Marcia Coyle

June 23, 2022 | National Law Journal

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the Second Amendment was violated by a New York law requiring people to show a special need to defend themselves before they can get a concealed carry license.

By Marcia Coyle

4 minute read

June 21, 2022 | Supreme Court Brief

Missing from the term, especially this close to the end, have been opinion announcements from the bench. We look at what they contribute to our knowledge of the court.

By Marcia Coyle

7 minute read

June 21, 2022 | National Law Journal

A 1982 Maine law excluding religious schools from a rural-area, public school tuition payment program is unconstitutional, a divided U.S. Supreme Court…

By Marcia Coyle

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June 17, 2022 | National Law Journal

"This clearly damages the court," one ethics expert said of the latest news involving the 2020 election and Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas.

By Marcia Coyle

6 minute read

June 15, 2022 | National Law Journal

Some justices have hinted they are interested in overturning Chevron deference, but the word was not mentioned in Wednesday's opinion.

By Marcia Coyle

4 minute read

June 15, 2022 | National Law Journal

The 8-1 majority ruling was led by Justice Samuel Alito Jr.

By Marcia Coyle

6 minute read

June 14, 2022 | Supreme Court Brief

There is another climate change legal battle being waged in the lower courts, and an important piece of it reached the justices last week.

By Marcia Coyle

7 minute read

June 13, 2022 | National Law Journal

Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett are self-described originalists and textualists, but their reading of texts in three recent decisions drove…

By Marcia Coyle

6 minute read

June 13, 2022 | National Law Journal

The petition was filed by the conservative litigator who also authored Texas' law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.

By Marcia Coyle

2 minute read

June 09, 2022 | National Law Journal

Gabe Roth, executive director of Fix the Court, said he was unsettled that "all three Trump-appointed justices are teaching at their teams' law schools, namely hard-right George Mason and Notre Dame, which is not a great look from a supposedly apolitical institution."

By Marcia Coyle

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