It’s a quiet week, so now is a great time to listen to Judge John Owens regale @AHoweBlogger with the tale of Ashton Embry and the greatest leak in Supreme Court history.
Come for the high drama, stay for the good humor and an RBG story or two.
The biggest leak in Supreme Court history - SCOTUSblog
In a city full of anonymous sources, the Supreme Court is famously leak-proof. But a century ago, the court had ...
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The Supreme Court will hear its last case of the term today at 10:00 a.m. EDT.
Here’s a summary of Terry v. United States in a TikTok minute.
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will tackle the legacy of the Reagan-era War on Drugs and Congress' attempt to reduce the punishment disparity between crack-cocaine and powder cocaine offenses.
As @ekownyankah notes, this case has a little bit of everything.
In final case the court will hear this term, profound issues of race, incarceration and the war on drugs - SCOTUSblog
Academics naturally believe that even obscure cases in their field are underappreciated; each minor tax or bankruptcy ...
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JUST IN: Another shadow-docket filing in which a church argues that state COVID-related restrictions lack sufficient carveouts for religious worship. This one challenges Colorado's restrictions. It relies heavily on last month's ruling in Tandon v. Newsom.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20A163/177156/20210503155355115_20-A%20Emergency%20Application%20for%20Injunction.pdf
Congratulations to Gail Curley, the new Marshal of the Supreme Court. The Marshal supervises the Court's police, cries in the Court with the familiar "Oyez," and (somewhat oddly) is responsible for paying the Justices' salaries. https://twitter.com/joshgerstein/status/1389212773108920323
JUST IN: If you’re the kind of person always expecting the Marshal of the Supreme Court to make an arrest, there’s a new sheriff in town #SCOTUS
