Battle Supreme: The Confirmation of Chief Justice John Roberts and the Future of the Supreme Court
Concurring Opinions (Free subscription) | yesterday
... world). From a historical perspective, Mohawk is significant as the first opinion authored by Justice Sotomayor. She is thus forever [...]
Blawgletter (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq. " What did we learn from reading the transcript ? Just this: Chief Justice Roberts: I hates class actions! Hates them, I tells ya! Justice Scalia: "I used to teach contracts." Justice Alito: The arbitrators didn't have power to do what they did. Plus class actions are hated by me, too -- but only in the passive voice. Totally different from...
Conglomerate (Free subscription) | yesterday
... constitutional, the SEC must have comprehensive control over the PCAOB. GENERAL KAGAN: Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the Court: Resolution of this case follows from a simple syllogism and it is this: The President has constitutionally sufficient control over the SEC. The SEC has comprehensive control over the Accounting Board, therefore the President has constitutionally sufficient...
Cato-at-liberty (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... the arguments today and predict that the property owners will suffer a narrow 4-4 defeat. That is, Justice Stevens recused himself — he owns beachfront property in a different part of Florida that is subject to the same renourishment program — and the other eight justices are likely to split evenly. And a tie is a defeat in this case because it means the Court will summarily affirm...
