Jimmy Hoover

November 20, 2024 | National Law Journal

While Big Law shunned Trump, a cadre of elite conservative lawyers threw their lots in with the Republican candidate and are being rewarded with prestigious jobs in his incoming administration.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

November 15, 2024 | National Law Journal

As he fights disbarment and criminal charges, John Eastman has continued to apply his legal efforts in a forum where he remains technically a member in good standing: the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Jimmy Hoover and Cheryl Miller

8 minute read

November 14, 2024 | National Law Journal

President-elect Donald Trump has said he will name D. John Sauer, who argued his immunity appeal to the Supreme Court, to be U.S. solicitor general. Todd Blanche, Trump's defense lawyer in the New York hush money case, will be named deputy attorney general.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

November 14, 2024 | Supreme Court Brief

Ted Olson, who argued Bush v. Gore, Citizens United and other landmark Supreme Court cases, is remembered as a legal giant after his death Wednesday.

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read

November 13, 2024 | National Law Journal

“This is pure error correction that you’re asking us to do,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor told NVIDIA’s lawyer, Neal Katyal.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

November 13, 2024 | International Edition

Despite being known as a conservative lawyer, Olson notably teamed up with his opposing counsel in the Bush case, David Boies, to challenge a California amendment against same-sex marriage.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

November 13, 2024 | National Law Journal

Despite being known as a conservative lawyer, Olson notably teamed up with his opposing counsel in the Bush case, David Boies, to challenge a California amendment against same-sex marriage.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

November 13, 2024 | Supreme Court Brief

"I don't think you should trivialize this case, Mr. Yang," admonished Justice Elena Kagan.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

November 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

From poisoning to hiding life-saving medicine, the Supreme Court considered a series of dastardly hypotheticals about what constitutes a "crime of violence."

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read

November 12, 2024 | Supreme Court Brief

What happens when a filing deadling falls on a Saturday? Did a Genovese mafia family associate commit a "crime of violence"?

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read