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National Law Journal

No Blunders for Supreme Court at Trump's Inauguration

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. slowly led the new president in reciting the oath of office, getting all the words exactly right. And Justice Clarence Thomas swore in Vice President Mike Pence without a hitch.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Ethics Guru Richard Painter's Phone Is Ringing Often, Thanks to Trump

If the new Trump White House seeks a chief ethics officer, Richard Painter isn't expecting to get that call. But his phone won't remain silent for long. Painter, a former chief White House ethics lawyer for George W. Bush, is in high demand these days for commentary about President Donald Trump and the manifold conflicts of interest presented by his business entanglements at home and around the globe.
16 minute read

National Law Journal

What SCOTUS Insiders Know to Watch For at Trump's Inauguration

All eight robed justices are scheduled to attend — liberal and conservative — and some will probably wear weird hats.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

Chemerinsky on the 'Astounding Time' in Supreme Court History, its Stance on Technology

Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Law, will be the January 31 keynote speaker at the Legaltech portion of Legalweek the Experience.
9 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Nonlawyer Judges? SCOTUS Doesn't Seem to Mind

A judge who is in a position to throw someone in jail has to be a lawyer, right? Well no, and the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed this anomaly of American justice to persist.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Obama's DOJ Urges Justices to Block Suit Against Top Bush-Era Officials

Sixteen years after the 2001 terror attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, the Obama administration's acting solicitor general on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to block a suit against former George W. Bush officials for their alleged roles in crafting unlawful detention policies.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

The 'Nightmare for Conservatives' Who Will Swear In Trump

"Nightmare." "Absolute disaster." "Looked like a dummy." President-elect Donald Trump has lobbed these insults and more at Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.—personal attacks about him, and positions he took in ruling on signature Obama administration cases. On Friday, Roberts will deliver the oath of office to Trump in front of an expected crowd of hundreds of thousands of spectators on the National Mall. Here's a look back at some of Trump's comments about Roberts.
8 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Controversy Dogs a Late Chief Justice's Monument

More than 150 years after his death, Chief Justice Roger Taney, author of the "Dred Scott" decision that upheld slavery, still stirs controversy for public officials—particularly in his native home of Maryland. What should be done, if anything, about a life-size statue on public grounds of the man who wrote one of the most infamous U.S. Supreme Court opinions?
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Slideshow: Supreme Court Protest Ends in 18 Arrests

Opponents of the death penalty who ascended the court's marble steps Tuesday planned to be arrested as part of a peaceful demonstration that has become something of a ritual.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

The Prolific Nat Hentoff on SCOTUS, Democracy

OPINION: The late journalist wrote a column called "Due Process" for Legal Times from 2000 to 2002.
10 minute read

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