possibilities to consider
We’ve been writing about career alternatives for lawyers. With all the layoff news coming out of law firms these days, it’s good to remember that there are things you can do with a law degree other than working for a large law firm. Today, we’re touching on fellowship options for attorneys. Of course, there are […] -
Music, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
A Different Kind of Judicial Diva
Law students and lawyers get starstruck when they meet U.S. Supreme Court justices. And Supreme Court justices get starstruck when they meet… opera singers! From the New York Times: Justice Antonin Scalia has a reputation as an intimidating jurist who poses withering questions during arguments before the Supreme Court. But on Friday afternoon, when the […] -
Adam Liptak, Ben Wittes, Dahlia Lithwick, Jan Crawford Greenburg, Job Searches, John Roberts, Linda Greenhouse, Media and Journalism, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Tony Mauro, UVA Law
Covering The Court: Thoughts From Dahlia Lithwick
We spent a fair amount of time last week in lovely Charlottesville, Virginia, where we spoke at the University of Virginia Law School (coverage of our talk appears here and here). We spent lots of quality time with UVA Law students — at dinner, at a karaoke bar, and walking around the beautiful grounds. One […] - Sponsored
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Politics, Sarah Palin, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
How Many SCOTUS Cases Should a VP Know?
Sarah Palin’s interview with Katie Couric last week made me … happy. But the McCain-Palin campaign appears nonplussed with the post-interview spin. Maybe the campaign feels pressured by the latest “global electoral college poll.” Regardless, the campaign is set to “re-introduce” Sarah Palin. Palin, and McCain this time, sat down with Katie Couric again. (I […] -
New York Times, Noah Feldman, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
SCOTUS... 'The World May Well Hang in the Balance'
While everyone spent the weekend talking about who bested whom in the McCain-Obama match-up, the New York Times magazine turned away from all that to focus on the really important policy makers in Washington: the Supreme Court. SCOTUS played cover model for Sunday’s NYT magazine, with HLS prof Noah Feldman’s lengthy piece, When Judges Make […] -
Kannon Shanmugam, Musical Chairs, SCOTUS, Solicitor General's Office, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, Williams & Connolly
Musical Chairs: Kannon Shanmugam To Williams & Connolly
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Job Searches, Kevin Newsom, R. Ted Cruz, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
A Hot New Trend: State Solicitors General
Former Supreme Court clerks, also known as the Elect, have no shortage of job opportunities. And a new development in state government is giving them even more. From the National Law Journal: A trend among states in recent years to appoint a solicitor general has increased opportunities for young attorneys to get into court and […] -
Civil Rights, Racism, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Theater
ATL Theater Review: Thurgood
If you’re in New York today (Sunday) and looking for something to do in the afternoon, consider checking out Thurgood. It’s a one-man show about the life of Justice Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993), starring Laurence Fishburne (best known as Morpheus of The Matrix, but with a long list of other film and theater credits). It’s an […]
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9th Circuit, ATL Idol, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
ATL Idol: Week 3, Head-to-Head Round
We’re down to your last two ATL Idols: FROLIC AND DETOUR and SOPHIST. It’s time for them to face off in the third and final head-to-head round of ATL Idol, the reality-TV-style talent search for Above the Law’s new editor. You know the drill, but if you’re just tuning in, here’s how this round will […] -
American Constitution Society (ACS), Conferences / Symposia, Dahlia Lithwick, Linda Greenhouse, Media and Journalism, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Thomas Goldstein, Tony Mauro
At the ACS National Convention: Covering the Court
Welcome to the latest post in our recent series on the 2008 National Convention of the American Constitution Society. We attended lots of excellent events as part of the conference. Prior posts appear here and here. One of our favorite events was the Saturday lunch panel, “Covering the Court.” It was moderated by Thomas Goldstein, […] -
SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Television
'The Court Supreme': Boston Legal Invades One First Street
Cameras in the courtroom at the U.S. Supreme Court? Over Justice Souter’s dead body. So you’ll have to settle for fictional depictions on television. From a very interesting report by Tony Mauro, for the Legal Times: Nearly a decade ago, when his show “Ally McBeal” was at its peak, lawyer-turned-Hollywood-producer David E. Kelley was invited […] -
Asians, Litigators, Musical Chairs, R. Ted Cruz, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Musical Chairs: Jim Ho Replaces Ted Cruz as Texas SG
Congratulations to our old friend James Ho. The good news first surfaced on Sophistic Miltonian Serbonian Blog: A quiet trickle of a rumor last week was that James C. Ho, currently of counsel with Gibson Dunn and a former law clerk to Justice Thomas at SCOTUS, has been tapped to serve as the next Solicitor […] -
Supreme Court
America's Next Top Justice?
The subject of likely future nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court has been written about extensively before. Last year, over at SCOTUSblog, Tom Goldstein came up with short lists of Democratic nominees and Republican nominees. Now that we’re a little closer to the election, with a presumptive Republican nominee and two possible Democratic nominees, additional […] -
Free Speech, Hillary Clinton, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
A Free Speech Hypothetical: Campaign Buttons Outside the Supreme Court
While standing outside the U.S. Supreme Court building this morning, Georgetown Law student Sam Arora sent us this message (with photo): I’m #2 in line for the SCOTUS 11 AM argument. A policewoman standing at front told me I wasn’t allowed to wear my Hillary button “on the plaza.” She said it was rules. I […] -
Barack Obama, Guns / Firearms, Kwame Kilpatrick, Morning Docket, Politics, SCOTUS, Sex Scandals, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 03.19.08
* Collected coverage of yesterday’s Supreme Court oral argument in District of Columbia v. Heller, the Second Amendment case concerning D.C. gun control. [SCOTUSblog (linkwrap); How Appealing (linkwrap)] * NJ prosecutors subpoena records from JuicyCampus.com (think AutoAdmit for college students). [AP] * An update on former Lawyer of the Day Kwame Kilpatrick: the Detroit City […]