For My Marble Palace Blog, I thought about late #SCOTUS justices late Justices Ginsburg and O'Connor and looked for a law clerk who remembered them well. I went to Isaac Lidsky, the first who clerked for both justices, in 2008. His singular memories: law.com/nationallawjournal/2…
As a semi-retired #SCOTUS journalist, I wouldn't normally write about children's books. But a book by Brad Meltzer that is out today is great for kids and lawyers too. It's about RBG's life and iconic importance as a Supreme Court justice. A good read!
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At my latest Marble Palace Blog, I summarized Cliff Sloan's fascinating #SCOTUS book "The Court at War," an account of the Supreme Court during World War II.
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The Marble Palace Blog: The Supreme Court's Animal House: From tortoises to dolphins, lions to owls, the #SCOTUS building is sprinkled with animal sculptures and features. A curator's booklet tells what they mean.law.com/nationallawjournal/2…
News: it seemed recently that the iconic collar #SCOTUS Justice RBG wore could be sold at $400,000. But today, not enough people went for it. "You never know until it happens," said Elizabeth Wainstein, head of @PotomackCompany auction house. She said she'll make another try.
My latest Marble Palace Blog article features the famed long-ago #SCOTUS justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. A new play about him will take place in October. Interestingly, Holmes is not the only justice who has been the subject of theatrical plays.
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For my Marble Palace Blog, I'm writing about Warren E. Burger's former clerks strangely dubbed the "WEB Fete Society" —will reunite at the #SCOTUS in October.
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Next month, one of the collars that the late #SCOTUS justice RBG wore on her judicial robe will go up for auction, and may sell for six figures. For my Marble Palace Blog, here is more detail about why the collar is so important.
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In today's Marble Palace Blog, the subject was the late #SCOTUS Justice Byron White and how his biographer and a renowned scholar have revived conversations about White.
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This is a fun #SCOTUS tidbit from my latest Marble Palace blog
.@Tonymauro on Justice Stevens, cheese sandwiches, and impish footnotes: ow.ly/NMlp50P7QjR
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This is a law review about opinion announcements:
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#SCOTUS says it will resume opinion announcements from the bench for the first time since March 2020. However, unlike oral arguments, the court will not provide live audio of opinion releases; instead, audio will be available at the beginning of the next term.
This is a law review about opinion announcements:
scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/…
#SCOTUS says it will resume opinion announcements from the bench for the first time since March 2020. However, unlike oral arguments, the court will not provide live audio of opinion releases; instead, audio will be available at the beginning of the next term.
Today's @washingtonpost gives us the written data on the dearth of diversity of #SCOTUS advocates, and @AMTAppeals shows us the visual proof: dozens of photos of the advocates, mostly white males. Important info.
Today, the Washington Post published a story about the lack of diversity of SCOTUS advocates since OT2017. The story is here: washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
I have been doing a photo project showing this lack of diversity, which covers the same time frame. The collages are below. 1/9
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NEW: Today, @TheJusticeDept announced historic changes to its news media guidelines prohibiting subpoenas and other types of legal process against the press in all but narrow circumstances.
Full statement from Executive Director Bruce D. Brown: rcfp.org/doj-news-media-guid…
ALT Black image with white text of a statement from Bruce D. Brown, executive director for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. He said "This is a watershed moment. The new policy marks a historic shift in protecting the rights of news organizations reporting on stories of critical public importance. For the last several years we have worked with newsrooms to push for meaningful reform and are grateful to the Justice Department officials who saw this new rule over the finish line."
At a judicial conference in August, Justice Kagan said the justices agreed that "if Justice Thomas wanted it, he would always have the privilege of the first question" likely because of his seniority and his disdain for the past free-for-all of oral args. law.com/nationallawjournal/2…
At today's Red Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, it appears Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Barrett and Breyer were the only justices in attendance. #SCOTUS @jcarrollsociety @WashArchdiocese