Neil Gorsuch

What’s Up With Neil Gorsuch’s Hatred Of An Enforceable Ethics Code For The Supreme Court?

No mere ethics code can bind Neil!

Neil Gorsuch Says Supreme Court Colleagues Are A ‘Blessing’ To The American People

He's full on delusional about the current Court.

Neil Gorsuch Confidently Declares That He Did The Research (He Did Not Do The Research)

How hard is it to run a research query?

The Ancestors Of Two Supreme Court Justices Owned Slaves. Will That Change How We Look At Their Decisions?

I wonder how many circuit judges had slave-owning ancestors.

Clarence Thomas Just Wrote The Dumbest Paragraph In The History Of Indian Law

Neil Gorsuch is getting sick and tired of the Supreme Court screwing over Indians, but at least the majority ignored Clarence Thomas.

It Looks Like 2 Of The 9 Supreme Court Justices Are Willing To Let 3rd Graders Be Sent To The Coal Mines

Can't be more dangerous than the schools SCOTUS is willing to send them to.

For An Originalist, Gorsuch Is Clearly Slacking On His Definitions And Their Historical Meanings

Is what he said stupid? Yes. But let's be technical here.

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]

Roberts Says Separation Of Powers Means He Can’t Testify, Senate Should Remind Him It Also Means ‘Good Luck, Paying Your Bills, A**hole!’

To borrow from Supreme Court history, 'John Roberts has made his decision; now let him figure out how to pay for it!'

Biglaw Head Bought Neil Gorsuch’s Property In 2017. Yes, We Are Just Learning About It Now.

This is not how judicial ethics is supposed to work.

Morning Docket: 04.25.23

* Which Supreme Court justice sold a nearly $2 million property to the head of Greenberg Traurig and then left the identity of the purchaser blank on the disclosure form? [Politico] * Donald Trump's rape trial begins today. Here's a short primer. [Reuters] * But if criminal law is more your fancy, Fulton County DA Fani Willis provided a July 11 timeline for criminal charges in Georgia election interference suit. [Law360] * The legal industry is in desperate need of more financial regulation lawyers. After a couple bank failures, we should probably be more concerned about having more financial regulations first, but I digress. [The Recorder] * Financial regulation lawyers who can help the heads of failed banks avoid turning over their multimillion dollar compensation packages. [Bloomberg Law News] * University of Arizona College of Law moves back to online learning in response to investigation of "possible threat." [KGUN]

Gorsuch And Kavanaugh Are Absolutely Right For All The Wrong Reasons

The most disturbing part is when you wonder about WHY they didn't get any liberal backup.

Supreme Court Shadow Docket Is Showing — Once Again — Its Contempt For Consistency When It Stands In The Way Of Their Political Goals

What does the Supreme Court need with legitimacy anyway?

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Asks Simplest, Most Damning Question As Supreme Court Entertains Canceling Democratic Elections

This should be game over for this legally bankrupt theory.

Justice Gorsuch’s Novel And Mendacious Turn Of Phrase

Just making stuff up right and right.