Judge Neil Gorsuch
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Clerkships, Old People, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
The 40-Year-Old SCOTUS Clerk
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Clerkships, Neil Gorsuch, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
A Closer Look At Justice Neil Gorsuch's Current Clerks
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Clerkships, Feeder Judges, Neil Gorsuch, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Meet Justice Neil Gorsuch's Clerks
These clerks are like their boss: brilliant, well-credentialed, and (seemingly) conservative.
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Justice, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
3 Ways To Fix The Supreme Court Confirmation Process
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.30.17
* Thanks to Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination now enjoys bipartisan support in the Senate. [The Hill]
* But the “nuclear option” isn’t off the table — and here’s how to explain it to your non-lawyer friends and relatives. [GQ]
* Speaking of SCOTUS, how often do you see a separate opinion written by Justice Sotomayor and joined by… Justice Alito? [How Appealing]
* And don’t look for either justice in Adam Feldman’s discussion of the most powerful Supreme Court justices of all time. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Thinking of (debt financing) a law degree? Use this handy student loan calculator to crunch the numbers first. [AccessLex]
* A big issue in international and maritime law: control over the South China Sea. [Instapundit]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.24.17
* For those of you too busy this week to follow Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearing, here’s a nice collection of the highlights by Benjamin Wallace-Wells. [New Yorker via How Appealing]
* SCOTUS confirmation hearings are often compared to kabuki theater; law professor cum novelist Jay Wexler reimagines the Gorsuch hearing as, well, actual kabuki theater. [McSweeney’s]
* Insider trading: it’s not entirely about the benjamins, as therapist and executive coach Andrew Snyder explains. [LinkedIn]
* Is the Second Circuit sitting on juicy information about President Trump’s ties to Russia? [WiseLawNY]
* Law school applicants with high LSAT scores: which schools do they favor? [SSRN]
* Speaking of legal education, what are the secrets to law school success? Vanderbilt 3L Niya McCray shares her thoughts. [Amazon (affiliate link)]
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SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Judge Gorsuch: Helping You Fill Out Your SCOTUS Bingo Card
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Labor / Employment, On The Job, Women's Issues
On The Subject Of Women: Why Neil Gorsuch's Off-Handed Comments Are A Problem
Casual comments reinforcing negative gender stereotypes don’t help anyone. - Sponsored
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Justice, Law School Deans, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Women's Issues
Colorado Law School Says It Didn't Inform Neil Gorsuch Of A Complaint From A Women Student
These complaints are a problem for Colorado, much more so than Gorsuch. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.20.17
* “How to Con Black Law Students: A Case Study,” by our very own Elie Mystal. [New York Times]
* Professor Rick Hasen responds to Judge Alex Kozinski’s colorful dissental in the travel-ban litigation. [Slate]
* Speaking of the Ninth Circuit, should it be broken up? Prominent appellate lawyer Ben Feuer makes the case against. [Los Angeles Times]
* Professor Ilya Somin hopes senators ask Judge Gorsuch these questions at tomorrow’s hearing. [Volokh Conspiracy]
* But his co-blogger, Professor Orin Kerr, isn’t holding his breath for revealing answers. [Volokh Conspiracy]
* Walt Pavlo wonders: are former prosecutors from the S.D.N.Y. padding their résumés? [Forbes]
* Almost three years have passed since the death of Eric Garner — and we still have many more questions than answers. [CityLand / New York Law School]
* Jane Genova: What can legal media and marketers learn from Jimmy Breslin? [Law And More]
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Crime, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, White-Collar Crime
The Upside To The Gorsuch Nomination
On criminal justice issues, Neil Gorsuch is a better draw for defense lawyers than Merrick Garland. -
SCOTUS, Supreme Court
The Only Gorsuch Surprise Is That Anyone Still Expects A Surprise
The media may try and gin up controversy, but there's nothing to see here. -
Federal Judges, Money, Neil Gorsuch, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Judge Neil Gorsuch: What's His Net Worth?
It's pretty, pretty sizable -- although it falls far short of Judge Merrick Garland's.
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Clerkships, Federal Judges, Neil Gorsuch, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Liberals And Gays For Gorsuch? (Or, The Virtues Of Non-Ideological Clerk Hiring)
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Marijuana, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Pot's Judicial Wild Card? Trump's Supreme Court Nominee And State-Legal Marijuana
What can we expect from a Justice Neil Gorsuch when it comes to state-legal marijuana? -
Neil Gorsuch, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Scalia's Legacy Lives On In Trump's SCOTUS Nominee
Judge Gorsuch maintains a deeply held conservative worldview that goes all the way back to his college days. -
Justice, SCOTUS
Elie v. FIU Law Professor: Listen For The Fight, Stay For The Caller Who Thinks Scalia Was Murdered
Here's me fighting with conservatives on Brian Lehrer. -
Justice, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Gorsuch Should Get A Hearing -- We Can Always Shamelessly Obstruct Him Later
Even Stalin could be a friend when your fight is with Hitler. -
Neil Gorsuch, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Donald Trump's Supreme Court Robe Ceremony: Liveblog
ATL editors David Lat and Elie Mystal break down Donald Trump's Supreme Court event in real time. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.31.17
* Adam Feldman makes the case for Justice Neil Gorsuch. (Visit Above the Law at 8 p.m. for our live coverage of the Supreme Court announcement.) [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Speaking of SCOTUS, a former shortlister and current feeder judge, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, has a new book out: All Falling Faiths: Reflections on the Promise and Failure of the 1960s. [Amazon (affiliate link)]
* Is the “chaos” of the Trump Administration’s early days really just the startup-like disruption of the established order? [Althouse]
* Professor Ilya Somin analyzes — and endorses — San Francisco’s lawsuit against President Trump’s “sanctuary cities” order. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* Professor Eric Chiappinelli offers two recommendations for law schools to survive — and even thrive — in today’s challenging environment. [PrawfsBlawg]
* Is the hiring of lawyer turned journalist Megyn Kelly the first step in NBC’s transformation into the next Fox News? [Instapundit]