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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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To Recuse or Not to Recuse? That is the Question Potentially Facing Supreme Court Justices on Book Publisher Copyright Case

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What happens if two-thirds of the U.S. Supreme Court justices have a conflict of interest in a case presented before the Court? The speculative possibilities are abundant in such a situation—do all of the affected Justices...more

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 Here It Comes Again: AJEI 2024

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I have blogged annually about the Appellate Judges Education Institute’s Summit. This year it is being held in Boston from November 14 through 17. As in prior years, it’s going to be a dilly. The program will be pure...more

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Landmark SCOTUS Ruling Strips Power From Federal Agencies: How Today’s Decision Will Impact Your Workplace

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The Supreme Court just upended the legal world by significantly reducing the power of federal regulators and placing more authority in the hands of judges – a move that will have a major impact on workplace regulations for...more

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Judicial Conference issues policy regarding random assignment of judges

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On March 12, 2024, the Judicial Conference of the United States (“Judicial Conference”) announced that, in an effort to limit the ability of litigants to select judges in certain cases based on where they file lawsuits, it...more

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Ready for the Flood of Litigation Against Federal Agencies?

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two related cases that may have a significant impact on litigation against federal agencies – Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce....more

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Senator Wants to Sharpen the FCA’s Bite, Criticizes Judges for “Activist” Rulings

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently criticized “activist judges” for rewriting the text of the False Claims Act to achieve their own policy goals, revealing plans to reintroduce legislation that would correct “unduly...more

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Supreme Court Justice Breyer Officially Retires; Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn In as Associate Justice

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Justice Stephen Breyer officially retired from active service on the U.S. Supreme Court as of noon on June 30, 2022. As covered in The Road to the U.S. Supreme Court series, Justice Breyer previously announced his intent...more

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmed to U.S. Supreme Court

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman and the third Black Justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. With support of only a handful of Republican senators, a Senate majority voted to confirm...more

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Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed to SCOTUS

(It's possible that you heard this already.) I was traveling and with a client all day yesterday -- otherwise, I would have posted this in a more timely manner. Better late than never, I hope....more

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Senate Judiciary Committee Completes Confirmation Hearing on Supreme Court Nominee Jackson

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After four days of hearings, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court seems likely. While Judge Jackson emerged from the hearings with solid Democratic support across the ideological spectrum, the...more

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Do women have to be overqualified for top position?

President Biden’s nominee for the United States Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, begins her Senate confirmation hearing today. It marks a historic moment for our country. If she is confirmed, Judge Jackson will be...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Biden Nominee Will Decide Future of FLSA Collective Actions

If confirmed, President Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, will likely participate in deciding a critical issue in FLSA collective action litigation: whether federal courts have jurisdiction over...more

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A New Benchmark for Bench Strength: President Biden Nominates First Black Female to the U.S. Supreme Court

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On Friday, February 25, 2022, President Joseph Biden nominated D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court. The commitment to nominate a Black woman to the Bench...more

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President Biden Nominates D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to U.S. Supreme Court

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President Joe Biden has nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to the U.S. Supreme Court. Fulfilling a campaign promise to nominate the first African...more

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Looking Forward: Spotlight on Potential Supreme Court Nominees

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It is anticipated that President Joe Biden will soon announce his pick to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court. With that announcement imminent, we are continuing our “Road to the U.S. Supreme Court”...more

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Looking Back: Spotlight on Justice Breyer’s Employment Law Legacy

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On January 27, 2022, Justice Stephen Breyer formally announced his retirement from the nine-member U.S. Supreme Court, effective at the start of the 2022 summer recess....more

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Quick Look at Top 3 Potential Supreme Court Picks

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At some point in the coming days or weeks, President Biden will announce his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, and the Court will be transformed like never before. The president seems intent on...more

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Justice Breyer’s Influence on America’s Health Care System

This week’s news that Justice Stephen Breyer would step down from the Supreme Court at the conclusion of the Court’s term definitely caught our attention here at the Medicaid and the Law Blog. Our view is that Justice Breyer...more

McDermott Will & Emery

A Look Back at Supreme Court Justice Breyer's Tax Opinion in Home Concrete

On January 27, 2022, Supreme Court of the United States Justice Stephen Breyer formally announced his retirement, effective when the Supreme Court breaks for summer recess in June or July later this year—after his successor...more

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Investiture Ceremony Of The Supreme Court Of North Carolina

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At the stroke of midnight, North Carolina’s judiciary entered a new era, with many appellate justices and judges taking the oath office from their homes. This age-old changing of the guard included Chief Justice Paul Newby...more

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Top Section 101 Patent Eligibility Stories of 2020

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Light a fire, pour yourself some glogg (21+) and find a comfy corner to read about the biggest Section 101 stories of 2020 because we're gonna have the hap-hap-happiest time since Bing Crosby tap-danced with . . . Well, you...more

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Supreme Court Decides Carney v. Adams

On December 10, 2020, the United States Supreme Court reversed the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Carney v. Adams, No. 19-309 (10-December-2020), holding that James Adams, a political independent, did not have Article III...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Death of RBG…and the ACA?

The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and alongside it the high probability of a conservative successor to the open seat she left behind, is likely to shift the Court substantially to the right. Among the...more

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Revisiting Supreme Court Nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Recent Trade Secret Opinion

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The authors of this blog post revisited Judge Amy Coney Barrett's opinions for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in her three years on the bench in light of her recent nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court. In...more

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Beltway Buzz - October 2020

HEROES Act Passes the House. Again. On October 1, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a (somewhat) slimmed-down version of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act - House...more

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