By Tony Mauro | August 3, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday that electronic filing of case documents will be required beginning on November 13 and virtually all new filings will be available free of cost to the public. The system will not be part of PACER, the longstanding operation used by lower federal courts, which charges for documents by the page.
By Marcia Coyle | August 1, 2017
A federal agency brief that a Washington judge threw out recently might be memorable for what the court called "excessive" footnotes—48 of them, stretching hundreds of lines. We asked a few veteran U.S. Supreme Court and appellate lawyers to share the footnotes that, for them, have stood the test of time.
By Tony Mauro | July 31, 2017
The Supreme Court's re-launched site is more mobile-friendly but leaves serious court watchers itching for digital updates that are more than cosmetic.
By Tony Mauro | July 28, 2017
In disputes over LGBT rights and arbitration, the Justice Department is dueling against other executive branch agencies. Is that kosher?
By Marcia Coyle | July 26, 2017
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. on Wednesday in New Zealand voiced concerns about the privacy implications of new technology that allows police to "see through walls," echoing the alarm his newest colleague, Justice Neil Gorsuch, first raised nearly three years ago.
By Tony Mauro | July 24, 2017
President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Jay Sekulow said on Sunday that the U.S. Supreme Court may ultimately be called on to decide the scope of presidential pardon power. If that happens, the justices will likely dust off one of the few cases in which the high court has ruled on the pardon power: the 1866 decision in Ex Parte Garland, involving one of the most prolific—and acerbic—advocates before the court: Augustus Garland.
By Marcia Coyle | July 19, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, rejecting a Trump administration challenge, said grandparents, aunts, uncles and other family members with close U.S. relatives can travel here from six predominantly Muslim nations. But the court continued to bar refugees with sponsorship agreements with U.S. resettlement agencies.
By Marcia Coyle | July 18, 2017
In the latest clash in the U.S. Supreme Court over the Trump administration's travel ban, Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal, a former acting U.S. solicitor general, took a dig at Jeffrey Wall, the current holder of that post, over the office's "traditional position" when it comes to taking cases to the justices.
By Tony Mauro | July 18, 2017
Five protesters who disrupted a U.S. Supreme Court session with shouts and songs in 2015 should be sentenced to prison time and barred from the grounds of the court for a year, government lawyers said in court filings Monday.
By Tony Mauro | July 18, 2017
After the term's last day, the justices play—and teach and make public appearances. Here are some highlights of their remarks so far.
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