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6 Jan 2009, 12:13 pm
It could open the door to the Senate or the House overturning the will of the people and excluding representatives under one or another pretext. [read post]
8 May 2008, 10:36 am
She also wants an inspection team created to do surprise visits to state and local crimes labs to root out ongoing problems with shoddy forensic science.I was encouraged so many opinion leaders were there from across the political spectrum, and representing a wide array of interests that are frequently at odds. [read post]
6 Mar 2020, 6:00 am by Charlotte Butash
§ 288d, gives the Senate—not the House—statutory authority to enforce a subpoena in federal court. [read post]
3 Oct 2010, 5:30 pm by Tom Goldstein
  The White House has long known – since before Justice Sotomayor was confirmed – that there was a significant chance Justice Stevens would retire this year. [read post]
8 May 2019, 8:30 am by Lev Sugarman
Lawfare shared the full per curiam opinion. [read post]
28 Jun 2009, 6:29 am
This is not to say that Taney was "correct," but only that it is patently "incorrect" to say that his opinion, and the opinions of the concurring justices, were any more legally problematic (or more "political") than, say, John Marshall's opinion in Marbury v. [read post]
15 Oct 2018, 9:57 am by Stephen Wermiel
Since 1993, however, senators have recast that hearing to make it seem that Ginsburg represented the height of recalcitrance. [read post]
22 Nov 2016, 12:11 pm by Kate Tummarello
Specifically, the groups are asking Obama to declassify and release significant Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions, regardless of whether they were issued before the passage of the USA FREEDOM Act in 2015 (something EFF is suing the government to do right now); to release information about opinions from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel opinions, especially those related to national security and civil liberties; and to preserve… [read post]
22 May 2013, 9:01 am by Gritsforbreakfast
There will continue to be no legal punishments on the books in Texas for 17-year old capital murderers after the Texas House of Representatives failed to get to SB 187 by Huffman on last night's floor calendar prior to the midnight deadline. [read post]
11 Feb 2021, 8:11 am by Robert J. Reinstein
Only 15 senators have been expelled from the Senate, 14 of whom were senators representing Confederate states; in the House, only five members have been expelled, three of whom were Confederates. [read post]
22 Feb 2016, 4:57 pm by Tim Paone
Nine months after he was confirmed by the Senate on a 98-0 vote, Justice Scalia wrote the Court’s majority opinion in Nollan v California Coastal Commission, one of the most significant land use decisions of the last century. [read post]
28 Jun 2018, 1:42 pm by Amy Howe
Today the Supreme Court effectively continued its February order, in a brief unsigned opinion that affirmed the district court’s ruling requiring the state to use the special master’s maps for four districts – two in the state senate, and two in the state’s house of representatives. [read post]
7 Sep 2018, 2:00 pm by Erin McCarthy Holliday
On Thursday Kavanaugh avoided personal opinions on several hot-button issues,  and faced strong opposition from Senate Democrats. [read post]
23 Feb 2010, 10:24 am by Tom Goldstein
  The White House has long known – since before Justice Sotomayor was confirmed – that there was a significant chance Justice Stevens would retire this year. [read post]
16 Oct 2007, 3:55 pm
The Senate Judiciary, by contrast, is headed by Patrick Leahy, the fiery Vermont Democrat whose attempts to get wiretapping documents from the White House and Justice Department have been repeatedly blocked. [read post]
7 Oct 2020, 5:05 am by Florian Mueller
She's going to form her own opinion on such questions as market definition.The United States Senate--not the House of Representatives--confirms judicial nominations.The Pepper and Cameron class actions against Apple over its App Store terms will be put before juries. [read post]
24 Jul 2023, 7:34 am by Dan Bressler
“Ethics Committee Advice for Justices whose Staff Attorneys Had Prior Involvement in a Matter” — “The Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions (CJEO) has issued an expedited opinion about the obligations of an appellate justice whose staff attorney previously practiced as counsel in civil cases challenging conditions of criminal confinement. [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 5:01 am by Hon. Richard G. Kopf
In the case of the impeachment of President Trump, that would mean the House of Representatives must satisfy both types to prevail. [read post]