Stephen Breyer wrote major opinions favoring abortion rights, demarcating the separation of powers, and rejecting a challenge to Obamacare. In his later years, he questioned the constitutionality of the death penalty. Our retrospective, via @AHoweBlogger:
Stephen Breyer, pragmatic liberal, will retire at end of term - SCOTUSblog
Justice Stephen Breyer, a devoted pragmatist and the senior member of the Supreme Court’s liberal wing, will r...
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BREAKING: Per @PeteWilliamsNBC of @NBCNews, Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring. The 83-year-old Breyer, a pragmatic liberal who has served on the Supreme Court for nearly 28 years, is expected to tell the White House imminently of his intention to step down.
NEWS: Supreme Court Justice Breyer to retire, @PeteWilliamsNBC reporting live on @NBCNews Special Report
A rule that allows SCOTUS to hear cases before appeals courts weigh in used to be very rare. But in the past three years, it's become far more common. And the justices haven't said why.
@steve_vladeck explains the resurgent writ of "cert before judgment."
The rise of certiorari before judgment - SCOTUSblog
For obvious reasons, the Supreme Court’s decision on Monday to grant certiorari in a pair of cases challenging...
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Sonia Sotomayor appeared this morning on @TODAYshow to promote her new children's book, "Just Help!: How to Build a Better World." She spoke briefly about the public's perception of the court. Here's the interview: https://www.today.com/video/justice-sotomayor-on-new-book-supreme-court-s-credibility-loss-of-her-mother-131639365722
Today's big cert grant in a TikTok minute.
Affirmative action on deck at the Supreme Court.
In a unanimous ruling, SCOTUS revives a lawsuit against Northwestern University under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Current and former employees argue that the university is violating its fiduciary duties in the administration of its retirement investment plans.
