Howard Bashman has the links. I'll update soon with more detail. UPDATE #1: Erickson v. Pardus is a per curiam opinion that rejects the too-strict pleading requirements the Sixth Tenth Circuit imposed on a pro se prisone…
Writes Jan Crawford Greenburg: The White House is not expecting a retirement, but it wants to be ready if a surprise announcement occurs, sources said. It's widely considered that the most likely candidates for retirement are…
Linda Greenhouse is highlighting Justice Ginsburg's decision to read two of her dissenting opinions from the bench this year. In both, Ginsburg spoke for herself and the other three liberal Justices (Stephens, Souter, and Br…
Writes Justice Alito , in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, a 5-4 decision that makes it harder for employees to sue within the statutory time limit. Linda Greenhouse reports : ... Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said th…
Linda Greenhouse has a theory about yesterday's cert. denial in Guantanamo detainees cases (Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United States). Noting that Justice Stevens declined to vote along with Justices Souter, Ginsburg,…
First, the great picture: Now, for the substance of the WaPo's report : The justices are dealing with a technical question: When may federal courts hear claims that involve state probate proceedings? Smith lost in Texas state…
So writes Justice O'Connor , concurring and providing the fifth vote, in today's Supreme Court opinion, Yarborough v. Alvarado. The Court leaves in place a state court conviction and reverses the opinion of the Ninth Circ…
"When I Was Cool." I had to drive from Chicago back home to Madison today, and I was glad to turn on the car radio to find the very beginning of a Fresh Air interview with Sam Kashner about his book "When I Was Coo…