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Hoping for a More Collegial Supreme Court During These Times of Political Bitterness

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.

Supreme Court's New Term Will Include 8th Circuit Cases

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.

Judicial Retention Elections Typically Low-Key Affairs

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.

Court’s 2019 Term Saw Fewer Cases But Plenty of Headlines

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.

Bar Exam Time Always Stressful, Even Before Coronavirus Pandemic

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.

Reflecting on Roberts’ Role on Court, Importance of Shoe Leather in Winning Elections

Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 07/06/2020 - 12:00am

Here’s a few thoughts about recent summer headlines:

• The vote by Chief Justice John Roberts to throw out the Louisiana anti-abortion statute last week did not turn him into a raving liberal.

Bolton’s Book a Win for First Amendment, But May Prove Pyrrhic Victory for Author

Published by Scott Stewart on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 4:28am

John Bolton won a victory for freedom of the press recently, but he may have lost his shirt in the process.

BigLaw Doesn’t Skimp on Summer Associates

Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 06/22/2020 - 12:00am

You’ve been wondering what summer associates at BigLaw outfits are making this year and what they’re doing to earn it?

Graduating High School Seniors Might Learn More Next Fall by Taking Gap Year, Getting Job

Published by Scott Stewart on Sun, 06/14/2020 - 8:53pm

If I had a kid about ready to start college (and if she asked me), I’d say, “Don’t do it.”

Colleges and universities are so screwed up by COVID-19 that they seem to have one of two bad plans for going to school this next semester: do it all online (like the California state colleges) or open up with so many restrictions that it seems more like reform school.

Qualified Immunity Should Meet Unqualified End

Published by Scott Stewart on Fri, 06/05/2020 - 12:00am

One judge-made rule which is cruel and cold-hearted and should have a stake driven through it is “qualified immunity.”

It stands in the way of justice and a remedy for the poor and oppressed who are victims of police arrogance by slamming the gates of the courts of redress.

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