By Bennett L. Gershman | September 23, 2024
In a recent editorial by the Wall Street Journal, a Big Law partner decries the toxic rhetoric aimed at the court as damaging public respect for the rule of law. But he ignores the much more toxic rhetoric against the justice system in general, Law Journal columnist Bennett L. Gershman writes.
By Avalon Zoppo | September 23, 2024
"I'm puzzled, because it seems to me that your whole argument is premised on some idea that Rahimi changed the landscape quite a bit… and, I think the whole court, actually on this point, said that Bruen is still the test," said Judge Jennifer Elrod.
By Avalon Zoppo | September 13, 2024
The rule, established in the Supreme Court's 1994 decision 'Heck v. Humphrey,' bars people from bringing civil rights suits without first showing their conviction has been reversed, set aside or expunged. Circuits are divided over whether that rule applies to plaintiffs no longer in prison.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By David H. Moskowitz | September 13, 2024
Several Trump and GOP attorneys have either pleaded guilty, been indicted or faced bar association discipline for their 2020 actions. The latest is Detroit-based Stefanie Lambert, a small-time, small-case, beer and peanuts lawyer, who was disqualified by U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya on Aug. 13, 2024, from having any role as a lawyer in a Dominion voting machine case.
By Mason Lawlor | September 12, 2024
"Race-exclusive programs like the one the Fearless Fund promoted are divisive and illegal," the American Alliance for Equal Rights stated. "Opening grant programs to all applicants, regardless of their race, is enshrined in our nation's civil rights laws and supported by significant majorities of all Americans."
By Jimmy Hoover | September 10, 2024
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit saw things differently and upheld North Carolina's licensing regime as a regulation of conduct, not speech.
By Jimmy Hoover | September 9, 2024
"I've realized that it can be hard to predict the out-of-nowhere question a justice might ask," U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said. "But a full 90% or more of the questions you will get at argument will be predictable questions. They will be the central issues in the case."
By Avalon Zoppo | September 9, 2024
"You want to follow what the Supreme Court is saying, because that's your role," said Diane Wood, who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. "But what exactly they're telling you to do, what inferences you're supposed to draw, can be very difficult to see."
By Avalon Zoppo | September 6, 2024
"The dearth of historical examples supporting the [Federal Election Commission's] position calls for the Supreme Court to reexamine its First Amendment jurisprudence that applies here," Judge John Bush wrote in a concurrence.
By Jimmy Hoover | September 6, 2024
Friday's 2023 disclosure came after the justice sought and received a three-month filing extension from the judiciary, the only member of the U.S. Supreme Court to need extra time to prepare their form.
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