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The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to rule on claims that “searing media attacks” on longtime Enron executive Jeffrey K. Skilling tainted his criminal trial and conviction on various fraud charges. The case of Skilling v. U.S. (08-1394...
With President Obama and Vice President Biden and some 450 other witnesses looking on silently, Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her seat for the first time on the Supreme Court bench Tuesday afternoon, the 111th member of the Court in its history. Amo...
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., administered the Constitutional Oath to Judge Sonia Sotomayor in a private ceremony in the Justices’ Conference Room on Saturday August 8, 2009. Mrs. Celina...
Earlier today, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., announced on the Senate floor that he intends to vote in favor of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination for the Supreme Court, while Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., announced that he will vote against her nominat...
In a letter received today by the Senate Judiciary Committee, more than 1000 academics expressed their support for Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.
A number of signatories with diverse specialties and political leanin...
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On Friday, George Washington University Law School held a conference entitled “Rethinking the Law Governing the Structure and Operation of the Supreme Court.” Each of four panels examined a different...
In his Sidebar column in the New York Times, Adam Liptak discusses the implications of a possible Court decision that would – as the Chief Justice suggested at oral argument – eschew a bright-line rule prohibiting life sentences without parole for...
Most of the amici briefs on the top side (or neutral) in the granted case on the application of the Second Amendment to state and local laws were filed on Monday. Thanks to the Second Amendment Foundation, and Alan Gura, counsel for the petitioners...
Four top-side amici briefs and one bottom-side amicus brief are now available in the consolidated cases on the constitutionality of various provisions of the federal law criminalizing “material support” for terrorist organizations. The briefs...
Below, Stanford Law School’s Bryan Henderson previews United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa, one of two cases to be heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 1. Check the United Student Aid Funds (08-1134) SCOTUSwiki page for additional...
