Jimmy Hoover

January 17, 2025 | National Law Journal

The justices have agreed to consider whether parents have a constitutional right to prevent their children from being assigned LGBTQ-themed books in public school.

By Jimmy Hoover

3 minute read

January 17, 2025 | National Law Journal

The justices rejected TikTok’s challenge to a law requiring that the app be sold or shut down by Sunday, holding that it does "not violate petitioners’ First Amendment rights."

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

January 16, 2025 | National Law Journal

The Williams & Connolly partner will temporarily steer the U.S. Solicitor General's Office until the expected Senate confirmation of Trump's pick, John Sauer.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

January 16, 2025 | Supreme Court Brief

The justices wrestled with the First Amendment in a case involving a Texas law requiring sexually explicit websites to verify the ages of their users, leading to some colorful questions from the bench.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

January 15, 2025 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court unanimously held that employers need only show by a "preponderance of the evidence" that a worker is exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act.

By Jimmy Hoover

2 minute read

January 15, 2025 | National Law Journal

The justices cited the "explosion" of online porn addiction and the difficulties of content filtering during a Wednesday challenge to a Texas age verification law for sexually explicit websites.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

January 15, 2025 | Supreme Court Brief

Chicago trial lawyer Chris Gair delivered the "humblest answer I've ever heard from the Supreme Court podium," said Justice Elena Kagan.

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read

January 14, 2025 | National Law Journal

The justices seem inclined to exclude "misleading" but true statements from a federal law prohibiting "false" statements to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read

January 13, 2025 | National Law Journal

The justices considered whether retirees can sue their former employers for disability discrimination in benefits plans.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

January 13, 2025 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court turned away a pair of appeals from the oil and gas industry seeking to defeat a lawsuit from Hawaiian municipal authorities over the companies' alleged cover-up of their products' environmental effects.

By Jimmy Hoover

2 minute read