May 17, 2016 | Law.com
Sotomayor Urges Mandatory Pro Bono for All LawyersU.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Monday that all lawyers should be required to provide pro bono legal services. "I believe in forced labor" when it comes to improving access to justice for the poor, she said during an appearance at the American Law Institute's annual meeting in Washington. "If I had my way, I would make pro bono service a requirement."
By Tony Mauro
5 minute read
May 16, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief
'Don't Scream,' and Other Advice for Appellate Lawyers and Law StudentsAdvanced Appellate Advocacy, a new book, delves into the craft of framing, researching, writing and arguing cases on appeal at the Supreme Court and lower courts.
By Tony Mauro
6 minute read
May 16, 2016 | National Law Journal
Justices Tell Lower Courts to Craft Compromise for Contraceptive InsuranceThe U.S. Supreme Court, ruling Monday on the contraceptive insurance requirement in the Affordable Care Act, returned the dispute to lower courts without weighing whether the mandate violates First Amendment rights of religious nonprofit employers.
By Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle
4 minute read
May 13, 2016 | Law.com
Future Scalia Clerks Find New Homes With Other JusticesAt least three of the four law clerks hired by the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for the next term will work for other justices. Scalia's four current-term clerks were reassigned to other justices soon after Scalia died on Feb. 13, with two going to work for Justice Clarence Thomas and two for Justice Samuel Alito Jr.
By Tony Mauro
8 minute read
May 12, 2016 | National Law Journal
Kagan: Law Professors Shouldn't All Cater to JudgesFor all the legal academics who want to write about 18th century Bulgaria, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has your back. In remarks in Chicago on May 2, Kagan pushed back at Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.'s infamous putdown of law reviews as filled with useless writings.
By Tony Mauro
7 minute read
May 11, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief
Supreme Court Specialists, Mostly Male, Dominated Arguments This TermWith oral arguments over for this term at the U.S. Supreme Court, Bancroft has topped the list of law firms with the most arguments at eight—a number rarely reached by any outfit other than the U.S. solicitor general's office.
By Tony Mauro
36 minute read
May 10, 2016 | National Law Journal
Garland: White House Posed No Litmus Test Before Supreme Court NominationU.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland told the U.S. Senate in writing Tuesday that neither President Barack Obama nor White House staffers sought assurances from him about how he would rule on specific cases or legal issues.
By Tony Mauro and Zoe Tillman
6 minute read
May 09, 2016 | National Law Journal
Alito Writes Praise for Novel That Promotes Chief Justice to PopeThe new edition of a 37-year-old Supreme Court novel in which the chief justice is promoted to pope features a foreword by a real Supreme Court justice: Samuel Alito Jr. The book's late author, Walter Murphy, a political science professor at Princeton University, was Alito's senior thesis adviser. Alito writes, after re-reading the book: "I was struck by the things, both big and small, that Murphy somehow anticipated." The main character, Alito says, "shares some personal traits with Robert Bork," who was nominated to the high court eight years after the book came out.
By Tony Mauro
4 minute read
May 06, 2016 | National Law Journal
Civil Rights Groups Praise, and Criticize, Garland NominationWhile praising U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland's qualifications as a judge, two major civil rights organizations this week raised concerns about the D.C. Circuit chief judge's record on criminal justice and other issues.
By Tony Mauro
5 minute read
May 05, 2016 | National Law Journal
Former U.S. Solicitors General Unite in Garland EndorsementEight former U.S. solicitors general from Democratic and Republican administrations, most of whom are now prominent private practitioners, are publicly endorsing Judge Merrick Garland's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. The letter skirted the political controversy over whether there should be a hearing on Garland's nomination.
By Tony Mauro
3 minute read
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