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Several high-profile developments in the lower courts are raising the question: what, if anything, will the Supreme Court do? One such development came from the Second Ci...

Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to endorse Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The final tally was thirteen “aye”s to six “nay”s, with Senator L...

Yesterday Senate Democrats were unable to break a Republican filibuster on the DISCLOSE Act, a legislative response to the Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. F...

Yesterday the full Senate opened debate on Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court, and a final vote is planned before the end of the week, likely tomorrow. Even th...

With Elena Kagan now embarking on her new role as a Justice, attention has turned to who might fill the role she is leaving, and when. In an article for the Daily Journal...

In brief, here are today’s stories on the Supreme Court: At Balkinization, Jason Mazzone summarizes his research on Supreme Court review of state court decisions. He conc...

Responding to an order by the Court, a federal district court judge in Georgia found that death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis “is not innocent” of murdering a police offi...

Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I'm working the register at Dunkin' Donuts. I'm pretty su...

Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: Yes. Yes, I did attack my brother's neck with a knife-edg...

1) Question: We're not sure whether my fiancee's cousin, Ed, is going to come to our wedding this weekend. If he does, all hell will surely break loose as it always does ...