Jimmy Hoover

September 26, 2024 | National Law Journal

The justices typically agree to hear more cases from this conference than any other during the term. Last term, the court granted certiorari, or review, in 12 cases during the week of its long conference.

By Jimmy Hoover

12 minute read

September 24, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Tonight, Missouri will execute an innocent man, Marcellus 'Khaliifah' Williams," said Williams' attorney, Tricia Rojo Bushnell.

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read

September 10, 2024 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit saw things differently and upheld North Carolina's licensing regime as a regulation of conduct, not speech.

By Jimmy Hoover

3 minute read

September 09, 2024 | National Law Journal

"I've realized that it can be hard to predict the out-of-nowhere question a justice might ask," U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said. "But a full 90% or more of the questions you will get at argument will be predictable questions. They will be the central issues in the case."

By Jimmy Hoover

7 minute read

September 06, 2024 | National Law Journal

Friday's 2023 disclosure came after the justice sought and received a three-month filing extension from the judiciary, the only member of the U.S. Supreme Court to need extra time to prepare their form.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

September 04, 2024 | National Law Journal

The dog days may be slow for the justices but not for the clerk's office at the nation's top court.

By Jimmy Hoover

10 minute read

September 03, 2024 | National Law Journal

"[T]he United States cannot impose on Oklahoma an obligation to provide abortion referrals when Title X itself does not address referrals at all," the state wrote in its unsuccessful request.

By Jimmy Hoover

2 minute read

August 30, 2024 | National Law Journal

The case, "San Francisco v. EPA," is the second time in two terms that the famously liberal-leaning West Coast municipal government has found itself at odds with the Biden administration in a legal issue at the Supreme Court.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

August 29, 2024 | National Law Journal

Like many constitutional scholars around the country, Chapman University law professor Lawrence Rosenthal is unhappy with the state of the Supreme…

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read

August 28, 2024 | National Law Journal

In a break from the Supreme Court's standard one-line orders, the court said that it "expects that the Court of Appeals will render its decision with appropriate dispatch."

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read