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National Law Journal

Will Trump's Ethics Plan Satisfy the Constitution?

President-elect Donald Trump's multifaceted plan to deal with potential conflicts of interest while in office, announced Wednesday, will not end the discussion of what he must do under the U.S. Constitution to avoid ethics problems.
18 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Supreme Court Confronts Racial Bias in Jury Deliberations

A brief survey of news and social media confirms a rather obvious proposition: The citizens of our nation harbor deep biases. Some of those are innocuous and help us navigate the world. Others are more pernicious, and our legal system exists in no small part to neutralize the impact of those impermissible biases. In Peña Rodriguez v. Colorado, the U.S. Supreme Court is grappling with the issue of racial bias in the decision-making of a criminal trial jury.
11 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

How a New Supreme Court Justice Could Hit the Ground Running—or Not

By tradition, Donald Trump's nominee wouldn't vote on cases argued before their tenure began—but that's not an ironclad rule, court experts say.
14 minute read

The Recorder

Big Law Associate Takes on Supreme Court Veteran Over NCAA Race-Bias Claims

A Morrison & Foerster associate who recently completed a U.S. Supreme Court clerkship will argue Wednesday against former solicitor general Seth Waxman in a major race discrimination case that involves the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
18 minute read

Daily Business Review

Supreme Court Nomination Coming Soon, Trump Says

President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday he plans to announce a Supreme Court nomination within two weeks of his inauguration January 20.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Nomination Coming Soon, Trump Says

During his contentious press conference Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump said he plans to announce a Supreme Court nomination within two weeks of his inauguration January 20.
3 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Leaving Big Law, a Holland & Knight Appellate Lawyer Flies Solo

After spending the last nearly 30 years in Big Law and six years before that in the U.S. solicitor general's office, appellate lawyer Jerrold Ganzfried is going solo with little concern about the weather ahead.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York 'Swipe Fee' Law May Survive First Amendment Scrutiny

A U.S. Supreme Court case that was touted as a significant retail business dispute with First Amendment ramifications seemed to fizzle fast Tuesday as justices questioned whether freedom of speech was involved at all.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Girl's Supreme Court Justice Costume Gets Ginsburg Shoutout

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a superhero to Michele Threefoot, an 8-year-old girl in Columbia, MD, who dressed as the Supreme Court justice for her school's “Superhero Day.”
3 minute read

National Law Journal

54,231 Comments Later, a Contraceptive Coverage Dispute Is Still Unresolved

After receiving more than 54,000 comments on whether and how to accommodate objections from religious nonprofit groups to the health care law's contraceptive insurance requirement, the Obama administration said it will not make any changes to the practices that were challenged—and left unresolved—in the U.S. Supreme Court.
8 minute read

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