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Posted on April 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
Usually, members of Congress do their Supreme Court bashing from the safety of the Senate or House floor. Today, they entered enemy territory by having a press conference out in front of the court itself. The not-so-subtle symbolism marked the unveiling of legislation aimed at curbing the impact of the FEC v. Citizens United campaign […]
Posted on April 22, 2010 Leave a Comment
Washington state Attorney General Robert McKenna will argue in defense of his state’s disclosure law April 28 when oral arguments are heard at the Supreme Court. It’s a high profile case, seen by some as a proxy battle over the gay marriage issue because the case focuses on whether the names of those who supported […]
Posted on April 20, 2010 Leave a Comment
Today’s ruling in U.S. v. Stevens striking down the federal law that bans the depiction of animal cruelty is the second decision this term invalidating a statute on free speech grounds. The other is Citizens United v. FEC. You may have heard of it. But there could be a third. We still await the ruling […]
Posted on April 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
In today’s LA Daily Journal (subscribers only), your blogger looks over Justice John Paul Stevens’ career (with the help of constitutional scholars who know a lot more than he does) and comes to the following conclusion: When Justice John Paul Stevens steps down from the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of the term, the […]
Posted on April 9, 2010 Leave a Comment
The Supreme Court public information office just released the following statements: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.: Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has earned the gratitude and admiration of the American people for his nearly 40 years of distinguished service to the Judiciary, including more than 34 years on the Supreme Court. He has enriched […]
Posted on April 9, 2010 Leave a Comment
Finally, it’s official. Justice John Paul Stevens sent a letter to the White House today announcing his intent to retire after the current term. “Having concluded that it would be in the best interests of the court to have my successor appointed and confirmed well in advance of the commencement of the court’s next term, […]
Posted on April 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
Corresponding from sunny Malta, where he is currently serving as ambassador, prominent constitutional law expert (and conservative supporter of President Obama) Douglas W. Kmiec is sticking with the view he espoused prior to the 2008 election that Carter G. Phillips of Sidley Austin should be considered for a position on the Supreme Court if Justice […]
Posted on March 17, 2010 Leave a Comment
Disgruntled litigants always like to think of judges as distant figures living in a fantasy world. Last night at a mock trial at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Samuel A Alito Jr. lived up to that perception. They were part of a seven-judge panel that looked into whether King Henry […]
Posted on March 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
In your blogger’s view, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.’s comments about the decorum (or lack of) at the State of the Union address are pretty much in keeping with his normal line on the Supreme Court’s role. Far from picking a fight with the White House, he was defending the institution he represents. Roberts […]
Posted on March 3, 2010 Leave a Comment
The Supreme Court hosted the president of the recently-formed U.K. Supreme Court, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Wednesday. It was part of a reciprocal arrangement, as three U.S. justices attended the opening of the U.K. court back in October. Phillips had apparently been told to drop by any time he was in Washington, according to […]
Lawrence Hurley 