Archive for December 12th, 2008
Lawrence Lessig is on his way back to Harvard and even though I don’t normally post about professors moving from one school to another, this one seems like a particularly important move. Lessig gained popularity at Stanford for his work on intellectual property rights and he carries more popularity with non-legal thinkers than almost any [...]
What Is Your Favorite Quote From A Supreme Court Opinion?
2 Comments Published by Kedar December 12th, 2008 in AdministrativeI’ve spent the last few days updating the look of the site and I’m very happy with the end result. I also updated the software that runs the site and, after a few nerve-racking hours, WordPress 2.7 was installed and running smoothly. Now here’s where you all come in. In the top-right corner of the [...]
Federal Judiciary Doesn’t get COLA for 2009
1 Comment Published by Kedar December 12th, 2008 in Congress, Judicial Salaries, Justices and JudgesTony Mauro has a
Oral Argument Stats Posted
0 Comments Published by Kedar December 12th, 2008 in Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Constitutional Law, Court Procedure, David Souter, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Justices and Judges, Oral Arguments, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Stephen Breyer, Supreme CourtOnce again, I’ve conjured up some charts marking how often each Justice spoke during oral arguments in the first half of the term. You can find a detailed look into my methodology here but to summarize, these numbers represent the number of times ‘JUSTICE ______’ is mentioned in the oral argument transcripts posted on the [...]



