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Eggnog, the Way the Supreme Court Made It

By | December 29, 2016
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Historic Mug Shots Line New Supreme Court Brief as Court Weighs Privacy Dispute

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to weigh a dispute over mug shots, a new amicus brief, backing the Detroit Free Press in its suit, presents a collection of historic and contemporary booking photos. The brief, filed by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, included the photos to argue that the images have a historical value, building an understanding of the context behind arrests, and should be widely available to the public. A federal appeals court ruling in July cited the privacy interests of defendants in concluding that the U.S. government does not have an obligation under public-records laws to release mug shots.
21 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

These Are Some of the Best Laugh Lines at the Supreme Court This Year

Laughter in U.S. Supreme Court arguments is usually not of the belly-shaking kind, but more of the quick quip or self-deprecating moment.
22 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Opening a Door to Malpractice Suits Against the Veterans Administration

When veteran Richard Milbauer sued the government for medical negligence, a federal court ruled it did not have jurisdiction to hear the case. That decision could leave all veterans without a way to obtain judicial review of their malpractice claims against Veterans Administration hospitals, a petition for certiorari in Milbauer v. United States warns. Reed Smith filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of two law school clinics: the Antonin Scalia Law School Mason Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic and the Baylor Law School Veterans' Assistance Clinic.
16 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

One of Scalia's Final Law Clerks Looks Back and Ahead

Jonathan Urick vividly remembers the last time he and his fellow law clerks saw their boss, U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia. "We were laughing and joking. He was in very high spirits, making jokes," he recalled. Ten months later, Urick is a new associate at McGuireWoods in Richmond—one of seven former Supreme Court clerks working at the firm. He is the first of Scalia's final four law clerks to publicly speak about his time in Scalia chambers that ended abruptly after the justice's death on Feb. 13.
15 minute read

Daily Business Review

These Are Some of the Best Laugh Lines at the Supreme Court This Year

Laughter in U.S. Supreme Court arguments is usually not of the belly-shaking kind, but more of the quick quip or self-deprecating moment.
23 minute read

National Law Journal

McDonnell Case Casts Long Shadow in Public-Corruption Prosecutions

This year saw significant changes in the way public corruption is prosecuted thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell's bribery conviction.
12 minute read

National Law Journal

Did African-American History Museum Snub Clarence Thomas?

Republican lawmakers are asking why the only reference to the nation's second African-American justice is in a display about Anita Hill.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

These Are Some of the Best Laugh Lines at the Supreme Court This Year

In 2016, the court, as several justices said, was a "grayer place" partly because of the absence of the quickest quipper on the bench, the late Justice Antonin Scalia. But there were some notable moments. Here are some of the highlights.
24 minute read

National Law Journal

An Open Letter: Justice Kennedy, Please Stay on the Supreme Court

OPINION: A law professor and former SCOTUS clerk makes his case to the tie-breaking justice.
9 minute read

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