Balls and Strikes : Supreme Court Coverage That Doesn't Suck
Marcellus Williams Deserved More Than Two Paragraphs From the Supreme Court. The legal system owes more to the people whose lives it has the power to take. Oklahoma Doesn’t Want to Execute Richard Glossip. Will the Supreme Court Force Them to Do It Anyway?
Circuit Status - Balls and Strikes
Oct 15, 2024 · Circuit Status. Each year, of the thousands of petitions for review that the Supreme Court receives, the justices typically grant fewer than 100. For just about everyone else, a decision made by one of the 13 federal courts of appeals is the end of the line, which makes these life-tenured judges some of the most powerful people many Americans ...
Mifepristone Lawsuit: Republican AGs Demand More Pregnant …
1 day ago · Three state Republican Attorneys General filed a complaint in federal court on October 11 arguing that their states have a right to pregnant teenagers and that right is being violated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.. The case is one of many ongoing lawsuits targeting mifepristone, one of two drugs used in the most common abortion medication regime in the United States.
Ghost Guns Are Making the Gun Violence Crisis Worse. Will the …
Sep 25, 2024 · In classic lawyer-brained fashion, the main question in Garland v. VanDerStok is what a firearm is.Congress answered this question exhaustively in the Gun Control Act, which defines a firearm in relevant part as any weapon that can or is designed to “expel a projectile by the action of an explosive,” and—and this is the important part—any weapon that “may readily be converted” to ...
About - Balls and Strikes
Balls & Strikes borrows its name from now-Chief Justice John Roberts, who famously outlined his vision of judicial modesty by describing the proper role of a judge as “to call balls and strikes, and not to pitch or bat.”. This metaphor omits key facts that every Little Leaguer knows: Umpires use different strike zones, apply them flexibly ...
Biden's Nominees - Balls and Strikes
Oct 9, 2024 · June 16, 2021. Julien Neals. June 8, 2021. Zahid Quraishi. June 10, 2021. Regina Rodriguez. Margaret Strickland. September 21, 2021. Biden Judicial Nominees: A closer look at President Biden's nominees to the federal bench.
The Supreme Court’s War on Government Is Just Getting Started
Jun 28, 2024 · In order to understand the impact of Loper Bright, you first need to understand the case it overruled: Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, a case the Court decided in 1984.In Chevron, the Court wrote that if the meaning of a statute is ambiguous, and someone challenges an agency’s interpretation of the statute in court, the agency responsible for enforcement receives deference.
Why Is a Law School Supreme Court Clinic Taking a Straight Rights …
3 days ago · Legal Culture Law School. By Jay Willis October 18, 2024. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, a case alleging that a state juvenile corrections agency discriminated against one of its employees based on her sexual orientation. But the facts of this case are not like the facts of most ...
Jay Willis - Balls and Strikes
Jay Willis. Author. Jay is the Editor-in-Chief of Balls & Strikes. Previously, he was a staff writer at GQ and a senior contributor to The Appeal. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Slate, Defector, and Fast Company, among others. Link to: Why Is a Law School Supreme Court Clinic Taking a Straight ...
The Supreme Court's CFPB Case Features More Originalists Getting ...
May 20, 2024 · The case the Court decided on Thursday, CFPB v. Community Financial Services of America, offered the Court a back road it could use to get Republicans where they wanted to go. CFSA, a trade association of payday lenders, did more than challenge a single CFPB rule. It asked the Court to hold that the way Congress funds agencies like the CFPB is ...