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Connecticut Law Tribune

Reflections on Muhammad Ali's Conscientious Objector Status

Perhaps in the end, the matter of Clay v. United States serves as merely one example of the need for a degree of intellectual honesty and integrity among all of the members of our highest court sufficient to probe beyond temporal, superficial political expediency to arrive at decisions consistent with established law and precedent.
8 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Election Reform Groups Urge Justices to Tackle Partisan Gerrymanders

Over next 12 months or so, the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to get several opportunities to revisit a thorny issue that has resisted resolution for decades: challenges to partisan gerrymanders. Retired Justice John Paul Stevens in May blamed gerrymandering of congressional and legislative districts as the single biggest reason for the political gridlock paralyzing Congress. Three cases are in the pipeline.
15 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Possibly Heeding Calls for Reform, Supreme Court Justices Shed Stock Holdings

The U.S. Supreme Court seems as intractable as ever on the perennial issue of allowing broadcast coverage of its proceedings. But there are glimmers of glasnost at the court—most notably the recent sale of nearly $1.5 million in stocks by justices apparently seeking to avoid investment-related recusals.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Both Sides Urge US Supreme Court to Resolve Credit-Card Law

A group of Florida businesses agrees the U.S. Supreme Court should resolve questions about the constitutionality of a state law that has barred merchants from imposing surcharges on customers who pay with credit cards, but the answer might ultimately come in a case from New York.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Online Retailers Ask Justices to Strike State-Tax Reporting Law

A national data and marketing association is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a Colorado law that imposes notice-and-reporting requirements on out-of-state retailers that do not collect sales taxes from customers in the taxing state.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

SCOTUS Ruling on DUI Blood Tests Causing Confusion in Pa.

A two-month-old U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing criminal penalties for DUI suspects who refuse to submit to a blood test applies retroactively in Pennsylvania, at least three trial judges in separate counties have ruled—but the issue is far from settled.
15 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Michael Kimberly of Mayer Brown

For most litigators, a win at the U.S. Supreme Court is a career highlight. And so it was for Mayer Brown partner Michael Kimberly, who in December won a unanimous ruling that revived a lawsuit accusing Maryland officials of partisan gerrymandering. But Kimberly said that his latest win in the lower court after the justices sent the case back was actually more exciting.
13 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Justices Pick Former Thomas Clerk for Supreme Court Debut

The U.S. Supreme Court recently appointed Chicago lawyer Adam Mortara to argue in an upcoming case brought by Travis Beckles, a Miami man challenging the federal sentencing guidelines for career offenders. In may seem like an odd fit for Mortara, a trial lawyer at Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott who specializes in intellectual property cases and has never argued before the high court.
11 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Too Many Supreme Court Clinics?

Recently the University of Chicago Law School, where I teach, established a Supreme Court and appellate clinic, in partnership with the law firm of Jenner & Block. In the Supreme Court Brief, Tony Mauro asked, quite reasonably: why? There are already Supreme Court clinics at other law schools. There are Supreme Court specialists at great law firms. And the court hears only about 80 cases a year. I am the faculty director of the new University of Chicago clinic, so let me try to explain.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Lawyer in Same-Sex Marriage Case Launches Solo Practice

John Bursch, who defended state bans on same-sex marriage, says his new boutique makes Caledonia, Michigan "the smallest town in America with a Supreme Court practice."
4 minute read

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