It’s ironic that being a parent was what made law school easier for Ruth Bader Ginsburg. For a woman in 1950s America, motherhood was held out as the reason that…
Justice Elena Kagan broke ranks with her female colleagues and voted to deny a stay of execution for Teresa Lewis, who died by lethal injection in Virginia Thursday evening.
More than two-thirds of Americans think the Supreme Court is crucial for success of the country, but they have differing opinions on their ideal justice. And they are decidedly nosy…
Former Kirkland & Ellis partner Elizabeth Papez is jumping to Winston & Strawn this fall after an unusual detour: a stint in the Justice Department and, most recently, a clerkship…
Sen. Arlen Specter (D.-Pa.) isn’t favorably impressed with a plan announced yesterday to allow cameras in federal district court civil matters on a limited trial basis.
The Supreme Court’s newest justice, Elena Kagan, has indicated she will recuse herself in more than half of the cases the Supreme Court has already agreed to hear this term.
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on Wednesday supported judicial merit selection and three Iowa justices up for retention in November.
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