There is less than one week to go before Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings begin and the political landscape continues to reflect the tension between the need to fill Scalia’s long-vacant seat and the conflicting demands placed on the Senators themselves, from both the party and their voters. Previously, we discussed that the Republicans would need [...]
President Trump’s recent executive order on immigration is already facing several legal challenges, despite the policy being only a few weeks old. At the time of this writing, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to grant a stay on a temporary restraining order suspending the order, and the Trump administration is preparing to [...]
This week, two Congressmen introduced legislation allowing certain Supreme Court procedures to be recorded on camera. Representatives Gerry Connelly, a Democrat from Virginia, and Ted Poe, a Republican from Texas, have re-introduced the Cameras in the Courtroom Act. The bill was first introduced on January 6, 2015. The text of the rule provides that “the [...]
President Trump’s promise to announce his nomination for the late Justice Scalia’s seat within two weeks of taking office has breathed new life into the almost yearlong battle between Senate Democrats and Republicans. President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland officially expired on January 3rd after the Republicans successfully stymied the process by refusing to hold [...]
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument regarding racial gerrymandering in two southern states: Virginia (Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections, No. 15-680) and North Carolina (McCrory v. Harris, No. 15-1262). The topic was brought before the Supreme Court earlier this year in Wittman v. Personhuballah, No. 14-1504, however, the Justices dismissed [...]
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Amicus Curiae, or “Friend of the Court,” Briefs are submitted by non-parties to the case as a way of introducing information and concerns to the Court, often demonstrating that a case’s outcome may have wider effects beyond the immediate parties to the suit. Amicus Curiae Briefs can provide valuable assistance to the Court in its [...]
Yamada Cert Reply Brief, Filed on October 30, 2015.
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According to the Supreme Court website: Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice, was born in the Pinpoint community near Savannah, Georgia on June 23, 1948. He attended Conception Seminary from 1967-1968 and received an A.B., cum laude, from Holy Cross College in 1971 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1974. He was admitted to law [...]