Jimmy Hoover

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

July 25, 2024 | National Law Journal

Gender-affirming care for minors. Trans student athletes. School bathroom policies. These are some of the hot-button issues that have landed on the high court's docket in recent weeks.

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read

July 22, 2024 | National Law Journal

The California city, locked in a legal battle with the federal agency over a permit for sewage discharge into the Pacific Ocean, invoked the Chevron deference-ending decision several times in its opening brief to the Supreme Court.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

July 19, 2024 | National Law Journal

"I think she has clearly distinguished herself from the most conservative wing of the court," Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky said of Amy Coney Barrett.

By Jimmy Hoover

9 minute read

July 17, 2024 | National Law Journal

Texas, Alaska and South Carolina seek an emergency order blocking the president's plan to reduce the percentage of discretionary income borrowers must spend on student debt repayment.

By Jimmy Hoover

3 minute read