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Author: Amanda Rice

By on Oct 28, 2010 at 10:01 am

Continued coverage of the Court’s five-to-four decision to lift a stay of execution; retired Justice O’Connor’s “robo-calls” raise ethics questions....

By on Oct 14, 2010 at 10:25 am

The Court hears argument in Skinner v. Switzer and Kasten v. Saint-Gobain; continuing reactions to Snyder; the Court’s approval rating is “at one of its lowest points” in the last decade....

By on Oct 7, 2010 at 11:02 am

Continuing coverage of (and reactions to) yesterday’s arguments; editorial boards take a stand on Snyder v. Phelps....

By on Sep 30, 2010 at 10:16 am

Reactions to Tuesday’s grants and discussion of the upcoming Term; Senator Leahy’s proposal to allow retired Justices to fill in when active Justices are recused. ...

By on Sep 23, 2010 at 10:30 am

Chemerinsky and Starr join forces against preemption; speculation that the Court will hear “innocent infringer” case; reactions to Scalia’s remarks on sex discrimination and the Fourteenth Amendment....

By on Sep 9, 2010 at 9:39 am

O’Connor speaks on judicial elections; Scalia speaks on teaching and learning law; more discussion of Supreme Court law clerk hiring....

By on Aug 30, 2010 at 9:34 am
On Friday Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke at the 2010 Tenth Circuit Bench and Bar Conference in Colorado Springs. After delivering a speech written by her late husband, Justice Ginsburg joined Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, in a question-and-answer session moderated by NPR’s Nina Totenberg. Justice Ginsburg declined to weigh in on the question of televising oral arguments at the Court, but she did speculate that televising confirmation hearings has extended the confirmation process. The Colorado Springs Gazette, The Hill, and the Associated Press have coverage. Video of Justice Ginsburg’s remarks and the question-and-answer session is available at C-SPAN’s Video Library. Justice Sonia Sotomayor also spoke at the conference in a closed-door session with the judges on Saturday.

By on Aug 23, 2010 at 9:37 am
At the Washington Post, Philip Kennicott discusses a resolution, recently introduced by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), “calling on the Supreme Court to reopen the iconic [front] doors,” which were closed in early May for security reasons.  Kennicott suggests this resolution could “be the beginning of a new conversation” about “the public’s role in making security decisions.” At his eponymous blog, Josh Blackman ponders whether “Congress could order the Court to open the door,” and he observes that the resolution raises “interesting separation of powers issues.”