Mark Sherman

November 01, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Twice in the past six years, the justices have struck down provisions of federal law denying trademarks seen as scandalous or immoral in one case and disparaging in another.

By Mark Sherman

3 minute read

October 31, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The cases are part of a term-long focus on the relationship between government and the private digital platforms.

By Mark Sherman

4 minute read

October 31, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The announcement by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee comes as the court is being pressed to adopt an ethics code, a move that has been publicly endorsed by three of the nine justices.

By Mark Sherman and Mary Clare Jalonick | The Associated Press

3 minute read

October 13, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The incident, which the court still fails to acknowledge publicly, took place in the tense spring of 2022, as the court already was dealing with death threats and other security concerns and the justices were putting the final touches on their stunning decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

By Mark Sherman | The Associated Press

3 minute read

September 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The justices, without any noted dissent, rejected the state's plea to retain Republican-drawn lines that were turned down by a lower court. In refusing to intervene, the high court allowed a court-appointed special master's work to continue.

By Mark Sherman | The Associated Press

4 minute read

September 25, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Federal courts across the country disagree about whether the word, as it is used in a bipartisan 2018 criminal justice overhaul, indeed means "and" or whether it means "or." Even an appellate panel that upheld a longer sentence called the structure of the provision "perplexing."

By Mark Sherman | The Associated Press

5 minute read

April 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The percentages haven't changed much in years, even as women now account for roughly half of all law school graduates and a record four of the nine Supreme Court justices. Men presented 118 arguments and women, just 35.

By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko | The Associated Press

6 minute read

April 07, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Describing Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow and his wife, Kathy, as "among our dearest friends," Thomas said in a statement that he was advised by colleagues on the nation's highest court and others in the federal judiciary that "this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the Court, was not reportable."

By By Mark Sherman / The Associated Press

4 minute read

February 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The Georgia native was in his mid-40s and in his third year on the nation's highest court when he paid off the last of his debt from his time at Yale Law School.

By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko | The Associated Press

6 minute read

November 04, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The current two-week session of arguments features 25 men and just two women, an imbalance so stark that the Biden administration's top Supreme Court lawyer made a point of it in her defense of race-conscious college admissions Monday.

By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko | The Associated Press

5 minute read