Adalberto Jordan

  • Morning Docket: 03.10.16
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 03.10.16

    * Justice Elizabeth Warren? While that may have a nice ring to it for some, given the extreme political gridlock that any Supreme Court nominee — much less someone who’s considered a staunch Democrat — will be subjected to in the Senate, it’s just not something that’s ever likely to happen during President Obama’s last term. [CNN]

    * Not that he was a very likely choice to begin with, but Judge Adalberto Jordan of the Eleventh Circuit has asked that he be taken out of consideration for a Supreme Court nomination to fill the vacancy left by the late Justice Antonin Scalia. He would’ve been the Court’s first Cuban-American justice if appointed and confirmed. [Associated Press]

    * Senator Chuck Grassley, chair of the Senate Judiciary, says the nominee is “totally irrelevant,” he’s not going to consider giving anyone a hearing — not even Judge Jane Kelly of the Eighth Circuit, who he strongly supported just years earlier when she was unanimously confirmed by the Senate for her current position. [Gazette of Cedar Rapids]

    * More than 100 corporate lawyers from firms like Paul Weiss, Arent Fox, and Bradley Arant signed a letter urging Senate Republicans to fill the empty SCOTUS seat. After all, a lengthy vacancy could create “uncertainty for the financial industry, major corporate employees, as well as small businesses,” also known as their clients. [WSJ Law Blog]

    * According to a report by IT security company TruShield, the legal industry was heavily targeted by cyber threats in January. The only reason law firms didn’t suffer any serious setbacks is because they’ve invested in network security. For a profession that really loathes new technologies, we’re doing A-okay. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]

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