Jimmy Hoover covers the Supreme Court for The National Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @JimmyHooverDC.
September 06, 2024 | National Law Journal
Alito Reports Concert Tickets From German Socialite in New Disclosure FormFriday'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
IVF, Gun, Terrorism Litigation Lead Notable Supreme Court Appeals Filed in AugustThe 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
Supreme Court Denies Oklahoma's Emergency Bid for Withdrawn Family Planning Funds"[T]he United States cannot impose on Oklahoma an obligation to provide abortion referrals when Title X itself does not address referrals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
At Supreme Court, EPA Defends Allegedly 'Vague' Sewage Permit for San FranciscoThe 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
Scholar Takes Issue With Lawyering in Supreme Court's 2nd Amendment CasesLike 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
Supreme Court Leaves Order Blocking Biden's Latest Debt PlanIn 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
August 28, 2024 | National Law Journal
Biden Administration Tells Justices That Bans on Gender Care Are Sex DiscriminationThe nine justices are set to consider the legality of a Tennessee law preventing doctors from prescribing puberty blockers and hormone therapy to treat gender dysphoria in trans youth.
By Jimmy Hoover
5 minute read
August 27, 2024 | National Law Journal
With Amicus Appointments, Ex-Clerks Get Coveted Chance to Argue at SCOTUSThey won't get paid. It's going to be extremely time-consuming. There is no prior counsel to review their work. And they'll spend months drafting briefs and preparing for an argument where the best case scenario is achieving a victory on behalf of a client that does not exist.
By Jimmy Hoover
9 minute read
August 22, 2024 | National Law Journal
Constitutional Right to AR-15s? Gun Group Asks High Court to Review, Strike Down MD's 'Assault Weapons' BanA lower court upheld the law, saying the "weapons at issue fall outside the ambit of protection offered by the Second Amendment because, in essence, they are military-style weapons designed for sustained combat operations that are ill-suited and disproportionate to the need for self-defense."
By Jimmy Hoover
4 minute read
August 21, 2024 | National Law Journal
Facebook, Nvidia Make High Court Case Against Investor SuitsThe tech giants have filed briefs urging the justices to close the "floodgates" of securities lawsuits the companies claim have been opened by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
By Jimmy Hoover
6 minute read
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