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August 30, 2018 | National Law Journal

What would you ask Kavanaugh? Supreme Court practitioners, advocates and academics tell us one question they'd ask the nominee.

By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro

6 minute read

July 26, 2018 | National Law Journal

The National Law Journal collected available data on Brett Kavanaugh's 48 clerks. Here are some of the findings on diversity, law schools and Supreme Court clerkships.

By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro

9 minute read

July 05, 2018 | National Law Journal

Raymond Kethledge is an outdoorsman, a hunter and fisherman—and he writes his own opinions. Five things to know about the Sixth Circuit judge who's reportedly a leading contender to succeed Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro

2 minute read

June 29, 2018 | National Law Journal

Five confirmation and career moments that could reappear at any Supreme Court confirmation hearing if President Trump nominates Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Barrett to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy.

By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro

3 minute read

June 27, 2018 | National Law Journal

"Please permit me by this letter to express my profound gratitude for having had the privilege to seek in each case how best to know, interpret, and defend the Constitution and the laws that must always conform to its mandates and promises," Kennedy said in a letter to President Trump.

By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro

1 minute read

June 26, 2018 | National Law Journal

"We express no view on the soundness of the policy. We simply hold today that plaintiffs have not demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits of their constitutional claim," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority.

By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro

2 minute read

June 11, 2018 | National Law Journal

"The dissents have a policy disagreement, not just with Ohio, but with Congress. But this case presents a question of statutory interpretation, not a question of policy," Justice Samuel Alito Jr. wrote for the 5-4 majority. In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote: "Communities that are disproportionately affected by unnecessarily harsh registration laws should not tolerate efforts to marginalize their influence in the political process."

By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro

2 minute read

June 04, 2018 | National Law Journal

"Whatever the confluence of speech and free exercise principles might be in some cases, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission's consideration of this case was inconsistent with the state's obligation of religious neutrality," Kennedy wrote for the 7-2 court.

By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro

6 minute read

May 21, 2018 | National Law Journal

"The policy may be debatable but the law is clear: Congress has instructed that arbitration agreements like those before us must be enforced as written," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority. In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the decision "egregiously wrong."

By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro

5 minute read

September 01, 2017 | National Law Journal

Eight U.S. Supreme Court cases to watch this term.

By Marcia Coyle, Tony Mauro and Scott Graham

12 minute read