Law school deans support Kagan as 'superbly qualified' Supreme Court nominee
A group of 69 current and former law school deans have expressed their support for US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan , describing her as "superbly qualified" in a letter released...
JURIST Guest Columnist Dave Sidhu, founding director of the Discrimination and National Security Initiative (DNSI) and a fellow at the Pluralism Project at Harvard University, says that the soon-likely-to-be-complete domination of the US Supreme Court by graduates of two Ivy...
Senate committee sets Kagan confirmation hearings for June 28
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced in a committee hearing Wednesday that confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will begin June 28 . Leahy's confirmation schedule...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee released a bipartisan questionnaire on Tuesday submitted by Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan regarding her prior experience, financial status, potential conflicts of interest,...
Supreme Court upholds indefinite detention of mentally ill sex offenders
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-2 in United States v. Comstock that mentally ill sex offenders may be civilly committed beyond their prison sentences. The court upheld...
Obama nominates Solicitor General Elena Kagan to US Supreme Court
US President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the US Supreme Court . If confirmed by the US Senate , Kagan would replace...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Shayana Kadidal, senior managing attorney of the Guantanamo project at the Center for Constitutional Rights, says the question of whether the government can criminally prosecute an attorney for representing a client said by the executive to...
Obama to consider women's rights in Supreme Court nomination
US President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he will take into account a potential nominee's position on individual liberty, including women's rights, when nominating a Supreme Court justice. Speaking at a meeting with Senate leaders, Obama acknowledged...
Senate Judiciary chair predicts speedy nomination of new Supreme Court justice
US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) predicted Sunday that President Obama will nominate a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens in time for...
Justice John Paul Stevens of the US Supreme Court announced Friday that he plans to step down at the end of the court's 2009 term this summer....
