Balls and Strikes : Supreme Court Coverage That Doesn't Suck
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Circuit Status - Balls and Strikes
WEB6 days ago · Circuit Status. Each year, of the thousands of petitions for review that the Supreme Court receives, the justices typically grant fewer than 100. For just about everyone else, a decision made by one of the 13 federal courts of appeals is the end of the line, which makes these life-tenured judges some of the most powerful people many Americans ...
Lackey v. Stinnie: Supreme Court to Decide How Expensive It …
WEB2 days ago · About a decade ago, Damian Stinnie became one of hundreds of thousands of Virginia drivers punished by the state for his poverty. After Damian received several traffic citations, he was given 30 days to pay about $1,000 in fines and fees—at least three weeks’ pay at his minimum wage job at Abercrombie & Fitch.
Supreme Court Term Preview: The Conservatives Are Not Listening …
WEB5 days ago · The problem, as Neil Gorsuch’s summer book tour demonstrates, is that the conservative justices are not listening to most Americans. Supreme Court 2024-25 term. By Jay Willis October 4, 2024. This article was published in partnership with Slate. During their summer vacations, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Neil Gorsuch did what all Supreme Court ...
Ghost Guns Are Making the Gun Violence Crisis Worse. Will the …
WEBSep 25, 2024 · In classic lawyer-brained fashion, the main question in Garland v. VanDerStok is what a firearm is.Congress answered this question exhaustively in the Gun Control Act, which defines a firearm in relevant part as any weapon that can or is designed to “expel a projectile by the action of an explosive,” and—and this is the important …
About - Balls and Strikes
WEBBalls & Strikes borrows its name from now-Chief Justice John Roberts, who famously outlined his vision of judicial modesty by describing the proper role of a judge as “to call balls and strikes, and not to pitch or bat.”. This metaphor omits key facts that every Little Leaguer knows: Umpires use different strike zones, apply them flexibly ...
Biden's Nominees - Balls and Strikes
WEBOct 2, 2024 · June 16, 2021. Julien Neals. June 8, 2021. Zahid Quraishi. June 10, 2021. Regina Rodriguez. Margaret Strickland. September 21, 2021. Biden Judicial Nominees: A closer look at President Biden's nominees to the federal bench.
The Supreme Court’s Oddest Pairing Comes out Swinging on …
WEBOct 2, 2023 · On Monday, the Supreme Court opened its 2023–24 term by wrestling with a question that only lawyers could spend 90-plus minutes arguing about: what the word and means.. The case, Pulsifer v.United States, began winding its way through the legal system three years ago, when Mark Pulsifer sold about a third of a pound of meth to a customer …
The Supreme Court’s War on Government Is Just Getting Started
WEBJun 28, 2024 · In order to understand the impact of Loper Bright, you first need to understand the case it overruled: Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, a case the Court decided in 1984.In Chevron, the Court wrote that if the meaning of a statute is ambiguous, and someone challenges an agency’s interpretation of the statute in court, …
The Republican Justices Do Not Want to Talk About January 6
WEBApr 26, 2024 · Jay is the Editor-in-Chief of Balls & Strikes. Previously, he was a staff writer at GQ and a senior contributor to The Appeal. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Slate, Defector, and Fast Company, among others. As the Court considers Trump's immunity for the events leading up to January 6, …