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Supreme Court Finds Sports Betting Lawful

Summary: The Supreme Court ruled that states can allow sports gambling.  Will states begin allowing legalized sports gambling soon? You…

Supreme Court Allows Disparaging Trademarks

Summary: The Supreme Court has ruled that disparaging terms can be trademarked.  On Monday, the Supreme Court struck down a…

Incoming Supreme Court Clerks List Dominated by Yale Law

Summary: The Supreme Court clerks for 2016-2017 have been announced.  The incoming group of Supreme Court clerks will begin their duties in…

Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Abortion Law

Summary: Today, the Supreme Court ruled a Texas law that could have potentially shuttered numerous abortion clinics was unconstitutional.  Texas pro-choice…

Biggest Legal Stories of 2015

Summary: ABC News just released its list of Top Legal Stories of 2015.  ABC News released its Top Legal Stories…

Supreme Court Justices from Yale Hold Court in Woolsey Hall

Summary: The United States Supreme Court boasts three justices from Yale Law School. All three attended an event at the school…

Supreme Court Strikes Down Contraceptive Mandate

A 5-4 decision was made by the Supreme Court on Monday morning in the case of companies being forced to…

What are the Most Popular Law Schools for Supreme Court Justices?

Only a small number of law schools have turned out Supreme Court Justices of late. When you look back through…

Gibson Dunn Hires Second Supreme Court Justice’s Son: Philip Alito

Like his sister had done before him, Philip Alito, son of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr., is following in…

O’Connor Questions Attendance at State of the Union

In a wide-ranging discussion with reporters and students at New York Law School, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor…

California D.A’s Say ‘No’ to Liu Nomination

The nomination of UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has drawn plenty…

Ginsburg: Supreme Court Job Available “Soon”

The blawgosphere is roiling this morning over US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's off-handed remark on Friday that there…