Home

How People really feel about potential courtroom reforms

When historian Donald Roper instructed folks he was writing a biography of Smith Thompson, the constant reply, even from constitutional students, was “who’s Smith Thompson?” Roper had a partial reply, albeit one borrowed from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: whereas Chief Justice John Marshall “was nice as a result of

Read More »

How Interesting Weekly Roundup

Ed. Notice: A weekly roundup of only a few objects from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Internet’s first weblog dedicated to appellate litigation. Take a look at these tales and extra at How Interesting. “Montana Ban Would Strike at Political Spending, and the Supreme Court docket; A measure aimed

Read More »

The basic confusions of federal Indian regulation

I wished to start this collection for SCOTUSblog by discussing some fundamentals (and elementary confusions) of federal Indian regulation. Regardless of the common understanding that federal Indian law is difficult and confounding, I educate my college students that its foundational ideas are literally pretty easy. Federal regulation is supreme in

Read More »

The three Issues Each Wholesome Group Wants

In a current dialog with advisor and creator Cheryl Donaldson, I explored a problem that’s turning into not possible for legislation corporations to disregard: younger, gifted attorneys are extra prepared than ever to stroll out the door if the tradition doesn’t work for them. What Cheryl delivered to the dialog

Read More »