The lawyer for federal district court Judge Emmett Sullivan filed his responsive brief with the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Court on Monday, arguing that the Justice Department’s conduct in abruptly deciding to end the case against President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn was so unusual that it raised a … Read more
In a recent historical analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court, Dianne Post posted on this blog, The Destruction of the Supreme Court. Her conclusion: Today’s Supreme Court is no longer a trusted, independent part of the Constitutional checks and balances established by the founders. It no longer protects people’s rights under the Constitution. Because of … Read more
For you non-lawyers who have been listening to Supreme Court oral arguments over the past week, I hope it has been illuminating about the mystique of oral argument, and no, I don’t mean the unfortunate failure to mute a toilet flush during oral argument last week. That was a first for me as well. If … Read more
Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog reported on Thursday, DOJ asks court to temporarily block release of secret Mueller grand jury materials: The Department of Justice came to the Supreme Court today, asking the justices to put on hold the disclosure of grand jury materials from the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who in March 2019 … Read more
For the first time in its history, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments by telephone conference in a limited number of postponed cases in response to public health guidance to COVID-19. All nine justices and counsel will participate remotely starting Monday, May 4. The court has never live-streamed courtroom arguments and only rarely … Read more