Jimmy Hoover

May 23, 2024 | National Law Journal

In the majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito Jr. credited assertions from the state's GOP legislators that mapmakers used election and not racial data to achieve a partisan advantage for Republicans.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

May 21, 2024 | National Law Journal

Lawyers hoping to win must appeal to the judicial methodologies in vogue at the high court. These days, that means homing in on statutory text and diving into constitutional history.

By Jimmy Hoover

7 minute read

May 17, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Now, they don't have to worry about catching a (constitutional) challenge every time they put a rule out there," attorney Dennis Merkley said of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read

May 16, 2024 | National Law Journal

"The procedural requirements that Congress enacts to govern the litigation process are only occasionally as strict as they seem," Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the court.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

May 16, 2024 | National Law Journal

"When a federal court finds that a dispute is subject to arbitration, and a party has requested a stay of the court proceeding pending arbitration, the court does not have discretion to dismiss the suit on the basis that all the claims are subject to arbitration," Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

May 16, 2024 | National Law Journal

In a 7-2 ruling, the court held that the Dodd-Frank Act did not violate the Constitution by funding the consumer finance watchdog through the Federal Reserve rather than through the annual congressional appropriations process.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

May 15, 2024 | National Law Journal

"There is little risk of voter confusion from a new map being imposed this far out from the November election," Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in dissent. "In fact, we have often denied stays of redistricting orders issued as close or closer to an election."

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read

May 14, 2024 | National Law Journal

The long saga over Louisiana's congressional map goes back to the 2020 census, which revealed an increase in the population of Black voters in the state.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

May 13, 2024 | National Law Journal

The convicted killer's appeal asked whether a defendant has a right to be present at a prescreening of prospective jurors.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

May 10, 2024 | National Law Journal

"I think (local governments) should feel like the system of funding your police department by forfeiting people's cars and using those funds to provide services, that system is kind of in the crosshairs," said attorney Cody Gray.

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read