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Profile of a potential nominee: Leondra Kruger

26 Jan 2022, 11:11 am by Amy Howe

With Justice Stephen Breyer expected to retire at the end of this term, California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger is one of the frontrunners to succeed him. [read post]

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Stephen Breyer, pragmatic liberal, will retire at end of term

26 Jan 2022, 9:46 am by Amy Howe

Van Orden v. [read post]

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Political Fissures Rip the U.S. Supreme Court

21 Jan 2022, 12:17 pm by John Floyd

And Justice Stephen Breyer on occasion just holds his head in both hands. [read post]

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Government faces skeptical bench in defending campaign-finance law challenged by Ted Cruz

19 Jan 2022, 4:35 pm by Amy Howe

And Justice Clarence Thomas evoked Homer Plessy, the plaintiff in the landmark 1896 decision Plessy v. [read post]

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Court grapples with choice-of-law doctrines in lawsuit seeking to recover painting taken by Nazis

19 Jan 2022, 9:38 am by Suzanna Sherry

If this were a diversity case, Klaxon v. [read post]

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A quest to reclaim a Pissarro masterpiece hinges on the Erie doctrine

16 Jan 2022, 8:58 am by Suzanna Sherry

” In Richards v. [read post]

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Justices signal narrow support for allowing equitable tolling of tax deadline

15 Jan 2022, 7:36 am by Susan C. Morse

ShareAt the argument on Wednesday in Boechler v. [read post]

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During arguments over COVID-19 policy, two absent lawyers and more masks on the bench

7 Jan 2022, 6:03 pm by Mark Walsh

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, and Amy Coney Barrett wear white masks, while Justices Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, and Brett Kavanaugh wear black or dark ones that clash a little less with their robes. [read post]

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In 2021, Our Fight for LGBTQ Rights Moved to the States

16 Dec 2021, 12:02 pm by ACLU

The ban was the subject of multiple lawsuits including Stone v. [read post]

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[Josh Blackman] The Mechanics of Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson on Remand

10 Dec 2021, 11:44 am by Josh Blackman

See, e.g., Estate of Thornton v. [read post]

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In “odd” clash of statutory text and habeas precedent, three conservative justices seem undecided

9 Dec 2021, 4:34 pm by Noam Biale

The question raised in Shinn v. [read post]

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Conservative justices scoff at Maine’s exclusion of religious schools from tuition-assistance program

8 Dec 2021, 1:42 pm by Amy Howe

At issue in Carson v. [read post]

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Justices get imaginative in dispute over attempted robbery and “crimes of violence”

8 Dec 2021, 1:01 pm by James Romoser

ShareMind-reading police officers, guns made of marshmallows, and a Woody Allen mockumentary all made rhetorical appearances during Tuesday’s argument in United States v. [read post]

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Justices grapple with question of federal court review in immigration cases

7 Dec 2021, 5:54 pm by Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia

ShareThe Supreme Court on Monday heard oral argument in Patel v. [read post]

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Justice Kavanaugh’s Misdirection Plays in the Mississippi Abortion Case

6 Dec 2021, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf

Wade and Planned Parenthood v. [read post]

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“Feelings run high”: Two hours of tense debate on an issue that divides the court and the country

1 Dec 2021, 4:22 pm by Mark Walsh

” Thomas asks the first question, as is now the norm, but it is soon Justices Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor who take the reins. [read post]