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Marcia Coyle, based in Washington, covers the U.S. Supreme Court. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @MarciaCoyle
November 9, 2017 | National Law Journal
The U.S. Justice Department's request that the Supreme Court consider sanctions against lawyers who advocated for an immigrant teenager at the center of an abortion case has raised questions about the government's motivation and threatened to jeopardize the reputation of the solicitor's office before the justices. Former Justice Department attorneys called the government's action in the Supreme Court “extraordinary” and said they had no memory of a similar Supreme Court petition.
By Marcia Coyle
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October 30, 2017 | National Law Journal
The American Bar Association on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject what it called a "baseless attempt" by the Trump administration to relegate gays and lesbians to second-class status under the nation's anti-discrimination laws. Donald Verrilli Jr., a former Obama-era U.S. solicitor general, filed the brief for the ABA in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. In the case, a baker refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple.
By Marcia Coyle
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September 6, 2017 | National Law Journal
The federal judiciary's fee-based access to its public online database, known as PACER, is not just anachronistic and counter to history but harms the structural integrity of the modern judiciary, a new research article claims.
By Marcia Coyle
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August 3, 2017 | National Law Journal
In a 2015 campaign event, then-candidate Donald Trump declared Clarence Thomas his favorite U.S. Supreme Court justice. Prominent former Thomas clerks and a judge named to a Trump list of potential high court nominees—Judge William Pryor Jr.—undoubtedly share that sentiment. They recently described Thomas' contributions to the law in a Yale Law Journal forum marking the justice's 25th anniversary.
By Marcia Coyle
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August 1, 2017 | National Law Journal
A federal agency brief that a Washington judge threw out recently might be memorable for what the court called "excessive" footnotes—48 of them, stretching hundreds of lines. We asked a few veteran U.S. Supreme Court and appellate lawyers to share the footnotes that, for them, have stood the test of time.
By Marcia Coyle
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June 1, 2017 | National Law Journal
In the next few weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court could issue a decision that puts a crimp in the investigation schedule of special counsel and former FBI director Robert Mueller III.
By Marcia Coyle
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May 1, 2017 | Daily Report Online
In the U.S. Supreme Court term that ended last June, Justice Samuel Alito turned to books most often to bolster his opinions, while Justice Anthony Kennedy—the court's most influential voter—made least use of the wisdom embodied in books.
By Marcia Coyle
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May 1, 2017 | Daily Report Online
In the U.S. Supreme Court term that ended last June, Justice Samuel Alito turned to books most often to bolster his opinions, while Justice Anthony Kennedy—the court's most influential voter—made le
By Marcia Coyle
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April 7, 2017 | National Law Journal
The final round of arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court this month will give soon-to-be Justice Neil Gorsuch opportunities to reveal how he would deal with a range of issues, including government sup
By Marcia Coyle and Tony Mauro
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March 9, 2017 | Daily Report Online
Abby Louise Jensen was living in the Arizona mountains and working at home as a contract attorney for a public defender's office when she made her transition, 10 years ago,
By Marcia Coyle
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