Chief Justice John Roberts

Senator Asks Chief Justice To Give A Damn About Cybersecurity

Good luck with that.

Morning Docket: 07.26.22

* When Pigs Finance: Pork antitrust suit settles for $102m. [Bloomberg Law] * Portland's new class of law breakers? Kids on spicy bikes. [Bike Portland] * What's Eating John Roberts?: An inside look at the politics behind Dobbs. To be fair, I haven't seen the movie, nor do I know what it is about, but the lead in was catchy, right? [CNN] * The petty continues, this time targeting Greg Abbott. Totally here for it. [Newsweek] * Good luck remembering all the laws. Try to avoid turkey sandwiches! [Reddit]

Morning Docket: 07.08.20

* Chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized last month for head injuries he sustained in a fall while walking around his neighborhood. [CNN] * The Trump family is continuing its efforts to prevent the publication of a tell-all book written by President Trump's niece. [Daily Beast] * Disappointingly, there are still some Biglaw firms that have zero black partners. [American Lawyer] * The Supreme Court announced yesterday that the first women appointed to oversee the justices' security and publishing opinions are retiring. Thank you for your service! [AP] * A lawsuit has been filed in an attempt to preserve a mural that shows depictions of slavery at the University of Kentucky. [New York Times] * Milwaukee County's top lawyer has been suspended for failing to satisfy CLE requirements. Just goes to show you that no attorney is above the law... [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

John Roberts Sends The Citizenship Question Back To Commerce For More Whitesplaining

We finally have a Supreme Court decision that recognizes that Donald Trump is the president.

Non-Sequiturs: 07.05.17

* Now that the Supreme Court Term is over, it's time to take stock of SCOTUS. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, law professors Sai Prakash and John Yoo posit that the staunchly originalist Justice Thomas "might have found a fellow traveler in Justice Gorsuch." [How Appealing] * Speaking of the Journal, it's the end of an era: the beloved WSJ Law Blog is no more (but note that the Journal's stellar legal coverage will remain in the newspaper and online). [WSJ Law Blog] * There's an embarrassment of riches hen it comes to SCOTUS Term wrap-ups. The MoloLamken overview is always one of the best -- and one of the most useful, for the many Above the Law readers representing big business as lawyers in Biglaw. [MoloLamken] * And if you like your Supreme Court reviews live, check out this one tomorrow night at the 92nd Street Y here in New York, featuring an all-star cast of commentators: Dan Abrams of ABC News, Joan Biskupic of CNN, Dean Trevor Morrison and Professor Kenji Yoshino of NYU Law, and moderator Thane Rosenbaum, director of NYU's Forum on Law, Culture & Society. [FOLCS] * Will Chief Justice John Roberts's recent speech at his son's graduation go down in history as one of the best commencement addresses ever? [Jane Genova -- Speechwriter-Ghostwriter] * And where is the Chief Justice spending the summer? Like many of his colleagues on the Court, JGR is leaving the country (and given what D.C. is like in the summer, you can't blame him). [The Economist] * A piece by NPR's Nina Totenberg over the long weekend reignited the Justice Kennedy retirement rumors (which I've thrown cold water on last year and again last week -- but even I admit that AMK might retire around this time next year). [Daily Intelligencer / New York Magazine]

Chief Justice Praises ‘Overlooked’ Judges, While Overlooking The Elephant In The Room

I'd say that Roberts failed at his own year-end test.