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In preparing for the upcoming Supreme Court term, your blogger couldn’t help noticing that former Bush solicitor general Paul Clement and Gregory Garre are on opposite sides in one of the cases he’ll be following closely: PPL Montana v. Montana. … Continue reading →

A federal appeals court judge cashed in on a visit to Las Vegas last year, her 2010 financial disclosure form appears to show. Judge Catharine Haynes, a George W. Bush appointee to the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of … Continue reading →

This week’s argument in American Electric Power v. Connecticut, a high-profile climate change case at the Supreme Court on whether federal common law public nuisance claims can be used to reduce emissions from power plants, overshadowed developments in a related … Continue reading →

The recent release of internal Solicitor General’s Office documents relating to how then-Solicitor General Elena Kagan tried to steer clear of any involvement in the debate over the legality of the federal health care reform law seems to raise one … Continue reading →

It seems U.S. District Judge John Roll, one of the victims of the Tuscon shooting, was a keen supporter of Republican-led efforts to split the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals into two smaller courts. It was no secret. Your … Continue reading →

When California attorney John Roos was raising lots of money for candidate Barack Obama, he probably didn’t expect that that three years later he would be a key player in the U.S. response to a massive earthquake and tsunami in … Continue reading →

In today’s Greenwire, your blogger reports that the Justice Department has stopped Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe from being listed as counsel of record for various amici in the upcoming American Electric Power v. Connecticut case at the Supreme … Continue reading →

Suddenly, everyone’s talking about a judicial vacancy crisis. What crisis? After the Senate took swift action yesterday to confirm three judges (see below for the names), there are now only a mere 99 vacancies. That shouldn’t be a problem, right? … Continue reading →

The Senate Judiciary Committee has been back in judicial nominations action this week. Yesterday’s nominations hearing was followed today by a business meeting in which 11 nominees were voted out (full list at the end of this post). The committee … Continue reading →

Protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court today to lament the Citizens United v. FEC ruling, issued a year ago today.