A 32-Line Justice Breyer 'Question'

Behold!     From oral argument today in Beckles v. United States . H/T Josh Blackman , who helpfully notes here that Justice Breyer's r...

Justice Willet: A Confirmation Hearing Outline

Via Howard Bashman's How Appealing , I learned of this excellent profile of Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett by Eric Benson. Sin...

Larsen and Devins on the "Amicus Machine"

Scotusblog has this post by Allison Orr Larsen and Neal Devins on the rising number of amicus briefs, and the heightened focus on obtaining...

Justice Scalia on "Snookering" the Supreme Court into Granting Certiorari

The Supreme Court just issued its opinion in City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan. The questions presented in that case were:  (1) ...

Kerr on The Influence of Immanuel Kant on Evidentiary Approaches in Eighteenth Century Bulgaria

A while ago, I wrote about Adam Liptak's criticism of law reviews, and argued that Liptak's criticism lacked novelty. I also did so...

No Sanctions for Attorney Who Submitted Incomprehensible Certiorari Petition

From the Wall Street Journal Law Blog : The Supreme Court on Monday declined to sanction a Washington, D.C., patent attorney who faced a ra...

How Not to Write a Petition for Certiorari

From Josh Blackman's Blog , I learned about the remarkably terrible petition for certiorari in  Sigram Schindler Beteiligungsgesellscha...