By Marcia Coyle | May 23, 2018
Noel Francisco, the U.S. solicitor general, told the justices that questions surrounding judges' use of social media “would benefit from further development in the lower courts” before the Supreme Court takes up a case raising these issues.
By Marcia Coyle | May 21, 2018
Neil Gorsuch's 25-page majority opinion and Ruth Bader Ginsburg's 30-page dissent offered conflicting views. Ginsburg's dissent also reflected the growing skepticism of the fairness of arbitration among her liberal colleagues on a court that for many years has been strongly pro-arbitration across the board. The clash marked the second time in months the two justices took aim at each other in writing.
By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro | May 21, 2018
"The policy may be debatable but the law is clear: Congress has instructed that arbitration agreements like those before us must be enforced as written," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority. In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the decision "egregiously wrong."
By Tony Mauro | April 23, 2018
Though Deputy Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall raised the removal issue more than once, some justices seemed uninterested or antagonistic, preferring to sort out the hiring implications of the designation of officers.
By Marcia Coyle | April 23, 2018
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, attired in the government's traditional Supreme Court garb of morning coat and vest—borrowed for the event from the U.S. Solicitor General's Office—made his first high court appearance Monday.
By Marcia Coyle | April 17, 2018
"I'm concerned about the many unanswered questions that overturning precedents will create," Justice Sonia Sotomayor said at one point during the argument Tuesday.
By Tony Mauro | April 17, 2018
“No live dispute remains between the parties over the issue with respect to which certiorari was granted,” the court stated in a three-page order.
By Tony Mauro | April 17, 2018
"Justice Sotomayor plans to continue with her schedule as usual,” a Supreme Court spokesperson said in a statement.
By ALM Staff | April 15, 2018
Marcia Coyle catches up with Joshua Geltzer, founding executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center.
By Tony Mauro | April 10, 2018
"He is not paying attention to the newspapers, he's paying attention to briefs, and cases, and laws. He's not one for the D.C. cocktail circuit, as it were. Just not his scene, never has been," says Jamil Jaffer, a former Gorsuch clerk.
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