Supreme Court

The Birthplace Of The Supreme Court

Or at least the birthplace of a bunch of justices.

Conservatives Arguing For Supreme Court Term Limits — Watch Democrats Somehow Screw This Up

The only way to fix the judiciary is to break the packing cycle.

Morning Docket: 12.10.19

* A GOP lawyer brought files to an impeachment hearing yesterday in grocery bags. Pretty sure the bags weren't from Whole Foods... [New York Post] * A lawyer is saying that booze led him to swindle elderly clients out of millions. Sounds like this attorney is taking his defense from Jamie Foxx. [Albany Times Union] * The Supreme Court has declined to review a Kentucky law that requires doctors to play the sound of a fetal heartbeat to individuals seeking abortions. [Slate] * Attorney General Barr has rescheduled a Justice Department holiday party that was to occur at the Trump International Hotel. I guess my invitation got lost in the mail... [Washington Post] * An appellate court seemed skeptical Monday about an Emoluments Clause lawsuit filed against President Trump. [NPR] * A mistrial has been declared in a murder case after the defense lawyer was struck by a car. Hopefully, this does not give criminal defendants any ideas. [Boston Globe]

Hundreds Of Women Lawyers Who Have Had Abortions Come Forward To Ask Supreme Court To Protect Abortion Rights

They say they 'would not have been able to realize their personal and/or professional goals were it not for their ability to control their reproductive lives.'

All Quiet On The SCOTUS Front: Supreme Court Unlikely To Upend Gun Laws Today

Oral arguments proceed without a bang [pun!].

The Roberts Court Is Here

With Kavanaugh's arrival, the last Term provided a glimpse of the fully armed and operational Roberts Court.

Everyone Needs To Chill Out About RBG’s Hospital Trips

Justice Ginsburg is recovering at home after a fever took her to the hospital.

Kids (Of Supreme Court Justices) Say The Darnedest Things

Eugene Scalia has a curious theory about who's to blame for the dearth of Biglaw conservatives.

It Takes The Supreme Court A While To Really Get Moving

Just because you have a Supreme Court, doesn't mean you immediately start using the Supreme Court.

Morning Docket 11.12.19

* A University of North Texas lawyer has resigned after using the N-word during a free speech panel at the school. This attorney just learned a valuable lesson in free speech. [New York Post] * A lawyer set to argue an important case about DACA in front of the Supreme Court is a Dreamer himself. [CNN} * Hundreds have signed a petition in opposition to Scott Brown's appointment as president of New England Law. [Boston Globe] * An attorney from Roswell, New Mexico, is running against President Donald Trump in the New Hampshire primary. His chances of winning are out of this world... [KOAT Action News] * Lawyers for Representative Tulsi Gabbard are demanding that Hillary Clinton retract allegedly defamatory comments about Gabbard's relationship with Russia. [Hill]

Dot Com Dilemma? gTLD Extensions And Testing The Boundaries Of Genericness

Can generic terms can shed their 'genericness' by the addition of a top-level domain and acquire secondary meaning over time? SCOTUS will decide.

That Is A Long Time To Have One Job

About that lifetime tenure thing...

The Supreme Court’s Big TV Moment

Smile for your close up!

Conservative Supreme Court Justices Are Showing Their Biases On Twitter Now

If only the Supreme Court had ANY ETHICS RULES AT ALL.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Didn’t Always Earn High Grades At The Supreme Court

One justice in particular didn't find her to be very notorious.