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National Law Journal

Supreme Court Abruptly Pulls Plug on Visa and MasterCard in Antitrust Appeal

Two antitrust cases were yanked from the court's docket for next month because lawyers led by Hogan Lovells' Neal Katyal strayed from their initial argument.
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit's Pryor Mum on Election and SCOTUS Speculation

Speaking Thursday at the Federalist Society's annual convention, Judge William Pryor Jr. reflected on the late Justice Antonin Scalia, the man he might replace if he is President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the high court.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Uncertainty About Trump Doesn't Dampen Optimism at Federalist Society Convention

Optimism, both cautious and unreserved following the election of Donald Trump, flowed through crowded halls of Washington's Mayflower Hotel on Thursday as the conservative Federalist Society opened its annual national convention.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

US Justice Department Has a Duty to Defend—Only When It Doesn't

As startling as the U.S. Justice Department's abandonment of the Defense of Marriage Act might have appeared in 2011, presidential administrations of both political parties have exercised discretion to decline to defend certain laws. Donald Trump's Justice Department is next up to balk at the duty to defend.
12 minute read

National Law Journal

FAA Tells Justices to Pass on Flight-Sharing Startup's Case

The U.S. Supreme Court should decline to take up a pioneering flight-sharing startup's battle with federal regulators, the Obama administration told the justices on Monday.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Pryor, Kethledge Lead 'Fantasy' Poll to Predict Trump's SCOTUS Pick

The crowdsourcing survey, launched Tuesday by Supreme Court blogger Josh Blackman, will continue through Inauguration Day.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Nine of Trump's Potential High Court Picks to Appear at Federalist Society Convention

Nine of President-elect Donald Trump's 21 potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees will find themselves in a sea of enthusiastic faces later this week during the Federalist Society's annual national convention in Washington.
13 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Five Questions Justice Thomas Actually Asked at Oral Argument

Despite 25 years of writing opinions, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is probably known best by the public for his silence during oral argument. Thomas made headlines in February when he ended a 10-year silent streak by asking a question, though he has not asked another one since. A new study could alter the "Silent Thomas" narrative.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Obama's Hundreds of Executive Orders, Under Trump Microscope

Eight years ago, a newly elected President Barack Obama and his team sifted through the 291 executive orders that were issued during President George W. Bush's two terms. President-elect Donald Trump now faces a similar task—with a nearly equal number of executive orders.
13 minute read

National Law Journal

Taking a New Look at How We Handle Judicial Misconduct Allegations

OPINION: The Judicial Conduct and Disability Act leaves out U.S. Supreme Court justices.
9 minute read

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