Jimmy Hoover covers the Supreme Court for The National Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @JimmyHooverDC.
September 29, 2023 | National Law Journal
Supreme Court's Term Opens Monday With Agency Authority, Social Media, Trademark on DocketAfter wading into explosive social issues in recent years, the Supreme Court's conservative majority will turn its attention to an old familiar foe: the administrative state.
By Jimmy Hoover
9 minute read
September 29, 2023 | National Law Journal
Supreme Court Wades Into Free Speech Battle Over Social Media LawsSocial media platforms are challenging Texas and Florida restrictions on their ability to moderate content.
By Jimmy Hoover
5 minute read
September 28, 2023 | National Law Journal
5th Circuit May Have Sidelined Supreme Court in Social Media CaseThe circuit court has "injected uncertainty into the proceedings during this Court's active consideration of the case," U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote in a filing with the justices.
By Jimmy Hoover
5 minute read
September 25, 2023 | National Law Journal
Justices Greeted Back From Recess With Stacks of CasesThe NLJ highlights the notable petitions set to be considered at the Supreme Court's "long conference" on Tuesday.
By Jimmy Hoover
11 minute read
September 22, 2023 | National Law Journal
Justice Kagan Says Supreme Court Ethics Code Would Be 'Good Thing'"It would help in our own compliance with the rules and ... go far in persuading other people that we were adhering to the highest standards of conduct," Kagan said at a Notre Dame Law School talk.
By Jimmy Hoover
4 minute read
September 21, 2023 | National Law Journal
Justice Barrett on Originalism and Why She Doesn't Write So Many OpinionsJudges should be "very, very careful" about how historical evidence is used in constitutional adjudication, Barrett says in talk at Catholic University's law school.
By Jimmy Hoover
4 minute read
September 19, 2023 | National Law Journal
Justice Antonin Scalia's Son Set to Make Supreme Court Debut in Whistleblower Case"I'm grateful to have been given the privilege of ... appearing before the Court that meant so much to my father," Eugene Scalia said of his coming high court argument.
By Jimmy Hoover
4 minute read
September 18, 2023 | National Law Journal
Overruling 'Chevron' Would Trigger 'Convulsive Shock,' US Tells Supreme CourtThe justices are set to consider whether their nearly four-decades-old doctrine of deferring to federal agencies should continue.
By Jimmy Hoover
5 minute read
September 15, 2023 | National Law Journal
The Supreme Court Term's Biggest Matchup: DOJ vs. Fifth CircuitThe justices have agreed to hear several Biden administration appeals from the Fifth Circuit, a right-leaning tribunal often surprisingly overturned by the conservative high court.
By Jimmy Hoover
7 minute read
September 14, 2023 | National Law Journal
Biden Officials Ask Justices to Block Order Restraining Social Media Interference"[T]he government is entitled to provide the public with information and to 'advocate and defend its own policies,'" U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote.
By Jimmy Hoover
4 minute read
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