Justice Ginsburg Shouldn’t Retire, Says Too-Clever-By-Half Article
It's not that Justice Ginsburg is wrong. Well, no, actually she's just wrong.
After Perry & Windsor: A Conversation About The Supreme Court’s Rulings
Three distinguished commentators -- Bill Eskridge, Linda Greenhouse, and Evan Wolfson -- discuss the Supreme Court's recent rulings on marriage equality.
Opus 2 Steps Up Its AI Game With Acquisition Of A Legal Tech Startup
With the addition of Uncover’s technology, the litigation software is delivering rapid innovation.
Non-Sequiturs: 07.15.11
* Is the D.C. Circuit is okay with TSA screeners touching your junk? Professor Orin Kerr discusses an opinion handed down today. [Volokh Conspiracy] * According to his mother, Mercer Law grad Stephen McDaniel — a “person of interest” in the investigation of the death of Lauren Giddings — would like to serve on the […]
Morning Docket: 03.11.11
* Johnson & Johnson will have to fix several factories after an agreement with the FDA prompted by massive product recalls. This still doesn’t explain why my bottle of Tylenol may contain tree nuts. [Bloomberg] * Charlie Sheen hammered out a custody agreement With Brooke Mueller. That’s nice. [People Magazine] * Texas may consider a […]
Quote of the Day: Yes, Even in the Legal Profession
[A] résumé need not be destiny. — Linda Greenhouse, former Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times, discussing the Roberts Court.
Should Supreme Court Opinions Be Anonymous?
That’s the question posed by Linda Greenhouse, former Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times, in an extremely interesting post on the Opinionator blog. In attempting to address “why other countries [don’t] suffer from the same toxic confirmation battles that we do,” she first notes that other nations don’t give their judges life tenure: […]
Labor and Employment Federal Litigation Trends 2026
Drawing on more than a decade of data, the report equips law firms and corporate legal teams with actionable insights to better assess risk, refine strategy, and anticipate outcomes in today’s evolving workplace disputes.
Quote of the Day: One First (Time?) Street
The Roberts court has lost its virginity. — Linda Greenhouse
Covering The Court: Thoughts From Dahlia Lithwick
We spent a fair amount of time last week in lovely Charlottesville, Virginia, where we spoke at the University of Virginia Law School (coverage of our talk appears here and here). We spent lots of quality time with UVA Law students — at dinner, at a karaoke bar, and walking around the beautiful grounds. One […]
At the ACS National Convention: Covering the Court
Welcome to the latest post in our recent series on the 2008 National Convention of the American Constitution Society. We attended lots of excellent events as part of the conference. Prior posts appear here and here. One of our favorite events was the Saturday lunch panel, “Covering the Court.” It was moderated by Thomas Goldstein, […]
Musical Chairs: Linda Greenhouse in Da House at Yale Law
We have a strange obsession with Linda Greenhouse, the Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times. When we spotted her recently at Jennifer 8. Lee’s D.C. book talk for The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, we practically leapt out of our seats in excitement. [FN1] If you’re a fellow LG groupie, and if you’re at Yale […]
Context Windows In Legal AI And Why Content Still Determines Quality
Legal teams ask a practical question. If large language models are so capable, why does legal AI still depend on curated content, and why does surfacing that content matter so much?
Non-Sequiturs: 02.28.08
* Linda Greenhouse to $300K! [New York Observer via ABA Journal] * Duties of a law school dean: attend parties, appear at conferences, talk to alums. And don’t forget the herding of cats — aka law professors. [TJ’s Double Play] * Even law review editors screw up sometimes. “Constructive acceptance”? [Concurring Opinions] * Who’d have […]
Linda Greenhouse’s Departure, Confirmed
We already discussed this news yesterday. But in our earlier post, we promised to let you know if and when Linda Greenhouse got back to us — and she kindly did, sending the following message to ATL about her rumored departure as the New York Times’s Supreme Court correspondent: As you may know – the […]
Is the Margo Channing of One First Street Taking Her Final Bow?
(Or: Is Linda Greenhouse leaving the New York Times?)
We have previously compared Linda Greenhouse, the veteran Supreme Court correspondent of the New York Times, to Margo Channing, the great but aging diva of All About Eve. The comparison continues to hold. Just as Margo Channing eventually leaves the thea-tuh, so too does Linda Greenhouse leave the SCOTUS. Ed Whelan, the former Scalia clerk […]
‘Takeover’ by Charlie Savage: A Fabulous Book Party
“Dear Jim: Thanks for the great job you do pushing the mail cart around the office. You truly are a special person!” [Charlie Savage signs a copy of his book for Aaron Zitner, politics editor for the Los Angeles Times.] Earlier this week, we attended a delightful book party for Takeover: The Return of the […]
Non-Sequiturs: 08.23.07
* The best argument for immigration reform: qualified (i.e., hot) fashion models are being kept off American runways. [Fashionista] * What rating does ATL get — e.g., G, PG, R, etc. — using this tool? To give you context, NBS is a PG-13. [Nasty, Brutish & Short] * What blogs does Linda Greenhouse read? [My […]