By Marcia Coyle | November 27, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday had no appetite for disputes firearms and Confederate symbols. The justices left intact lower court decisions upholding Maryland's ban on so-called assault weapons and Florida's prohibition on open carry of weapons and firearms. The court also declined to wade into a dispute over the appearance of a Confederate emblem on the Mississippi state flag.
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By Tony Mauro | November 15, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court's consideration of cases challenging the constitutional status of SEC administrative law judges has brought recusal issues front and center.
By Tony Mauro | November 8, 2017
The libertarian Cato Institute, known for its irreverent U.S. Supreme Court briefs, has just aimed its provocative writing at prairie dogs. “The protection of cuteness is not a congressional power enumerated in Article I, Section 8,” the group argues in its brief asking the justices to review federal regulations protecting the Utah prairie dog.
By Marcia Coyle | November 7, 2017
As evident in many of his opinions, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. cares a lot about the Constitution's structure and the division of power among the three federal branches. So perhaps to no surprise, Roberts during an argument Tuesday turned to what some consider to be one of the most influential casebooks ever written.
By Celia Ampel | November 7, 2017
Attorney Asher Perlin is trying to collect ancient Persian artifacts loaned to the University of Chicago to satisfy a judgment against Iran.
By Cheryl Miller | November 7, 2017
"The IRS claims it is necessary and within its power to make administrative determinations that a person is criminally culpable under federal drug laws. Such a claim of power by the IRS is unprecedented," Green Solution's lawyers wrote in the U.S. Supreme Court petition.
By Tony Mauro | November 6, 2017
Elaine Goldenberg, who joins former SG Donald Verrilli Jr. at Munger, is the fifth female assistant to leave the office for private practice this year. That sends a fresh infusion of women advocates into law firms but diminishes gender parity in the SG's office.
By Marcia Coyle | November 6, 2017
One item on an otherwise routine U.S. Supreme Court orders list on Monday caught the eye of high court devotees and triggered questions across the Twitter-verse: “The motion of the solicitor general to argue pro hac vice is granted.” A pro hac vice request from the Office of Solicitor General? How could it be that a member of the government's top appellate team was not a member of the Supreme Court bar? Meet Christopher Michel, who recently joined the SG's Office.
By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro | November 1, 2017
The number of amicus briefs filed in the case of a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple will not break the record set in the U.S. Supreme Court's 2015 marriage equality cases, but it clearly signals the high stakes involved for civil rights, business and religious communities. More than 80 briefs in total have been lodged with the justices in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission—short of the record 148 in the same-sex marriage challenges. Not surprisingly, the Masterpiece briefs reflect a familiar divide.
By Tony Mauro | November 1, 2017
Nicole Saharsky, who has argued 29 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court as an assistant to the U.S. solicitor general, is joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner and co-chair of the firm's appellate and constitutional law practice group.
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