John Paul Stevens
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Bad Ideas, Constitutional Law, Guns / Firearms, John Paul Stevens, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice Stevens Tries To Solve Gun Crisis The Dumbest Way Possible
Justice Stevens tries to rewrite the Second Amendment and creates a Frankenstein's monster of constitutional vagueness. -
B for Beauty, Biglaw, Bonuses, Boutique Law Firms, Gender, Hotties, John Paul Stevens, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Morning Docket, Old People, SCOTUS, Small Law Firms, Supreme Court, Television, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 02.19.14
* We’re not sure that the best way to convince the Supreme Court to allow television broadcast coverage of its proceedings is to air commercials on news channels. Even SCOTUS justices fast forward during the commercials. [Legal Times]
* Old farts just wanna have fun: Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens told reporters about a wild night out with the late Justice William Brennan that involved Ginger Rogers and pants that were too big. [National Law Journal]
* When “the only way to be successful [as a first-year associate] is to go into the role expecting to be treated poorly,” it’s no wonder that Biglaw firms continue to fail their women lawyers. [Washington Post]
* Just because you work at a small, boutique, or mid-size firm, it doesn’t mean your bonus bounty will be less than that of your Biglaw brethren. You could actually earn much, much more. [New York Law Journal]
* Yes, you can be fired for being “too cute.” No, it’s not gender discrimination. Sorry, beauties, but being a hottie isn’t protected a characteristic under Title VII, says this Playboy Playmate. [Corporate Counsel]
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Antonin Scalia, Clerkships, Constitutional Law, Gay, John Paul Stevens, Religion, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, Television, Women's Issues
10 Tasty Tidbits From Justice Antonin Scalia
A wide-ranging interview with Justice Scalia, covering everything from his pet peeves (women cursing), his tastes in television, and his desire to hire more law clerks from "lesser" law schools.
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Affirmative Action, Anthony Kennedy, David Boies, Jeffrey Toobin, John Paul Stevens, Labor / Employment, Minority Issues, Nina Totenberg, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Ted Olson, Texas
The Wait For Fisher Is Over, And It Was Not Worth The Wait
In case you missed the earlier coverage, here's an eyewitness report on what took place at the Supreme Court today, from Above the Law's SCOTUS correspondent, Matt Kaiser. -
Akhil Amar, American Constitution Society (ACS), Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Conferences / Symposia, Constitutional Law, John Paul Stevens, Rape, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice Stevens Address: Guys Who Wear Bow Ties...
Justice Stevens defends the decision in Maryland v. King to an audience of folks who could not disagree more. -
Anthony Kennedy, Brett Kavanaugh, David Souter, Guido Calabresi, Harvard, J. Michael Luttig, John Paul Stevens, Merrick Garland, Munger Tolles & Olson, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Term of Endearment
This latest Legal Eagle Wedding Watch features crazy competition: five Supreme Court clerks, a former White House counsel, and more prestige than you shake a stick at. -
Guns / Firearms, John Paul Stevens, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Congress, Get Your Legislative Gun -- And Deal With Everyone Else's Real Ones
Justice John Paul Stevens urges the government to tackle gun control... -
John Paul Stevens, Politics, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire!
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Clarence Thomas, David Souter, English Grammar and Usage, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Reader Polls, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Grammer Pole of the Weak: Getting Possessive with SCOTUS
Welcome to the latest edition of Above the Law’s Grammer Pole of the Weak, a column where we turn questions of English grammar and usage over to our readers for discussion and debate. Last week, we found out that 52% of our readers thought it was acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition, but […] -
Books, Crime, Election 2012, John Paul Stevens, Morning Docket, New Jersey, Paul Bergrin, Politics, Trials, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 10.10.11
Ed. note: In honor of Columbus Day (and Canadian Thanksgiving), we’ll be on a reduced publication schedule today. We’ll be back in full force tomorrow. * If you are curious about that legal memo justifying the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, Charlie Savage describes its contents in this very interesting NYT piece. [New York Times] * […]
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Adam Liptak, Books, David Souter, John Paul Stevens, Quote of the Day, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Can You Blame Him?
