SCOTUStoday for Monday, September 22

Welcome to SCOTUStoday, an expanded newsletter from SCOTUSblog that will deliver the most important information on the Supreme Court right to your inbox. In addition to the “Morning Reads” that you’re used to, SCOTUStoday offers “SCOTUS Quick Hits,” detailing the latest happenings on the court; “A Closer Look,” a short feature piece on one particularly […]

The dog sniff at the center of a Supreme Court petition

The traffic stop started with a dirty license plate. Logan Camp, a police officer in Winterset, Iowa, pulled over Ashlee Mumford on March 5, 2022, because he couldn’t make out two of the numbers on her plate. But once he stopped Mumford’s car, Camp investigated more than her license, registration, insurance, and plate. He called […]

Monday morning round-up

The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend No-win, no-fee offers could be banned over hidden legal costs [The Times] (£) Judge admits using AI in court judgment to make sense of complicated tax arguments ‘in UK first’ [The Sun] Victims Commissioner: Government must stop stalkers weaponising courts to harass their […]

Biglaw Partner Makes Judge Big Mad — See Generally

Unchecked Entitlement? From A Lawyer? No!: Judge benchslaps partner over actions that “candidly saddened and shocked the court.” Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Brings On Amateur Hour: Twitter Law School explains why ABC suspending Kimmel is natural extension of letting public health officials talk to Facebook during COVID. The comparison is very dumb. And Kimmel’s Not Alone: […]

Trump administration urges Supreme Court to uphold tariffs

The Trump administration on Friday urged the Supreme Court to uphold President Donald Trump’s power to impose sweeping tariffs on virtually all goods imported into the United States. U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer, the government’s top lawyer before the court, told the justices that “the President and his Cabinet officials have determined that the […]