Jimmy Hoover covers the Supreme Court for The National Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @JimmyHooverDC.
April 27, 2023 | National Law Journal
Senate Democrats Want More Info on Justices' New Ethics StatementJudiciary Committee Democrats say high court's ethical stand "raises more questions than it resolves."
By Jimmy Hoover
4 minute read
April 27, 2023 | Supreme Court Brief
Jefferson's Money Problems And That Funny Magna CartaThe justices ended the October 2022 Term's oral arguments with a history lesson.
By Jimmy Hoover
6 minute read
April 26, 2023 | Law.com
Supreme Court Grills Minn. County That Kept Profits From Forfeiture SaleSeveral justices express constitutional concerns with potential governmental "taking."
By Jimmy Hoover
5 minute read
April 26, 2023 | National Law Journal
Roberts Fumbles a Handoff; Alito Scores With DobbsThe chief justice has a miscue during oral arguments, while Alito enjoys praise in a Harvard journal.
By Jimmy Hoover
4 minute read
April 25, 2023 | National Law Journal
Roberts Declines Durbin's 'Invitation' to Testify on EthicsRoberts cited "separation of powers concerns and the importance of preserving judicial independence" in declining an invitation to testify before senators about Supreme Court ethics reform.
By Jimmy Hoover
2 minute read
April 25, 2023 | National Law Journal
Justices Flummoxed By 'Fundamentally Foreign' Russian Business SpatRussian businessman seeks to use RICO statute to collect arbitration award issued in London but with a U.S. connection.
By Jimmy Hoover
3 minute read
August 22, 2014 | National Law Journal
Court: No Speech Protection for Officer Who Spoke with PressA former Mississippi corrections officer finds no First Amendment speech protection after he was fired for talking with reporters about the arrest of a college football player.
By Jimmy Hoover
2 minute read
August 20, 2014 | National Law Journal
WMATA Settles Whistleblower's Fraud Claims for $4.2MThe Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has agreed to pay $4.2 million to the feds for allegedly giving out uncompetitive software contracts that used federal funding, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
By Jimmy Hoover
2 minute read
August 15, 2014 | National Law Journal
Sixth Circuit Revives Michigan Lifer's Hope for ParoleA Michigan man serving a life sentence for a 1987 drug offense will get a chance at parole after an appeals court revived his claim that the state parole board violated the Eighth Amendment in choosing not to review his case.
By Jimmy Hoover
2 minute read
August 12, 2014 | National Law Journal
Man Found Guilty of Violating Iran EmbargoA Maryland man faces up to 140 years in prison after a federal jury found him guilty on Monday of seven counts of exporting industrial goods and services to the embargoed country of Iran.
By Jimmy Hoover
2 minute read