Archive for the 'Clerks' Category
ATL Reports That Souter Hasn’t Hired For OT09
0 Comments Published by Kedar February 4th, 2009 in Clerks, Court Procedure, David Souter, Supreme CourtAbove the Law is reporting that Justice Souter hasn’t hired any clerks for OT09 and suggests that it may hint towards his retirement. I think this is an example of ATL jumping the gun and overrating their skill as investigative journalists.
The idea of late hiring isn’t totally unfounded though. Just last year, ATL posted Souter’s [...]
Supreme Introductions
0 Comments Published by Kedar December 20th, 2008 in Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Clerks, Court Procedure, David Souter, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court(Nearly) every majority opinion features a short introduction before it jumps into the standard I, II, III, IV, etc structure. Some Justices simply introduce the facts very briefly (Scalia), while others discuss the procedural history (Thomas), and others discuss the underlying issue in the case (Souter.) I took a look at all of the cases [...]
US News Posts Rehnquist’s 1957 Exposé
0 Comments Published by Kedar December 13th, 2008 in Clerks, Court Procedure, Supreme Court, William RehnquistIn 1957, former-law clerk William Rehnquist wrote an exposé in US News about the role of clerks on the Supreme Court. Adam Liptak mentioned (here) the former-clerk’s article in relation to a recent study from the DePaul Law Review (here). The surge in interest over the case inspired US News to repost the article online [...]
