Published by Nikki Ratay on Wed, 02/17/2021 - 12:00am
The Biden administration is acutely aware of the importance of filling any federal judicial vacancy promptly if it ever wants to catch up to the 226 seats filled in the four years of the Trump presidency.
Trump’s sharp focus on getting judgeships filled resulted, among other things, in seating three Supreme Court justices and appointing every circuit court vacancy.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Mon, 12/14/2020 - 12:00am
While some political leaders in Nebraska have waffled about handling COVID-19, our judges have made no bones about being tough and clear that this pandemic is no joke and citizens having business in the courts will abide by rules to keep them safe.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Mon, 11/16/2020 - 12:00am
Justice Amy Coney Barrett was full speed ahead in her first few days on the U.S. Supreme Court. She arrived in the midst of the pandemic and the day before America’s most contentious election in recent memory.
Published by Nikki Ratay on Mon, 10/05/2020 - 5:00am
The United States Supreme Court will start its 2020 term this morning on the phone, absent a giant of the law, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, mopping up cases postponed from last March and April and employing the technology adopted when arguments restarted in May.
Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 08/03/2020 - 12:00am
This November, two members of the Nebraska Supreme Court will be on the ballot in retention elections under the state’s merit system.
Lindsey Miller-Lerman, senior member of the state’s highest court, and Jeffery Funke, appointed in 2016, are on a non-partisan ballot in which voters are asked whether they should be retained in office.
Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 07/17/2020 - 5:00am
The U.S. Supreme Court made it through the October 2019 term in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic and with the aid of a bit of 1960s technology: teleconferencing.
Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 07/13/2020 - 12:00am
Bar admission in the time of COVID-19: Nerve Wracking.
Bar admission any other time: The Same.
Bar admission officials are doing their best to normalize the admission process – which inevitably means taking an examination – in a time when everything else is incredibly bolloxed up.