U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was his usual blunt self last month when he responded to a law student’s question on how to become “outrageously successful” despite a lack…
Warnings that judicial elections increasingly threaten to undermine the independence of courts were bookends for Friday’s ABA summit on how to preserve fair and impartial state courts.
Retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter had few zinger quotes in his legal opinions, a reflection of his incremental approach to decision-making.
New concerns are being aired about Judge Sonia Sotomayor, considered one of the front-runners for the U.S. Supreme Court seat held by retiring Justice David H. Souter, and Exhibit A…
Justice David H. Souter told a blogger last weekend that he probably would have announced his retirement even if a Republican had been elected president.
Gay rights groups are promoting two openly lesbian law professors from Stanford University to replace retiring Justice David H. Souter on the Supreme Court.
Both women—former Stanford dean Kathleen Sullivan…
As President Barack Obama mulls possible nominees for the upcoming vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, there’s no shortage of advice about the factors he should taken into consideration.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether imposing a life sentence on a juvenile for a crime other than murder violates the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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