As reported in the school’s newspaper and by WSFA NBC, Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court will make a public speech on Tuesday at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Roberts will deliver the School of Law’s 2010 Albritton Lecture; he will be the ninth justice since 1996 to lecture at Alabama. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 16, 2009
Nobody expected her to be a wallflower, but Justice Sotomayor has exceeded expectations when it comes to questioning lawyers during oral arguments. In a report issued by the National Law Journal, Sotomayor came out on top in the number of questions asked so far this term with 146. Chief Justice Roberts followed with [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 16, 2009
The blawgosphere is roiling this morning over US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s off-handed remark on Friday that there may soon be a vacancy on the nation’s highest court. Ginsburg, who spoke at New England Law’s annual “Law Day,” said the nine justices only take pictures together when a new member is added. “We haven’t [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 6, 2009
From GamePolitics, the best place to follow the ongoing saga of batcrap-crazy ex-lawyer Jack Thompson: Jack Thompson is hoping that the United States Supreme Court will consider his appeal of the Florida Supreme Court ruling that disbarred him for life. In mid-December the anti-game attorney requested from the U.S. Superme Court an extension of a Christmas Eve [...]
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Monday, March 8, 2010
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