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Marcia Coyle, based in Washington, covers the U.S. Supreme Court. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @MarciaCoyle
May 25, 2021 | National Law Journal
While not mentioning any political power standoff within Congress or the violent invasion of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, Roberts reminded graduates of Justice Robert Jackson's opening statement at the Nuremberg trials that "It is through the law that power pays tribute to reason."
By Marcia Coyle
3 minute read
May 14, 2021 | National Law Journal
Over the years, scholars have looked closely at the justices' questioning habits, trying to decipher what it might mean for one side or the other to get more, or fewer, questions.
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
May 11, 2021 | National Law Journal
Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, have said the court should reexamine the 1990 precedent Keller v. State Bar of California, which, many courts have held, foreclosed First Amendment challenges to bar organizations.
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
May 4, 2021 | National Law Journal
Responding to Roberts on Tuesday, DOJ's Eric Feigin said: "Well, your honor, I don't know that we have a specific set of procedures or guidelines that I could kind of publicly share."
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
April 28, 2021 | National Law Journal
In questioning the school district's lawyer, Williams & Connolly partner Lisa Blatt, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said, "I'm told by my law clerks that among some young people, how much you curse is a badge of honor."
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
April 16, 2021 | National Law Journal
A subcommittee formed by the federal Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules said a push to provide greater transparency about amicus briefs raises "important and complex issues that deserve further investigation and consideration."
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
April 11, 2021 | The Recorder
In her dissent, Justice Elena Kagan said the majority erred by comparing the restrictions on in-home religious gatherings to hardware stores and hair salons. The law, she said, "does not require that the state equally treat apples and watermelons."
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
April 9, 2021 | National Law Journal
Eighteen of the commission members clerked at the Supreme Court for current or former justices including Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, John Roberts Jr., Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, David Souter, Thurgood Marshall and John Paul Stevens.
By Marcia Coyle | Jacqueline Thomsen
1 minute read
April 5, 2021 | National Law Journal
Supreme Court advocates often seek the government's support as amicus when relevant to their cases because of the court's traditional respect for that office. In addition to Monday's denial, the Supreme Court rejected argument requests by the U.S. solicitor general in at least two other cases since 2011.
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
April 1, 2021 | National Law Journal
"Appellate judges spend virtually every working hour speaking, listening to, reading, or writing English prose. Statutes are written in English prose, and interpretation is not a technical exercise to be carried out by mechanically applying a set of arcane rules," Alito wrote in a concurrence in the case Facebook Inc. v. Duguid, which confronted the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
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