Roberts, Recusal and Hamdan (Marty Schwimmer)
Slate.com article and WSJ Online article on whether Judge Roberts should have participated in the Hamdan appeal while he was being actively interviewed for the Supreme Court position. Judge Roberts was...
View ArticleFirst Internet Era Nominee And Those Infernal Bloggers (Denise Howell)
For those who missed it, Nico Pitney of Think Progress captured Senator Grassley's comments about the nefarious blogosphere and its, in his mind, unfortunate but now unavoidable role in the judicial...
View ArticleConfirmation Hearings Podcast (Denise Howell)
Here's the Supreme Court Watch Podcast from Alliance for Justice, featuring (per its press release) "live blogging [of the Roberts confirmation hearings] to provide response and commentary in real...
View ArticleRemembering (Denise Howell)
My colleague and former clerk to the Honorable William H. Rehnquist, Tom McGough, describes standing vigil for the Chief Justice.
View ArticleNominee Miers (Denise Howell)
Wikipedia on current White House Counsel Harriet Miers, nominated today to succeed Justice O'Connor.
View ArticleHmmm, Burgers (Marty Schwimmer)
Via Volokh: Supposedly Senator Leahy asked Harriet Miers who her favorite Supreme Court Justice was and she says 'Warren' and he raises his eyebrows or something and she adds '. . .Burger.' That may...
View ArticleSupreme Court Statistics (Lawyer X)
From a NY Times article: 'Of the 80 cases before the Supreme Court last term, 25 involved questions directly affecting businesses, according to data collected by Goldstein & Howe, a Washington law...
View ArticleOnnerable Mention (Denise Howell)
Any suspense about the confirmation of Harriet Miers has been dispelled, Mad Kane has immortalized her in song.
View ArticleFrom White House To Web In Minutes Flat (Denise Howell)
Earlier this week, Professor Bainbridge (and others; see the links at the end of the good Professor's post) blogged a conference call to which they were invited, featuring RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman on...
View ArticleBloggers Poll On Miers (Marty Schwimmer)
Bloggers Poll on Miers. Running 71% against. 'Wait Until Hearings' is not a choice.
View ArticleBush Will Now Nominate Bork (Lawyer X)
or someone like Bork because if we are talking about abortion, we are not talking about forged documents about uranium and the resulting cover-up.
View ArticleHelp Wanted: What Qualifications Should A Supreme Court Justice Have? (Marty...
Now that we are not talking about any one in particular: What experience/qualities would you like to see in a Supreme Court justice? Rank in order of importance. What would you add? Judicial experience...
View ArticleReprise (Denise Howell)
In honor of the Alito confirmation hearings, remember to answer Marty's question: "What experience/qualities would you like to see in a Supreme Court justice?"
View ArticleThe Springsteen Justice (Denise Howell)
Dahlia Lithwick, Revenge Of The Nerd: "He is like a very, very smart rock." Also: "Anyone can manage to be boring on boring subjects; Alito has seemingly perfected the art of being boring on...
View ArticleA Reason for Lawyers to Podcast Their Oral Arguments? (Dennis M. Kennedy)
An interesting post from Rees Morrison talks about clients who want to hear recordings of lawyers in action before deciding which lawyer to hire as a trial lawyer. It does make sense. If you are hiring...
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