David and Sandra have enjoyed it. I kind of like not having to read a lot of briefs and get reversed by my former colleagues. — Justice John Paul Stevens, in a humorous quip about the willingness of his fellow retired justices, Sandra Day O’Connor and David H. Souter, to sit by designation on the […] -
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Morning Docket: 07.11.11
* Reason No. 564,857,495,736 Why Law Graduates Are Unemployable: They don’t have good skills. You know, like social skills, networking skills, bow hunting skills. Just the usual. [Wall Street Journal] * At 91, Justice Stevens has got a virile mind, but he may have suffered a premature evacuation from the bench of the Supreme Court. […]
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California, John Edwards, John Paul Stevens, Libraries / Librarians, Morning Docket, New Jersey, Prisons
Morning Docket: 05.31.11
* Opponents of “three strikes” hope that the SCOTUS decision requiring California to reduce its prison population by 33,000 inmates will help them to repeal three strikes. Four balls, standing eight count, and wicked googly are among sports terms vying to take its place. [San Diego Union Tribune] * A law firm librarian in New […]
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Federal Judges, Free Speech, John Paul Stevens, Quote of the Day, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Westboro Baptist Makes for Strange Bedfellows
It might interest you to know that if I were still an active justice, I would have joined [Justice Alito’s] powerful dissent in the recent case holding that the intentional infliction of severe emotional harm is constitutionally protected speech. The case… involved a verbal assault on the private citizens attending the funeral of their son […] -
Drugs, Immigration, John Paul Stevens, Marijuana, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.04.11
* The poster state for Planned Parenthood may be picking a fight with the Obama administration over funding Planned Parenthood. [Los Angeles Times] * Yesterday, Justice John Paul Stevens delivered a speech on the need for legal representation of immigrants. Es muy importante. ¿Puedo ir al baño? Gracias. [New York Times] * Justice Stevens also […]
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John Paul Stevens, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: A Supreme Court Beautification Project?
Personally, I would like to see more Midwesterners or Westerners and not as many from the Ivy League schools. But that does not mean any one of them is not fully qualified. It’s a problem that there are only so many seats available…. — Justice John Paul Stevens, in an interview with the Houston Chronicle […] -
Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Crime, John Paul Stevens, Prisons, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Can Juveniles Be Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Non-Homicide Crimes?
That’s the question the Supreme Court answered in the negative today, in Graham v. Florida. The Court’s opinion was by Justice Kennedy, whose vote usually controls on Eighth Amendment issues, and it was joined by the four liberal justices. The case generated oodles and oodles of pages and a welter of separate opinions. Thankfully, the […] -
Barack Obama, Diane Wood, Elena Kagan, Gender, John Paul Stevens, Merrick Garland, Politics, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Sidney Thomas, Supreme Court
SCOTUS Speculation: Could It Be Wood?Ten reasons Obama might appoint Diane Wood.
Now that President Obama has interviewed the four finalists for the U.S. Supreme Court seat he has to fill — Judge Merrick Garland (D.C. Cir.), Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Judge Sidney Thomas (9th Cir.), and Judge Diane Wood (7th Cir) — the nominee could be announced any day now. Who will it be? We realize […] -
7th Circuit, Diane Wood, Elena Kagan, John Paul Stevens, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
Judicial Sight-ations: Justice Stevens, and Several Potential Successors, in Chicago
For Article III groupies, the InterContinental Hotel in Chicago was the place to be last night. The annual meeting of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association and Judicial Conference of the Seventh Circuit attracted a bevy of judicial superstars, who mixed and mingled at the conference’s grand banquet. The most notable luminary was Justice John Paul […] -
Diane Wood, Elena Kagan, John Paul Stevens, Merrick Garland, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Supreme Court
Supreme Speculation: Who Will Obama Nominate to Replace John Paul Stevens?
For weeks, the media laundry machine has been circulating news of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’s impending retirement. Now that the buzzer has gone off on that, it’s time to switch to the next cycle: speculation as to who President Barack Obama will nominate to replace him. President Obama has been dragging his feet […]