By Ryan Lovelace | July 2, 2018
A swath of Washington's legal establishment is ready to jump into action if Brett Kavanaugh gets the nod this month.
By Mike Scarcella | Ryan Lovelace | July 2, 2018
Warren Postman, a former Jones Day associate and Justice David Souter law clerk, had held litigation roles at the U.S. Chamber since 2014. His partnership at Keller Lenkner puts him on the plaintiffs side advocating for class actions, not fighting them.
By Tony Mauro | July 2, 2018
“I feel some obligation to be something of an honest broker among my colleagues and won't necessarily go out of my way to pick fights,” Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. said at the biennial conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He also said that at times, “You would sort of sublimate your views.”
By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro | June 29, 2018
Five confirmation and career moments that could reappear at any Supreme Court confirmation hearing if President Trump nominates Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Barrett to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 28, 2018
“It's not a right versus left, conservative versus liberal issue,” Seyfarth Shaw's Sam Schwartz-Fenwick said. “It will be about the specific question that is presented.”
By Tony Mauro | June 28, 2018
Depending on when Kennedy's successor joins the bench, an orphaned clerk could possibly work for the new justice. Retired justices are entitled to have one law clerk, so one of the four could take that position for Kennedy.
By Marcia Coyle | June 26, 2018
“These injunctions did not emerge until a century and a half after the founding," Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a concurring opinion in the travel ban case Trump v. Hawaii. "And they appear to be inconsistent with longstanding limits on equitable relief and the power of Article III courts. If their popularity continues, this court must address their legality.”
By Tony Mauro | June 26, 2018
"It's sort of a pyrrhic victory," said Supreme Court historian Peter Irons, who organized an effort to persuade the court to overrule Korematsu in 2013. "We really do appreciate the court's action, but wish it was part of a majority opinion that overturned the travel ban."
By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro | June 26, 2018
"We express no view on the soundness of the policy. We simply hold today that plaintiffs have not demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits of their constitutional claim," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority.
By Tony Mauro | June 26, 2018
“It's going to be a busy summer,” says Williams & Connolly partner Kannon Shanmugam.
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