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27 Apr 2016, 10:19 am
Gates, 532 F.3d 834 (2008)] where the now Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland cited Lewis Carroll’s “The Hunting of the Snark. [read post]
26 Apr 2016, 2:49 am
Tomorrow the Court will hear the challenge by former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell to his fraud conviction. [read post]
25 Apr 2016, 2:56 am
” Last week Randy Barnett and Robert Percival discussed (video) Barnett’s new book, The Republican Constitution, including the reaction by conservatives to the nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia. [read post]
22 Apr 2016, 8:00 pm
"John Roberts Under Attack: The chief justice continues to be blamed for Merrick Garland not getting a Senate hearing. [read post]
22 Apr 2016, 7:57 am
Coverage related to the death of Justice Antonin Scalia and the nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to succeed him comes from Kevin Diaz of Houston Chronicle, who reports that Texas Governor Greg Abbott sided “with Senate Republicans who have refused to hold hearings on Merrick Garland” and “also took a shot at Chief Justice John Roberts, who was appointed to the court by former President George W. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 5:51 am
Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Jr. are blocking public access to the justice’s file on high court nominee Merrick Garland, who clerked for Brennan in 1977 and 1978. [read post]
19 Apr 2016, 9:01 pm
Because the administration lost in the appeals court, the program would be dead, pending the outcome of the election or the unexpected confirmation of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.It is also possible that one or more conservative justices could join with the four more liberal justices to find that Texas lacks standing. [read post]
19 Apr 2016, 5:57 am
[The Cut / New York Magazine] * Given that "Americans are less likely to support the court when it is portrayed as a political body -- as it is during confirmation proceedings -- and not a legal body," it may not be wise for Chief Justice Roberts to enter the debate about nominee Judge Merrick Garland, especially since the SJC's chair has already criticized him. [read post]
19 Apr 2016, 3:27 am
And in The New York Times, Adam Liptak looks at recent comments by Senator Charles Grassley critical of Chief Justice John Roberts. [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 2:50 am
Coverage related to the death of Justice Antonin Scalia and the nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to succeed him comes from Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal (subscription or registration may be required), who reports that the “American Bar Association’s formal evaluation of Judge Merrick Garland’s qualifications for a seat on the U.S. [read post]
15 Apr 2016, 6:22 am
” Commentary related to the death of Justice Antonin Scalia and the nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to succeed him comes from Kenneth Jost, who at Jost on Justice looks at the suggestion “that the White House may be behind the widely criticized suggestion that the president could install federal judge Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court without any action by the Senate” and concludes that “[n]ot since Shakespeare has there been more ado about so… [read post]
14 Apr 2016, 2:02 pm
As Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his concurring opinion in Citizens United, “Fidelity to precedent — the policy of stare decisis — is vital to the proper exercise of the judicial function. [read post]
14 Apr 2016, 6:41 am
Coverage comes from Robert Barnes of The Washington Post, with commentary from Greg Lipper at Bill of Health Blog, Steven Mazie of The Economist, Ed Whelan at Bench Memos, and Michael McConnell at The Volokh Conspiracy. [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 3:59 am
” Coverage related to the death of Justice Antonin Scalia and the nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to succeed him comes from Tony Mauro, who in The National Law Journal (subscription or registration may be required) reports that Chief Justice John Roberts, “[i]n his first public remarks since the nomination of Merrick Garland to the U.S. [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 7:30 am
President Obama and Judge Merrick Garland. [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 6:13 am
” Coverage of the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to succeed the late Justice Antonin Scalia comes from Seung Min Kim of Politico, who reports that President Barack Obama “has pressed Senate Republicans in numerous private conversations to fill the empty slot on the nation’s most influential court, warning that a lengthy holdup could damage the judiciary”; and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post, who reports that “the justices have been unanimous… [read post]
8 Apr 2016, 5:09 am
Briefly: At The Huffington Post, Brianne Gorod looks at standing, Chief Justice John Roberts, and the challenge to the Obama administration’s deferred-action immigration policy; she contends that, “in his first decade on the high court, Roberts has repeatedly made clear that he thinks the role of the courts should be limited, and he has consistently voted to limit parties’ ability to sue. [read post]
7 Apr 2016, 5:18 am
” Coverage of the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to succeed the late Justice Antonin Scalia comes from Richard Wolf of USA Today, who reports that Garland and Chief Justice John Roberts “agreed on almost everything during two years together on the nation’s second most powerful court”; and Emmarie Huetteman of The New York Times, who reports that Garland “sat down Tuesday with Senator John Boozman of Arkansas for his first meeting… [read post]
6 Apr 2016, 11:43 am
Not only have both introduced legislation on Guantanamo, but they have each also agreed to meet with SCOTUS-nominee Merrick Garland. [read post]
6 Apr 2016, 6:00 am
Coverage on the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to succeed the late Justice Antonin Scalia comes from Mary Clare Jalonick of the Associated Press, who in The Washington Post reports that “Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley on Tuesday warned Chief Justice John Roberts to stay out of the Senate’s fight over the Supreme Court’s vacancy, accusing the current court of being overly political”; Kelsey Snell of The Washington Post, who reports that… [read post]
