Supreme Court Justices live dual lives. On one hand they predominately manage to stay out of the limelight while actually doing their jobs. Even with pressure to the contrary, the justices have managed to keep cameras out of the Court, and to limit the release of audio recordings of oral arguments to the Fridays after the…
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So Happy Together
With many anticipated decisions still to come in the next month or so, the Supreme Court has already started to define itself in the post-Kennedy era. Certain patterns have emerged in the justices’ voting that distinguish this Court from past Courts. We are also beginning to see how the newest justices and Trump appointees —…
Get Ready for A Confirmation Battle More Intense Than Most
Even though the Supreme Court is not in session it is far from out of the news. With the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh, much of the conversation now surrounds expectations for the a fierce confirmation battle – possibly one of the most fierce we have ever seen. Some speculate that notwithstanding the drama surrounding the failure…
Gorsuch’s First Majority Opinion and Some Comparisons
This post contains information on the split votes in the Roberts Court Justices’ first decisions’, the days between oral argument and their first decisions, and the lower court that ruled prior to the Supreme Court in each decision. Of the justices on the Court (and Justice Scalia), three had non-unanimous first opinions. Ginsburg had the…
How Will Gorsuch Decide on Cases from the Supreme Court’s April Calendar?
Recently confirmed Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will be thrown into the middle of the 2017 oral argument season with the Court’s April hearings calendar beginning on April 17th. One of the first questions that has already generated speculation is how Gorsuch will rule on cases this Term. This post adds some insight into how…
Demystifying Differences Between this SCOTUS Confirmation and Others That Preceded It
The Supreme Court has a legacy as old as this nation (the Supreme Court Historical Society provides information about the Court’s history). History has been privy to various changes including the location of the Court which has shifted from New York to Philadelphia to Washington D.C. The Justices also ceased riding the circuits which took…
Expectations for Vote Timing on the Gorsuch Nomination
Post by Samuel Morse Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has a fairly pristine record and is himself one of the least controversial nominees to the Court in recent memory. This however will not be enough to make for a smooth confirmation. After Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to act on Merrick Garland’s nomination, there…
SCOTUS Nomination: Three Reasons to Suspect Gorsuch and One Reason to be Skeptical
Image via Associated Press Nothing is certain except death and taxes. There is no sure bet at the moment on who Donald Trump will nominate to the Supreme Court. Perhaps news will leak prior to the 8PM EST / 5PM PST announcement of the candidate tomorrow, January 31st 2017, which was recently bumped up from Thursday…
Supreme Court Review of The Short-Listers’ Decisions
With one day until his inauguration, President Elect Trump has yet to nominate a candidate for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court. While he initially released a list of twenty-one possible candidates for the vacancy, CBS’ Jan Crawford reports that the list of candidates may be furthered narrowed to five – including 11th Circuit Judge…
What The Money Says About Federal Judges on Trump’s SCOTUS List
Money talks…or so the saying goes. This is especially true in the world of politics with multi-million dollar campaigns that could not survive without it. Federal judges, however, are unelected and so they do not run political campaigns that leave financial trails. Once on the bench, federal judges must preserve a sense of impartiality which…
An Alternate Take on Trump’s Potential Supreme Court Nominees
Making sense out of who Donald Trump may nominate to the Supreme Court is a very different exercise than doing the same for Hillary Clinton. Trump, unlike Clinton, is not a career politician, and he has campaigned on a platform designating himself as an outsider looking to reform the Washington establishment. Trump’s list of potential…
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