Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Trump privately complains about Amy Coney Barrett and other Supreme Court justices he nominated (Kristen Holmes and John Fritze, CNN) Trump overshadows Supreme Court as ruling season begins (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News) How […]
For decades, the gravitational center of the U.S. Supreme Court could be pinpointed to a single seat. Justice Anthony Kennedy famously occupied that role—casting pivotal votes on same-sex marriage, affirmative action, campaign finance, and capital punishment. His jurisprudence wasn’t always consistent, but it was often decisive. With his retirement, and the appointments of Justices Gorsuch, […]
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Harvard — the school that just spent six long years in court fighting to prevent photos of slaves from falling into the hands of their descendants — is facing allegations that its law school — which only recently decided honoring a slave-owning family on its crest was a bit passe— is facing legal trouble stemming […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Trivia Question of the Day! Which top-ranked Am Law firm has introduced an innovative professional development program that allows first-year associates to make connections through the use of practice group “pods”? Hint: The firm first launched this program in 2020, and today, about 800 attorneys in the firm’s […]
Crowell & Moring Are On The Yahd: Congrats to Crowell & Moring and Faber Daeufer & Itrato on teaming together. The DOJ Is Harassing Harvard For Alleged Discrimination Against White People: FASORP called, they want their shtick back. Newark Mayor Sues Alina Habba Over His PR Arrest: Let’s hope she represents herself! H. Lee Godfrey […]
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: President Trump expects to end birthright citizenship with support from Supreme Court (Bart Jansen, USA Today) Clarence Thomas Wants Supreme Court to Decide Issue It’s Avoided for Decade (Jenna Sundel, Newsweek) Justice Jackson […]
Kit Beyer is a researcher and writer at Fix the Court, a nonprofit that advocates for greater transparency and accountability in the federal judiciary. Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. On the morning of May 15, national attention converged […]
‘Misleading timesheets’ A solicitor who took multi-tasking to the next level by working for three law firms at the same time has been struck off the roll. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) heard that Belinda Owusuah Sarkodie had submitted timesheets claiming payment for the same hours on the same dates from two law firms where […]
Dressing down A judge has reportedly given a barrister a dressing down after he appeared in court via video link without any trousers. The barrister — who, fortunately for his sake, has not been named — left court users at Shrewsbury Crown Court averting their gaze when he appeared on screen wearing what seemed to […]
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