Meet The 5 Finalists For President Trump’s Next Supreme Court Nomination
And check out the odds on each of them getting the nod.
3 Ways To Fix The Supreme Court Confirmation Process
It's time to change the rules. Everything that has happened since Antonin Scalia died has been awful.
8 Tips For Creating A Comprehensive ‘AI In The Workplace’ Policy
Corporate investment and usage in generative AI technologies continues to accelerate. This article offers eight specific tips to consider when creating an AI usage policy.
On The Longevity Of Supreme Court Justices
Should we have 18-year term limits for the members of SCOTUS?
Senate Judiciary Democrats Will Delay The Gorsuch Vote One Week
The Gorsuch confirmation process has problems not of the judge's own making.
Republicans Can Bust The Gorsuch Filibuster, But Can They Take What Happens Next?
The Democrats had to filibuster. The Republicans left them with literally no other choice.
The Gorsuch Hearings: If This Is All The Dems Got, They Best Go Home
This is about Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump, or it's about nothing at all.
How You Can Take Control Of Your Firm’s Financial Future
Roadblocks to data-driven business management are falling, and a better bottom line awaits.
The ‘Frozen Truck Driver’ Case Democratic Senators Are Hanging On Neil Gorsuch
Hanging the "bad outcome" on a judicial nominee is never the right way to go.
Does Judge Gorsuch Have Backwards Thoughts On Working Women And Pregnancy?
Will this come up in the confirmation hearings?
The Upside To The Gorsuch Nomination
On criminal justice issues, Neil Gorsuch is a better draw for defense lawyers than Merrick Garland.
The Only Gorsuch Surprise Is That Anyone Still Expects A Surprise
The media may try and gin up controversy, but there's nothing to see here.
4 Ways That Lexis® Create+ Delivers Personalized Legal Drafting
Lexis Create+ merges legacy drafting tools with AI-powered assistance from Protégé and secure DMS integration enabled by the Henchman acquisition.
Morning Docket: 11.25.16
Ed. note: As mentioned on Wednesday, we will be publishing today, but at a reduced level. We'll be back in full force on Monday. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving! * President-elect Donald Trump will likely pick a lawyer as his nominee for Secretary of State: Rudy Giuliani (NYU Law '68) or Mitt Romney (Harvard Law '75). [New York Times] * Where do broken hearts go? Some precedents for Chief Judge Merrick Garland to follow from unsuccessful Supreme Court nominees. [Associated Press via How Appealing] * A pre-Thanksgiving ruling from the Florida Supreme Court that gave one prisoner something to be grateful for could signal more upheaval to come in the nation’s second largest death row. [BuzzFeed] * Three more judges participated in Pennsylvania's "Porngate" email exchanges -- but it seems that Bruce Beemer, the state's new attorney general, won't be naming names. [ABA Journal] * What does the future hold for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and its chief, Chicago Law grad and former SCOTUS clerk Richard Cordray? [New York Times] * It's not just a plot line from Suits: Reginald Taylor, accused of posing as a lawyer by stealing an attorney's bar number, apparently delivered decent results for his clients. [The Daily Beast] * Don't mess with (federal judges from) Texas, Mr. President; Judge Amos Mazzant, who blocked President Obama's proposed extension of overtime pay, isn't the first Lone Star jurist to cause problems for the Obama Administration. [New York Times via How Appealing] * Thinking of hitting the movies over the long weekend? Tony Mauro shares our own Harry Graff's enthusiasm for Loving. [National Law Journal]
Standard Of Review: Merrick Garland, Movie Star
Film critic Harry Graff speculates on how future films will depict the Merrick Garland saga.
Merrick Garland And The Bernie Sanders Litmus Test… Is This Defensible?
Poor Judge Garland: Hillary and Bernie both suggest they'll toss him under a bus.
Non-Sequiturs: 04.12.16
* Gauging the importance of Supreme Court decisions this Term based on media coverage. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Georgia is changing state law because UGA's football coach thinks it might help the team cover up a scandal and somehow the legislature thinks this makes sense. [SB Nation] * Did President Obama outthink himself on the Merrick Garland pick? [Guile Is Good] * Using expert witnesses to defeat class certification... an emerging tradition. [The Expert Institute] * Some graphics cross-referencing the laws around "burners" and global terrorism. [imgur] * Restraining order be damned! Montgomery Blair Sibley is releasing D.C. Madam contacts for our viewing pleasure. [WTOP] * What lawyer Scott Limmer learned from a yoga retreat. [Law Reboot]
Non-Sequiturs: 03.21.16
* Just because you showed up drunk for jury duty, it doesn’t mean you should have to go to jail for it -- at least according to the Florida Supreme Court. [Daily Business Review] * George Will on why Republicans may wind up wishing they’d confirmed Chief Judge Merrick Garland when they had the chance. [Washington Post] * Amal Clooney, speaking at a government communications summit in the United Arab Emirates, urges governments to be vocal, consistent, principled, expedient, and transparent when dealing with human rights issues. [Yahoo News] * High academic achievement now linked to... failure in the workplace? Well, that's simultaneously depressing and comforting. [Law and More] * A former U.S. State Department employee faces up to 8 years in jail for a massive phishing scheme aimed at getting young women to share nude photos. [CS Monitor] * Check out The Merrick Garland Project by NYU Law Review. It’s a curation of select opinions written by Chief Judge Garland, organized by topic. [The Merrick Garland Project] * The obstructed Supreme Court nomination process gets a children’s book treatment. [Slate]