Antonin Scalia

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.19.23

* Neil Gorsuch brands COVID-19 health edicts possibly "the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country." While some might remind him about slavery and segregation, I'm not sure we should be giving him any ideas. [USA Today] * Mike McKool leaves McKool Smith. Remember Garfield Minus Garfield? It's like that. [Reuters] * Judge rejects candy company's motion to dismiss in case of man trapped inside hardened chocolate for hours. Willy Wonka declined comment. [Legal Intelligencer] * Nancy Abudu confirmed to the Eleventh Circuit and all it took was a staggering 495 days or so. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * Justice Stevens working papers released. One gem involves Scalia chiding dissenters for worrying about damaging the Court's legitimacy. That tracks. [ABA Journal] * As part of broader efforts to diversify the ranks of special masters, some argue for rethinking the language of "master" itself. [Law.com] * Kari Lake's election challenge going about as well as her election did. [Courthouse News Service]

By Above the Law
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.14.22

>* The DOJ helping to keep lower-wage conspiracies at bay? Yeah, that sounds good. [NYT] * Kentucky just attacked Roe in a big way. [Reuters] * Colorado makes cycling a little safer by allowing bikers to make rolling stops. They were probably doing that before the law but progress is progress. [9 News] * Remember the suit about Elon not announcing his acquisition of Twitter shares earlier? Well, he wants it all now. [BBC] * Looks like not everyone is the biggest fan of Scalia’s writing style. [Reddit]

By Chris Williams
Courts

On Earth 2

On Earth 2, President Reagan just announced the nomination of Antonin Scalia for SCOTUS. Will conservatives think it is 'identity politics'?

By LawProfBlawg