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28 Jun 2008, 10:12 am
The city of Boston could be .Boston; the Res Sox could claim .RedSox; Steven Colbert and American Airlines could wrestle each other over .American. [read post]
27 Jun 2008, 1:41 pm
Among other things, this may demonstrate that there are parallel universes with regard to identifying something as manifesting "scholarly" quality.My question is this, perhaps directed especially to legal academics: If a student had submitted either the Scalia or the Stevens opinion, or, even more to the point, if a job applicant had submitted as a writing sample either of the opinions, what would your reaction be? [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 9:10 pm
"  Time and litigation will tell if holdings or dicta end up dominating the application of the Second Amendment in future cases. [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 3:56 pm
There are only three opinions in Heller--the majority opinion by Justice Scalia & dissents by Justice Stevens and Breyer. [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 3:12 pm
Nonetheless, despite this trend toward narrowing the application of the death penalty, there was no suggestion from the majority that the court was moving toward the abolition of capital punishment, which Justice John Paul Stevens called for in an opinion two months ago that no other justice joined. [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 3:12 pm
"  Time and litigation will tell if holdings or dicta end up dominating the application of the Second Amendment in future cases. [read post]
25 Jun 2008, 11:12 am
Anthony Kennedy was supported by Justices John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer. [read post]
23 Jun 2008, 7:00 pm
Justice Stevens was not persuaded, characterizing the federal statutes as “tailored exceptions to otherwise applicable federal policies” that did not represent Congressional intent to “tolerate a substantial measure of diversity” in the regulation of employer speech. [read post]
19 Jun 2008, 6:26 pm
The Court next distinguished Godinez, which held that the standard for competency to stand trial is also applicable to the issue of whether a defendant is competent to enter a guilty plea, by finding that the ability to conduct a defense at trial was expressly not at issue. [read post]
17 Jun 2008, 7:46 pm
In dissent, Justice Breyer, joined by Justice Stevens, argued that § 1146(a) is ambiguous. [read post]
17 Jun 2008, 1:36 am
Breyer, in a dissent joined by Justice Stevens, focused on "whether the time of the transfer matters. [read post]
16 Jun 2008, 10:01 pm
Justice Breyer, the only Justice openly hostile at oral argument to the State of Florida's position, was joined in his dissent by Justice Stevens. [read post]
11 Jun 2008, 2:19 pm
  The Board also found that retroactive application of Kravis would further the purposes of the Act and that no particular injustice would arise from its retroactive application. [read post]
9 Jun 2008, 5:52 pm
  In a Kantian political universe that values the dignity and inherent worth of every human being, the burden is on those trying to justify such an extreme application of state violence. [read post]
9 Jun 2008, 2:21 pm
The Solicitor General urged the Court to deny review, saying the case involved only interpretation of the specific plan’s provisions, not the application of any federal law or regulation. [read post]