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26 Apr 2010, 11:25 am by James Bickford
Dennis Grabaugh of the Telegraph of Alton (IL), Robert Patrick of the St. [read post]
20 Feb 2023, 3:31 am by SHG
Roberts and his colleagues are acting like Republicans, not judges — and Democrats should say that loudly and often. [read post]
5 Jul 2018, 5:05 am by SHG
Roberts Jr. and Samuel A. [read post]
5 Jun 2024, 9:00 pm by Austin Sarat
And, of course, they can also draw on already well developed models of the politicization of prosecution in authoritarian regimes elsewhere.Reading about Trump’s desire to use prosecution as political payback, I was reminded of what then-Attorney General Robert Jackson said in 1940. [read post]
3 Sep 2021, 5:01 am by Peter Margulies
In addition, Roberts noted that Duke had failed to address whether the Department of Homeland Security could bifurcate the DACA program, ending the portion of the pr [read post]
6 Aug 2020, 12:09 pm by Ilya Somin
And, for what it is worth, I am far from a completely uncritical admirer of the Roberts Court's work. [read post]
30 Dec 2021, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
It would violate the simple proposition that no person is above the law.Based on what we now know, there appears to be ample reason for Attorney General Merrick Garland to launch a criminal probe of Trump. [read post]
4 Apr 2017, 8:10 am by Stephen Wermiel
Roberts (78-22), Sotomayor (68-31) and Kagan (63-37) all received more than 60 votes. [read post]
3 Jan 2022, 7:23 am by John Bellinger
An organized attack on Congress would seem to fit the popular definition of an insurrection, but the charge is very rarely brought and Attorney General Merrick Garland (himself a former federal judge) has reportedly opposed bringing novel charges that might not hold up in court. [read post]
26 Mar 2019, 7:29 am by Neil Siegel
Hawaii), I think there are meaningful differences in the kind of politics engaged in by, say, Chief Justice John Roberts and the kind engaged in by, say, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. [read post]
11 Oct 2018, 7:13 am by David Pozen
As a matter of political prudence, this possibility might counsel against flaunting one’s instrumental willingness to violate norms.Further complicating things, judicial reform and voting reform cannot be entirely separated, as an “unpacked” Roberts Court could strike down a new voting rights bill on the basis of any number of creative constitutional theories. [read post]
26 Apr 2017, 4:38 pm by Adam Gillette
First, the Senate had to refuse to hold any hearings, to say nothing of a confirmation vote, on President Obama's March 16, 2016, nomination of Judge Merrick Garland. [read post]
17 May 2023, 11:53 am by Benjamin Wittes
The FBI had claimed—and Special Counsel Robert Mueller had affirmed—that the whole thing started when an Australian diplomat named Alexander Downer provided the U.S. with information that a Trump campaign advisor named George Papadopoulos had volunteered in a London meeting over drinks that the Russians had “dirt” on Clinton in the form of “thousands of emails. [read post]
10 Oct 2022, 4:00 am by Michael C. Dorf
As then-Attorney General (later-Justice) Robert Jackson famously observed, given the number of crimes on the books, prosecutorial discretion is inevitable. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 2:33 pm
 "The odds are not good in confirming the President's nominee, Merrick Garland", she continued. [read post]
27 Aug 2018, 7:36 am by Will Baude
The four chief judges who formed the "The Ad Hoc Committee on Law Clerk Hiring" were Chief Judges Merrick Garland, Robert Katzmann, Sidney Thomas, and Diane Wood. [read post]
18 Jun 2023, 9:00 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Special prosecutors like Robert Mueller and Jack Smith are now appointed pursuant to Justice Department guidelines and political pressure. [read post]
6 Mar 2021, 5:47 am by Victoria Gallegos
  Sewell shared a livestream of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing of Merrick Garland as next the attorney general. [read post]
11 Oct 2018, 7:05 am by David Pozen
Further complicating things, judicial reform and voting reform cannot be entirely separated, as an “unpacked” Roberts Court could strike down a new voting rights bill on the basis of any number of creative constitutional theories. [read post]