August 19, 2020 | Supreme Court Brief
Shuffle at SG's Office | Ex-Alito Clerk Gets Amicus Nod | Section 230 in Focus | Biden and the Supreme CourtWelcome to Supreme Court Brief. We're reporting on some new faces at the SG's office, and scroll down for a big new petition and an amicus appointment in a new constitutional law dispute. Thanks for reading!
By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro
9 minute read
July 31, 2020 | National Law Journal
Like Ginsburg, Justices Have Confronted Health Concerns Throughout HistoryJustices such as Hugo Black and John Marshall Harlan II "fully participated in the past via telephone from distant lands and from their nearby hospital beds," one scholar said.
By Tony Mauro
4 minute read
July 15, 2020 | Supreme Court Brief
Ginsburg Hospitalized | Revisions in Decisions | Obamacare Argument | Roberts HeadlinesWelcome to Supreme Court Brief. Ginsburg was hospitalized yesterday, but the court says she is "resting comfortably." Plus: check out the few recent revisions in decisions, and we've got a report on an argument quarrel in the Obamacare case for next term. Thanks for reading!
By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro
11 minute read
July 13, 2020 | National Law Journal
When Supreme Court Clerkships Become a Family TraditionMore than 2,000 men and women have served as U.S. Supreme Court law clerks since Justice Horace Gray hired the first one in 1882. Within that group, there's "an ever more exclusive club," as one scholar put it: the handful of former law clerks whose children have gone on to clerk at the court.
By Tony Mauro
9 minute read
July 01, 2020 | Supreme Court Brief
For Some Clerks, It's All in the Family | What Lures in Financial Disclosures | Roberts, and the Defiance of ExpectationsWelcome to Supreme Court Brief. As the court draws to a close—soon?—we're looking at some of the clerk-hiring for the new term. Plus, new and notable in the latest catch of financial disclosures. Thanks for reading!
By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle
9 minute read
June 24, 2020 | National Law Journal
'Appellate Project' Aims to Boost Diversity in Specialized BarThe Appellate Project is developing ways to interest minority law students in appellate work at an early stage. The group is working through educational outreach and an "incubator" summer fellowship program.
By Tony Mauro
5 minute read
June 24, 2020 | Supreme Court Brief
A July Ending (In a Bang)? | 'The Appellate Project': Diversity in Focus | SCOTUS Headlines: Obamacare, Francisco's Departure & MoreWelcome to Supreme Court Brief -- the term is drawing to a close. But will it go into July? There's precedent. Plus: We catch up with the Appellate Project's work on diversity, and scroll down for all the big SCOTUS headlines. Thanks for reading!
By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro
9 minute read
June 17, 2020 | Supreme Court Brief
Alito's Barbs | About Those Qualified Immunity Denials | Financial Disclosures: Summer Teaching Gigs | Headlines: William Consovoy, Landmark LGBT Ruling & MoreWelcome to Supreme Court Brief. We've got a snapshot from the latest financial disclosures, and we reach out to McDermott Will's Paul Hughes and Orrick's Kelsi Corkran for their thoughts on the court's denial of a raft of qualified immunity petitions. Plus: Justice Alito had sharp words in a pair of dissents this week. Thanks for reading!
By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro
9 minute read
June 09, 2020 | National Law Journal
Nationwide Protests May Resound in Supreme Court First Amendment CaseThe petition from a Black Lives Matter leader, DeRay Mckesson, takes on new importance amid the national protests that followed the death of George Floyd in the custody of police in Minneapolis.
By Tony Mauro
7 minute read
May 23, 2020 | National Law Journal
Chief Justice Roberts Laments Hiatus of Handshake That Unites Justices"You will need courage," Chief Justice Roberts said in remarks delivered to Connecticut-based Westminster School, where his son was a member of the graduating class. "Not the boundless courage of the heroic health care workers, but enough courage to live free in an uncertain world, recognizing that pandemic or no, this is your moment."
By Tony Mauro
7 minute read
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