Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 07.08.18

* After the D.C. Circuit, which circuit has produced the most justices who have joined the Supreme Court after 1900? The answer might surprise you. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Here are thoughts on the SCOTUS shortlisters from my colleague Joe Patrice -- who explains why it's unlikely we'll get another Souter. [The Takeaway / WNYC] * Here are where the leading Court candidates stand on issues of admin law, courtesy of Chris Walker and company. [Notice & Comment / Yale Journal on Regulation] * And here's a response to my argument that liberals shouldn't panic about SCOTUS, from San Francisco litigator Gordon Renneisen. [Law360] * Leah Litman believes that the new justice spells trouble for Roe -- but the specific reasoning for undermining Roe could take different forms. [Take Care] * Josh Blackman explains why court packing would be neither feasible nor wise. [National Review] * Veronica Root uses law clerk hiring as a jumping-off point to explain why diversity and compliance are deeply intertwined. [PrawfsBlawg] * "Mysterious men and women in wizard-like robes make decisions in private that profoundly shape our lives." Are we talking about SCOTUS, or... The Incredibles? [Gizmodo]

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* After the D.C. Circuit, which circuit has produced the most justices who have joined the Supreme Court after 1900? The answer might surprise you. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* Here are thoughts on the SCOTUS shortlisters from my colleague Joe Patrice — who explains why it’s unlikely we’ll get another Souter. [The Takeaway / WNYC]

* Here are where the leading Court candidates stand on issues of admin law, courtesy of Chris Walker and company. [Notice & Comment / Yale Journal on Regulation]

* And here’s a response to my argument that liberals shouldn’t panic about SCOTUS, from San Francisco litigator Gordon Renneisen. [Law360]

* Leah Litman believes that the new justice spells trouble for Roe — but the specific reasoning for undermining Roe could take different forms. [Take Care]

* Josh Blackman explains why court packing would be neither feasible nor wise. [National Review]

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* Veronica Root uses law clerk hiring as a jumping-off point to explain why diversity and compliance are deeply intertwined. [PrawfsBlawg]

* “Mysterious men and women in wizard-like robes make decisions in private that profoundly shape our lives.” Are we talking about SCOTUS, or… The Incredibles? [Gizmodo]

DBL square headshotDavid Lat is editor at large and founding editor of Above the Law, as well as the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at [email protected].

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