May 2022

Which do we care more about: the destruction of precedent or tradition? The post Chief Justice John Roberts Confirms Authenticity Of Draft Abortion Opinion, Orders Investigation Into SCOTUS Leak appeared first on Above the Law. Source: https://abovethelaw.com/2022/05/chief-justice-john-roberts-confirms-authenticity-of-draft-abortion-opinion-orders-investigation-into-scotus-leak/

ShareThe Supreme Court on Tuesday morning confirmed that a draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, published by Politico on Monday night, is authentic. In a press release, the court stressed that the draft opinion, in which a majority of the court appears poised to overrule the Supreme Court’s landmark decisions in Roe […]

Learning history without righting wrongs is wasted time. The post Still Hope For Justice appeared first on Above the Law. Source: https://abovethelaw.com/2022/05/still-hope-for-justice/

ShareSix days after hearing oral argument in the challenge to the Biden administration’s effort to unwind the “remain in Mexico” immigration policy, the Supreme Court on Monday called for more briefing. In a short order, the justices asked both sides in the dispute to weigh in on technical – but potentially dispositive – issues relating […]

ShareEach weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows (Josh Gerstein & Alexander Ward, Politico) Protesters […]

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Goodbye reproductive freedom, we hardly knew ye. The post Unprecedented SCOTUS Leak Shows Just How Little Respect The Court Has For, You Know, Precedent appeared first on Above the Law. Source: https://abovethelaw.com/2022/05/unprecedented-scotus-leak-shows-just-how-little-respect-the-court-has-for-you-know-precedent/

What’s Rudy Up To Now? Hawking his Cameo with, um, quite the getup. Associates Are Peacing Out Of Law Firms: That attrition rate is something. Best Law Schools: For diversity. Law Prof Arrested For Solicitation: But that’s actually an improvement from how he was originally charged. Facts, They’re Rough: For Elon Musk. The post Rudy […]

2021 was a very good year at the firm. The post Partners At This Biglaw Firm Had A Really REALLY Good Year appeared first on Above the Law. Source: https://abovethelaw.com/2022/05/partners-at-this-biglaw-firm-had-a-really-really-good-year/

ShareIn a two-sentence order on Monday, the justices denied a stay of execution for Carman Deck, a man on Missouri’s death row who is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday. There were no public dissents from the order. Deck’s application called on the court to determine whether his constitutional rights were violated by a long […]