Jimmy Hoover

August 14, 2024 | National Law Journal

One way to do that is by what scholars call "narrowing" precedents, such as by limiting them almost exclusively to the factual circumstances in which they arose. Critics have disparaged this practice as a form of "stealth overruling."

By Jimmy Hoover

7 minute read

August 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

After the court's June ruling overturning 40 years of deference to regulatory agencies, the "Humphrey's Executor" precedent has emerged as public enemy No. 1 of the anti-administrativist legal movement.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

August 06, 2024 | National Law Journal

Former President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff and longtime personal attorney bring appeals to the justices.

By Jimmy Hoover

12 minute read

August 05, 2024 | National Law Journal

The high court's order stated that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito Jr. would have allowed Missouri to pursue its lawsuit related to the criminal case against Trump but would otherwise have not disturbed the sentencing or gag order at this time.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

August 02, 2024 | National Law Journal

At a time when the court's approval rating has sagged to near-historic lows, Elena Kagan has appeared sympathetic to progressive and Democratic critics who see the current court as driven by a conservative agenda.

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read

August 01, 2024 | National Law Journal

"The unprecedented decision made by the Supreme Court's misguided majority massively weakened the rule of law as it applies to presidents," said Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

July 31, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Amending the Constitution of the United States is something between logistically extremely difficult and practically impossible, especially about a contested issue," said Fordham University law professor Aaron Saiger.

By Jimmy Hoover

8 minute read

July 30, 2024 | National Law Journal

Led by the coal-mining state of West Virginia, a group of Republican attorneys general say the Environmental Protection Agency is trying to circumvent recent court decisions blocking earlier versions of its anti-coal agenda.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

July 29, 2024 | National Law Journal

The president's proposal calls for term limits for justices, a binding ethics code and a constitutional amendment to overturn the court's recent ruling on presidential immunity.

By Jimmy Hoover

7 minute read

July 26, 2024 | National Law Journal

Since 2012, Gupta Wessler has become a mainstay of the Supreme Court bar, and has continued to rack up victories on behalf of consumers and workers even after the court was transformed with the addition of three conservative Trump appointees.

By Jimmy Hoover

8 minute read