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A new era of SCOTUSblog
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (287+ words) On Wednesday, the dispute over congressional redistricting in Missouri returned to the Supreme Court’s interim docket, when opponents of the state’s new map, which favors Republicans, once more asked the justices to prevent it from being used in November’s elections....
Insular Cases | Interview: Chief Judge Jeff Sutton and Neil Weare
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (133+ words) Sarah Isgur and David French discuss Supreme Court updates on two cases: preferred advertising rates for political committees and Missouri’s congressional districts. Then, Judge Jeff Sutton, chief judge of the 6th Circuit and No. 1 AO judicial crush, and Neil Weare, co-director…...
Court grants request from Republican groups to pause ruling, for now, on political broadcasting rates
1+ week, 2+ day ago (223+ words) The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for political parties and joint fundraising committees, at least for now, to receive favorable advertising rates in the upcoming midterm elections. In a four-page, unsigned opinion, the justices temporarily paused a ruling…...
How William Howard Taft transformed from a portly president to a svelte chief justice
1+ week, 5+ day ago (182+ words) As one writer observed, But enough about bathtubs. After Taft lost the presidential election of 1912 and accepted an offer to teach at Yale Law School, he began focusing once again on losing weight, returning to his proto-keto diet. Importantly, he…...
Advocate John Roberts v. Chief Justice John Roberts
1+ week, 5+ day ago (16+ words) How do you know what a lawyer really believes when he is always representing a client?...
The Biggest Revelation In Recent NYT Expose Is Justice Scalia Wasn't Planning on Dying
1+ week, 6+ day ago (7+ words) Scalia made no plans for his papers....
Strictly Ballroom: Justice Kavanaugh Defeats Chief Justice Roberts
1+ week, 6+ day ago (41+ words) The Court rejects the D.C. Circuit's erroneous "aesthetic injury" standing precedents and the Chief can only wax about Churchill....
Privacy on the Map (Part 2): Progress, Pitfalls, and the Fight for Enforceable Location Data Protections
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (346+ words) Yet, even as these states move the ball forward to restrict location tracking, most of their laws leave significant gaps that still must be filled. Other states – and Congress – need to get into the game, too, and ensure protection of…...
An Actual SCOTUS Nightmare
2+ week, 21+ hour ago (19+ words) Recently, Justice Jackson warned about a "Kafkaesque nightmare" at the Supreme Court. Well, I had my own....
Clarence Thomas Played the Long Game. He Won.
2+ week, 3+ day ago (542+ words) An important new book by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), "Going Further," calls attention anew to the life and career of the single greatest living American, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. For many years after Thomas arrived on the court in…...