Supreme Court
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Attorney Misconduct, Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Pro Se Litigants, Supreme Court, UVA Law, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 05.01.07
* These guys get a case at the Supreme Court before they even graduate. They really are the coolest law school! [The Daily Progress via How Appealing] * Cho loophole supposedly now closed. [CNN] * Bush telling Texas it has to comply with international law? Seems a little ironic… [Jurist] * A fool for a […]
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Antonin Scalia, Cars, John Paul Stevens, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Videos
Online Video Clips: Not Just for Porn Anymore
An astute observation about today’s opinion in Scott v. Harris, from Howard Bashman: Here’s a first — A U.S. Supreme Court decision issued today has its own accompanying video: Talk about multimedia rulings! The Court’s opinion today in Scott v. Harris, No. 05-1631 — a dispute about the lawfulness of a high-speed police chase captured […] - Sponsored
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SCOTUS, Supreme Court
A Quintet of Supreme Court Rulings
This morning brings ive new rulings from the Supreme Court. Check out SCOTUSblog for the details. There are some important ones among the bunch, including a decision in KSR v. Teleflex, a big-ticket IP case. But with one exception, the cases weren’t close. Two were decided by a unanimous Court, and two were almost unanimous […]
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Abortion, Jan Crawford Greenburg, Religion, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Stone Cold: Jan Crawford Greenburg Blog-Smacks Her Former Dean
Give a girl a Supreme Court beat and a best-selling book, and she gets her sassy on! The fantabulous Jan Crawford Greenburg has taken on Geoff Stone, the former dean of the University of Chicago’s law school, in a tart blog post. Stone (along with Rosie O’Donnell) had declared himself troubled by the fact that […] -
Anthony Kennedy, Death Penalty, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Kennedy Spares Death Row Inmates
And now back to a more contentious subject: the death penalty. In three opinions issued today, the Supreme Court reversed the convictions of Texas death row inmates. Each of the cases involved a problem with the lower appellate courts’ application of prior SCOTUS rulings on special jury instructions in death penalty cases. All three decisions […] -
Abortion, Bad Ideas, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
North Dakota Passes Conditional Abortion Ban
In what appears to be the first response by a state legislature to last week’s Supreme Court decision upholding the partial-birth abortion ban, North Dakota has passed a bill making abortion illegal if and when the Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade. (The N.D. Senate Majority leader claims that the bill was not influenced by […] -
Art, Crime, Education / Schools, Football, Morning Docket, Patents, Sentencing Law, Sports, Supreme Court, Technology
Morning Docket: 04.25.07
* Alaskan attorney survives icy spill. [CNN] * “Scream” thieves sentenced in Norway court. [MSNBC] * ABA hosts legal technology expo. [ABA] * Supreme Court hears arguments in high school sports recruitment case. [Washington Post] * Timetable of VOIP litigation. [WSJ Law Blog]
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Clarence Thomas, Kids, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice Thomas and Wachovia: Recusal Mystery Solved
No one has been quite sure why Justice Clarence Thomas has been recusing himself from Wachovia cases. The mystery is apparently solved; Thomas’s son works at Wachovia Securities. From The Blog of Legal Times: For the last two years, Justice Clarence Thomas has consistently recused himself in cases in which Wachovia Bank is a party […] - Sponsored
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Feminism, Gender, Kids, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
October Term 2007 Clerk Hiring: A Request for Information
We’re interested in figuring out how many law clerks for the upcoming Supreme Court Term, October Term 2007, are women or minorities. But we don’t know all these folks personally (much as we might like to). So we need your help. After the jump, you’ll see a list of the Supreme Court clerks for OT […] -
Biglaw, Kevin Newsom, Musical Chairs, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Musical Chairs: Alabama SG Kevin Newsom to Bradley Arant
All of this porn talk is making us feel dirty. So let’s turn our attention to more wholesome subjects. Like the squeaky-clean Kevin Newsom, a devoted husband and father, and one of the country’s best appellate advocates. Newsom — who clerked for our former boss, Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain (9th Cir.), and Justice David H. Souter […] -
Jan Crawford Greenburg, John Roberts, Linda Greenhouse, Media and Journalism, New York Times, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, William Rehnquist
Linda Greenhouse: God Save the Queen?
