Jimmy Hoover

April 25, 2024 | Supreme Court Brief

"This has been a gift not only to the lawyers but also the justices and we are grateful," Chief Justice John Roberts said of Georgetown Law's Supreme Court Institute.

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read

April 24, 2024 | National Law Journal

The U.S. government has sued Idaho arguing the state's Defense of Life Act, under which doctors could face prison and lose their licenses for terminating pregnancies, conflicts with the federal 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.

By Jimmy Hoover

7 minute read

April 24, 2024 | Supreme Court Brief

The Freud tattoo was a colorful detail in an otherwise complicated oral argument Tuesday about immigration law and whether U.S. citizens can challenge visa denials for their noncitizen spouses.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

April 23, 2024 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court appeared to lean toward vacating the Sixth Circuit's more relaxed standard for issuing such an injunction while re-affirming what Starbucks says is the traditional four-part test for such relief.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

April 23, 2024 | Supreme Court Brief

The University of Texas School of Law grad brings a swashbuckling, no-holds-barred approach to high court oral advocacy that is unique in the staid world of appellate law.

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read

April 22, 2024 | National Law Journal

The justices' decision to review the case comes as they also weigh the administration's appeals in defense of laws and regulations against "bump stocks" and suspected domestic abusers owning guns.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

April 22, 2024 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a party "must obtain a ruling that conclusively decides the merits in its favor," rather than just a preliminary injunction, to obtain attorney fees in a civil rights suit.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

April 22, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Municipalities have competing priorities," said Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. "Why would you think that these nine people [on the Supreme Court] are the best people to judge and weigh those policy judgments?"

By Jimmy Hoover

8 minute read

April 22, 2024 | Supreme Court Brief

The case is serving as a microcosm of the national debate over how to respond to homelessness.

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read

April 18, 2024 | National Law Journal

"There used to be a time when we had a good chunk of a summer break," Justice Sonia Sotomayor said. "Not anymore. The emergency calendar is busy almost on a weekly basis."

By Jimmy Hoover

7 minute read