Showing posts with label U.S. Supreme Court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label U.S. Supreme Court. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Everything is a crime these days

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The Supreme Court decided to hear a case involving the Stolen Valor Act; i.e., whether it is a crime to lie about prior military service : T...
Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Monday baby!

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A couple quick items to start off your week: 1. Cameras in the federal courtroooms in the SDFLA! But only in civil cases for now. We are par...
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Reuben Cahn goes to DC

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Friend of the District Reuben Cahn argued before the Supreme Court this week in Tapia v. United States . Reuben is the former Chief Assista...
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Please raise your hand if you'd like to speak

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Sheesh, the Supreme Court Justices are getting annoying, no? Here's Adam Liptak about how oral argument has turned into sniping among t...
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Monday, June 14, 2010

Supreme Court to issue many opinions today

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There are 24 pending cases and not much time left -- the Court closes down at the end of June. It has issued a whopping 53 opinions this ye...
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010

More on Scalia vs. Alito

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I've often said that Justice Scalia is the most criminal-defense friendly Justice, while Justice Alito is the least. More support for ...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

"On October 4, 2010, Elena Kagan Will Ask Her First Question As A Supreme Court Justice"

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That's Tom Goldstein over at ScotusBlog , predicting that Justice Stevens will retire and that SG Kagan will take his place . The who...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Supreme Court addresses case of the chocolate penis

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This is not a joke -- check out Wellons v. Hall , a case that comes out of the 11 th Circuit. Here's the AP and the ABA : The U.S. Su...
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Monday, January 18, 2010

Justices Better at Precedent Than Prescience

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That's the title to this interesting Adam Liptak NYTimes article . Liptak argues that the Supreme Court Justices aren't too good...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Robe-itis?

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There's been a bunch of funny exchanges this week in the Supreme Court. One tipster sent this one from the attorney's fees case: CHI...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Cuban spy resentenced

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Antonio Guerrero, who was originally sentenced to life, was just resentenced to almost 22 years in prison by Judge Lenard after the case wa...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Oral arguments at the Supreme Court

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So I snuck out a bit early from my meeting today and went over to the Supreme Court. I sat in the attorney room for the tail end of the Stev...
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Monday, October 05, 2009

Supreme Court to hear dogfighting video case

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Brian Maloney summarizes Stevens v. United States here . The issue is an interesting one: whether the First Amendment protects videos dep...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

News & Notes (UPDATED)

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Lots going on today: 1. Another Mutual Benefits arrest: this time it's eye doctor Alan Mendelsohn . From Jay Weaver's article : D...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Justice Scalia and Rumpole

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Rumpole is getting all hot and bothered by Justice Scalia's recent decision in Montejo v. Louisiana , overruling Michigan v. Jackson....
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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Justice Moreno??

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Obama's short list for filling Justice Souter's seat on the Supreme Court has been leaked . And there's a Moreno on the list. Un...
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Friday, May 01, 2009

Souter succession speculation

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ABC News Supreme Court correspondent Jan Crawford Greenberg canceled her scheduled appearance today at the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Extrava...
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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Justice Souter retiring at the end of the Term

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WOW!! Big news!! Here's ScotusBlog : Justice David H. Souter has decided to retire when the Supreme Court completes its current Term ...
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Thursday, February 05, 2009

Breaking: Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Undergoes Cancer Surgery

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From NPR: Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Undergoes Cancer Surgery Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has undergone surgery for pancre...
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Monday, January 26, 2009

Former SDFLA clerk goes to Supreme Court

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Congrats to 30-year old Lindsay Harrison , a fifth year associate at Jenner & Block, for arguing before the Supreme Court last week -- h...
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