Because she needs all the help she can get these days. Backlash and insurrection against New York Times reporter Linda Greenhouse, the long reigning queen of the Supreme Court press corps, continue to grow. For years, the courts construed 40 U.S.C. 6134 — which forbids “loud, threatening, or abusive language in the Supreme Court Building” […] -
Abortion, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Screw-Ups, Supreme Court
Justice Ginsburg: Not a Math Whiz?
If you ask former Supreme Court clerks to name the three or four smartest justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg routinely makes the list. Former SCOTUS clerks on both sides of the aisle praise Justice Ginsburg for her intellect. She’s also regularly mentioned as one of the most “self-sufficient” justices (i.e., a justice who could still do […] -
Abortion, Anthony Kennedy, John Roberts, Politics, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Breaking: Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Partial Birth Abortion Act
This just in from One First Street. The Associated Press reports: The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long- awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench. The 5-4 ruling said the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that Congress passed and President Bush signed […]
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Banking Law, Education / Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Politics, Supreme Court, Violence
Morning Docket: 04.18.07
* The National Bank Act preempts state regulation of mortgage lenders, even those that are operating subsidiaries of banks and not banks themselves. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)] * Payphone operators can sue for compensation from long-distance carriers. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)] * Department of Education can use number of pupils rather than number of school […]
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Admin, Birthdays, Copyright, Intellectual Property, John Paul Stevens, Morning Docket, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Screw-Ups, Sports, Supreme Court, Trademarks
Morning Docket: 04.06.07
[Ed. note: ATL will be on a pretty laid-back publication schedule today. It’s Good Friday, the markets are closed, and many folks are probably traveling for the holiday weekend. We will be posting, but not at our regular pace.] * Stevens’s key role. [USA Today via How Appealing] * Surveillance laws outdated? He’s probably referring […]
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Harold Koh, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Linda Greenhouse, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice Harold Hongju Koh?
That’s the prospect repeatedly pushed in a two-part profile of Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh, from the Yale Daily News. The profile has been discussed extensively in the legal blogsophere (see links below). Oh goodness. We could say something snarky and dismissive (e.g., “Hell to the N-O”). But we will comport ourselves with […] -
Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Old People, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
'I Tawt I Taw... A Judicial Conservative!'
We’ve been learning all sorts of things about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lately. Like her history as a high school cheerleader (which is, by the way, a perilous pursuit). And now we learn her secret nickname at One First Street. From the Washington Examiner: Anyone who has seen Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg knows […] -
Anna Nicole Smith, Drugs, Environment / Environmental Law, Marijuana, Morning Docket, Rape, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 04.03.07
* Supreme Court says EPA can regulate greenhouse gases. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)] * Fourth Circuit’s reading of PSD regulations did not comport with Clean Air Act’s limits on judicial review of EPA regulations for validity, so Duke Energy’s summary judgment gets reversed. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)] * More interminable Anna Nicole legal news: Howard […]
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Benchslaps, Environment / Environmental Law, John Paul Stevens, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
An Inconvenient Ruling: Supreme Court Benchslaps the EPA
A summary of this morning’s Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, from SCOTUSblog: Ruling 5-4, the Supreme Court on Monday found that the federal government had the authority to regulate greenhouse gases that may contribute to global warming, and must examine anew the scientific evidence of a link between those gases contained in the […] -
Britney Spears, Celebrities, Divorce Train Wrecks, Education / Schools, Guantanamo Bay, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 03.30.07
* SCOTUS considers whether to open new Gitmo appeals. [New York Times] * Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Gates calls for Gitmo closure. [CNN] * Spears and Federline have reached a divorce settlement, so no crazy litigation for now. [MSNBC] * Sorority that allegedly kicked out unattractive members sues University for totally being not cool about […]