Big Monday 2017: Here’s Gorsuch!
Never before can I recall the Order List being more interesting. Continue Reading
Author: Burt Likko
Another Slate Of Nominations
Eleven new nominations to federal courts. Two of them alumni of Arnold & Porter, three with service as Congressional advisory counsel. Continue Reading
More Peculiar Than The Horsehair Wigs
Another way lawyering is just plain different on the other side of the pond. Continue Reading
Hero of the Day: Debra H. Lehrmann
Dude! The citation we’ve all been waiting for. Continue Reading
Hero of the Day: Neal Katyal
An attorney in private practice who takes up ten percent of the Supreme Court’s docket is pretty much a hero no matter how you slice it. Meet America’s top lawyer. Continue Reading
Hero of the Day: Zainab Ahmad
Maybe a hero is someone whose conduct and actions are an example the rest of us should aspire to follow. Or, maybe a hero is someone whose deeds make a difference, who changes things for the better. By either definition, Zainab Ahmad is a hero. Continue Reading
Slate of Ten Judicial Nominees
Ten federal court nominations were made today by President Trump. I see three things they all have in common: good-to-great academic credentials, age in their forties, and some palpable connection to the Federalist Society or other right-of-center legal groups. They… Continue Reading
Hero of the Day: Jill Zwagerman
Big verdicts like this don’t happen every day. Continue Reading
Reasoning Backwards To Divine Strategy
Friedenthal, Kane, and Miller are going to have something to say about this. Continue Reading
NPR: Senate Confirms Gorsuch To Supreme Court
Entirely As Expected Continue Reading