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Justice Alito in the spotlight
Yesterday was publication day for Justice Samuel Alito, who drew on his past speeches to write a book – So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country – on his judicial philosophy.At the CourtOn Tuesday, the justices heard oral...
Justices emphasize comparing apples to apples in assessing investment choices for retirement funds
Source: YouTubeSummaryThe argument yesterday in Anderson v. Intel Corp Investment Policy Committee showed a bench skeptical of claims that the investment choices of employee retirement funds should form an easy basis for litigation in federal court.The employer in the...
Law and politics collide in asylum case
When the president signs a bill that Congress sends him, he imbues words with the elixir of the law. Once turned into law, words became orders that structure the world in which we live. But while the world constantly changes, the words that constitute a law don’t....
A textbook 14th Amendment revolution
This is the second part in a series for SCOTUSblog recounting two decades of constitutional change through the five editions of our casebook, the first published in 2008 and the latest to be published this December.In 2005, the Supreme Court’s 14th Amendment...
Australian soldier dies in vehicle rollover at training ground regularly used by US forces
Australian army Cpl. Brendan Hannam, 28, died after a tactical troop carrier vehicle in which he was a passenger rolled over.
Estonian infantry brigade sent closer to Russian border as NATO awaits new war plan
The headquarters of Estonia’s 1st Infantry Brigade is being permanently shifted from Tapa to Johvi.
Schedule A Defendants Severed for Improper Joinder
Chrome Hearts LLC v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A, No. 26 C 497, (N.D. Ill. May 18, 2026) (Kendall, C.J.).Chief Judge Kendall, in this Schedule A trademark and copyright action against 92 e-commerce defendants, granted six...
Everywhere Millionaires and the Limits of the Capitalist Ethic
True confession: I am about to write a blog post about a book I have not read. Its Authors were interviewed on two podcasts that I listen to, and I have now read two reviews. This one, from John Lanchester in The New Yorker, and this piece by Andrew Duehren in The New...
Supreme Court Appears to Favor “Meaningful Benchmark” Test
As expected, we were inundated with cases as the federal courts finished cleaning up their dockets before the September 30 Civil Justice Reform Act deadline. As a result, this week’s edition is especially meaty, with more than 30 cases addressing the full...