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10 years later, a mass appeal
Tony Mauro
Appellate practitioner Howard Bashman was largely unknown outside Philadelphia when he decided to take the plunge into law blogging in May 2002. Twenty million page views and 10 years later, his blog How Appealing has made Bashman something of a nationwide rock star in the usually staid field of appellate law.
Hot bench over Arizona law
Tony Mauro
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready on April 25 to support at least part of Arizona's controversial immigration law, in spite of pleas by the Obama administration to keep the federal government as the predominant force in setting immigration policy.
Marcia Coyle at the Supreme Court: The last day of ACA arguments
Marcia Coyle, chief Washington correspondent for The National Law Journal, discusses developments on the last day of oral arguments before the Supreme Court involving the Affordable Care Act.
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Torture victims cannot sue foreign organizations under federal statute
Marcia Coyle
Foreign organizations, such as the Palestinian Authority, cannot be sued in federal court for the alleged torture or murder of U.S. citizens, ruled a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Relief for private lawyers working for government agencies
Tony Mauro
Private-practice lawyers and others engaged temporarily by government agencies are entitled to qualified immunity from being sued, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Tuesday.
At high court, big pharma finds overtime case a tough pill to swallow
Marcia Coyle
In arguments Monday in the U.S. Supreme Court, the pharmaceutical industry warned of "massive retroactive liability" if their sales representatives are not exempt from federal overtime pay requirements.
New book scrutinizes justices and law clerks
Tony Mauro
Todd Peppers and Artemus Ward became the leading scholars on Supreme Court clerks within weeks of each other in 2006. That was when their books on the subject – Courtiers of the Marble Palace by Peppers, and Sorcerers' Apprentices, by Ward – were published after years of research unbeknownst to each other.
Paul Clement's second-chair
Tony Mauro
Whether he wins or loses, Bancroft partner Paul Clement's three oral arguments in the landmark health care cases have bolstered his reputation as a master of Supreme Court advocacy. But Viet Dinh, founder of the Bancroft firm, wants you to know that Clement did not do it all alone.
The Court and the Fourth Amendment
Erwin Chemerinsky
The Justices tend to find a violation if they can imagine the search applying to them personally.
Judge Jerry Smith's order to DOJ
Gregory P. Magarian
The Fifth Circuit order undermined the judicial authority it purported to defend.
Commentary: The Roberts-Kagan compromise on Obamacare?
Einer Elhauge
Even though the government needlessly gave itself an uphill burden by accepting the opponents' erroneous framing, the comments of Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Justice Elena Kagan suggested a compromise that might still save the health insurance mandate.
Who owns lands under rivers?
James L. Huffman
In 'PPL Montana,' high court correctly ruled that whether a river is navigable, and thus state-owned, depends on its status at the time of statehood.
ACA at the Supreme Court: Instant commentaries
Snap reactions from those with a front seat at today's arguments.
From two of the most influential journalists covering SCOTUS: Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle, The Supreme Court Insider will provide exclusive daily coverage while the Court is in session on all issues that will or may be coming to Supreme Court, interviews and video with the nation's leading appellate litigators, win-loss records for practitioners and more. Sign up today!
Brief of the Week: Taser case evokes a personal response
Hall v. United States
U.S. Sup. Ct.
May 14, 2012
Federal income tax liability resulting from debtors' post-petition farm sale was not "incurred by the estate" under Bankruptcy Code §503(b) and thus was neither collectible nor dischargeable in Chapter 12 plan (Sotomayor, J.)
United States v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC
U.S. Sup. Ct.
April 25, 2012
Taxpayers' overstatement of basis of property sold did not trigger extended limitations period for government's assessment of deficiency (Breyer, J.)
Wood v. Milyard
U.S. Sup. Ct.
April 24, 2012
Courts of appeals, like district courts, have authority - though not obligation - to raise forfeited timeliness defense on their own initiative in exceptional cases (Ginsburg, J.)
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