Courts

SCOTUS Clerk Hiring Watch: All Done?

Plus interim rankings of law schools and feeder judges—and an update on the Bristow Fellows.

Feb 20 •

On Constitutional Crisis And The Current ‘Precarious’ Moment: Vince Chhabria

Judge Chhabria speaks candidly about judicial activism, judge shopping, dismissing a criminal case under Rule 48, and other timely topics.

Feb 19 •

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Judicial Notice (02.17.25): Constitutional Crisis?

Benchslaps for two former solicitors general, Danielle Sassoon v. Emil Bove (continued), Musk’s $97 billion bid for OpenAI, and lots of lateral moves.

Feb 18 •

A Leading SCOTUS Litigator’s Major Lateral Move

Neal Katyal gave me the inside scoop on his move to Milbank from Hogan Lovells.

Feb 14 •

S.D.N.Y. U.S. Attorney Resigns Over The Eric Adams Case

Now-former Acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon and Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove duked it out in dueling letters.

Feb 13 •

Even Superstar Supreme Court Litigators Can’t Win Them All

Plus SCOTUS advocates with the highest win rates, and other interesting info from a new paper.

Feb 12 •

Judicial Notice (02.09.25): Everything Enjoined Everywhere, All At Once

Latham raids Wachtell and Simpson, Tom Goldstein fights the feds, a ‘Trump judge’ rules against Trump, and Pam Bondi gets down to business.

Feb 9 •

A Major Law Firm’s ChatGPT Fail

Why is not citing fake cases so hard?

Feb 7 •

Big-City Mayors In The New Trump Era: Quinton Lucas

Listen now (47 mins) | As the mayor of Kansas City, ‘Mayor Q’ must pick his battles with federal and state governments—and sometimes collaborate with…

Feb 5 •

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Judicial Notice (02.02.25): You’re (All) Fired

The latest Trumpworld legal drama, Kellogg Hansen’s $630 million settlement, Doug Emhoff and Adeel Mangi’s new firms, and a big Fifth Circuit gun…

Feb 2 •

Possible Trump Picks For 4 Open Circuit Seats

It’s unlikely that he’ll be able to reshape the judiciary as much as he did during his first term, but Trump still has an opportunity to shift the…

Jan 30 •

Judicial Notice (01.26.25): #Resist?

Justice Jackson’s jewelry, Justice Alito’s surprising vote, Kirkland’s raid on Skadden, Gibson Dunn’s latest wins—and more Trump news than you can shake…

Jan 27 •

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