Every post published in November 2013, most recent first.
Interviewing Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., the composition of courts and dispelling the mystery of the “judicial power.” In this eight-part interview, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit discusses his background, including: a race for Congress;
Briefly: In her column for The New York Times, Linda Greenhouse contends that the contraceptive mandate cases, in which the Court granted review earlier this week, “open a new front in an old war” – “a war not on religion or on women but on modernity.” At The Volokh Conspiracy, Randy Barnett
The Court will face some unusual juxtapositions on the second day of the December calendar, when it hears oral argument in Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc. You could think of this as an IP case (applying the Lanham Act), but it’s not from the Federal Circuit.
What information matters, making decisions, and relating to the Court.
The second day of the December calendar presents a case that almost certainly will divide the Justices – Northwest, Inc. v. Ginsberg, in which the Court will consider whether the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 (the “ADA”) preempts a rabbi’s claim that Northwest Air Lines breached its implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing when it terminated his membership in Northwest’s frequent-flier program.
Markham Erickson is a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP. On December 2, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community, a case involving fascinating questions of jurisdiction and the doctrine of sovereign immunity for federally recognized Indian governments.
Yesterday the Court granted four cases from the Justices’ November 26 Conference.
The Justices are scheduled to meet for their November 26 Conference today. The cases up for consideration include the challenges to the so-called contraceptive mandate – the requirement that large employers provide their employees with health insurance that includes access to family-planning methods.
The job of a judge and the Fourth Circuit.
The Court will review application of ACA contraception mandate to for-profit companies operated on religious principles.