Jimmy Hoover

March 20, 2024 | Supreme Court Brief

"Justice Alito is inviting, I think, even more chaos among courts," Justice Sotomayor said.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

March 19, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Texas can now immediately enforce its own law imposing criminal liability on thousands of noncitizens and requiring their removal to Mexico," Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a dissent joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

March 19, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Mixed questions of law and fact, even when they are primarily factual, fall within the statutory definition of 'questions of law' ... and are therefore reviewable," Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for the majority.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

March 19, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Put simply, the government's sparse declaration falls short of demonstrating that it cannot reasonably be expected to do again in the future what it is alleged to have done in the past," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for a unanimous court.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

March 19, 2024 | Supreme Court Brief

"Like Justice [Brett] Kavanaugh, I've had some experience encouraging press to suppress their own speech," Justice Elena Kagan said.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

March 18, 2024 | National Law Journal

"My biggest concern is that your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the government in significant ways in the most important time periods," Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said.

By Jimmy Hoover

7 minute read

March 18, 2024 | Supreme Court Brief

David Cole isn't helping Neal Katyal prepare for his latest argument in NRA v. Vullo — he'll be arguing against him.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

March 15, 2024 | National Law Journal

Justice Samuel Alito Jr., who oversees emergency matters from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, referred the application to the full court, which denied the request in a one-sentence order.

By Jimmy Hoover

3 minute read

March 15, 2024 | National Law Journal

The dispute centered on a grammatical debate over the meaning of the word "and" in the safety-valve provision of the federal First Step Act.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

March 15, 2024 | National Law Journal

"A post that expressly invokes state authority to make an announcement not available elsewhere is official, while a post that merely repeats or shares otherwise available information is more likely personal," Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for a unanimous court.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read