Richard Shugrue

Substance Should Trump Style in Airport Remodel

Published by admin on Thu, 08/15/2019 - 12:00am

Dear Omaha Airport Authority: Congratulations on your new garage and car rental facility!

Justiciability Keeps Cases Out of Supreme Court

Published by admin on Thu, 08/08/2019 - 12:00am

Poor old William Marbury didn’t get the judgeship because he sued to get his commission in the wrong place and at the wrong time.

Equality Still Not There for Female Lawyers

Published by admin on Thu, 08/01/2019 - 12:00am

Last week the ABA Journal re-ran a piece from last August on reasons experienced women (20-plus years) left the practice of law at large law firms.

It was no surprise that many had been mistaken for lower level employees and a large percentage left for caretaking commitments. The numbers show that only about 20 percent of equity partners in big shops are female.

Stevens a Role Model For Law Students

Published by admin on Thu, 07/25/2019 - 12:00am

When I started law school 60 years ago this fall, I was too dumb to have a role model, a hero, except for Perry Mason.

The Perry Mason TV show had begun two years before and a lot of us wanted, like Perry, to star in the courtroom, having no idea what the practice of law was all about, what the life of a lawyer required of us, and what it could offer us as rewards.

McConnell a Master At Stacking Judges

Published by admin on Thu, 07/18/2019 - 12:00am

Love him or hate him, if shepherding federal judicial candidates is a big part of his job, then Mitch McConnell is a smashing success.

Last week, he rang the bell again when the Senate confirmed to the Ninth Circuit, on a partisan vote, a 40-year-old super honors grad of the University of Virginia Law School (who had taken a B.A. from Harvard and went on to clerk for Justice Scalia).

Looking Ahead to Fall Supreme Court Session

Published by admin on Thu, 07/11/2019 - 12:00am

The U.S. Supreme Court ended its term and nobody retired or died within a week, so assuming the roster is the same for the October term and junkies are asking, “What’s next?”

Will Brett Kavanaugh continue to be a little puppy dog for Chief Justice John Roberts or was he really one in the just completed term?

SCOTUS Rulings Disregard Constitutional Amendments

Published by admin on Thu, 07/04/2019 - 12:00am

If you thought Citizens United was a cynical decision, you’ll think last week’s gerrymandering ruling is its soulmate.

On the other hand, some people are still shouting “Hurray for the majority!” louder than at a Trump rally.

New Federal Judge in Texas Wouldn’t Meet Nebraska’s Qualifications

Published by admin on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 12:00am

A man was confirmed as a U.S. District Judge in Texas last week by a 52-46 vote who, quite simply, wouldn’t have met the state judicial criteria in Nebraska.

Immigration Trial Ends In ‘Jury Nullification’

Published by admin on Thu, 06/20/2019 - 12:00am

A federal jury in Tucson deadlocked last week in a case in which a humanitarian was charged with transporting and harboring a Central American trying to get into the U.S.

The case was only one of a number of prosecutions in southern Arizona in recent months arising from entry on government land and aid to migrants.

Justice Stevens’ New Book Spins Yarns About Key Court Decisions

Published by admin on Thu, 06/13/2019 - 12:00am

John Paul Stevens’ new book proves that he is as sharp as ever at age 99 and lived life as a sort of Forest Gump.

If your family ran what, at the time, was the world’s largest hotel, you were bound to rub elbows with some of the most famous and colorful people of the time (e.g., FDR, Babe Ruth, Charles Lindbergh). If you have survived through a century with your wits intact, you are entitled to spin some yarns.

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