General News
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U.S.: Supreme Court Justice Kagan shares her insights
Courthouse News Service: "In a visit to U.C. Berkeley Law School Monday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan shared her thoughts on studying law, divisive politics and the career disappointments that led to her reaching the highest court in the nation." -
U.S.: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reflects on Supreme Court’s unchanging 'collegiality'
UChicago News: "After more than a quarter of a century on the United States Supreme Court, what hasn’t changed for Ruth Bader Ginsburg are her cordial relationships with her fellow justices." -
U.S.: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch decries lack of access to justice for many Americans
USA Today: "Lawyers cost too much. Getting to trial takes too long. Juries promised by the Constitution are rarely used. And just try counting all the criminal laws on the books." -
U.S.: Gorsuch says it’s just fine to be forgotten someday
Bloomberg News: "If history doesn’t remember Justice Neil Gorsuch, that’d be just fine by him. 'We’ll all be forgotten soon enough,' the justice quotes his former boss and Supreme Court predecessor Justice Byron 'Whizzer' White in his upcoming memoir, 'A Republic, If You Can Keep It.'" -
U.S.: Elena Kagan offers new law students advice — and a shot of confidence
Harvard Gazette: "Elena Kagan was 'petrified' when a Law School professor called on her on her first day of class. She blew her first exams, which situated her in 'the bottom third of the class.'" -
U.S.: Ginsburg appears strong during first speech since latest cancer revelation
CNN: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, making her first public appearance since it was announced that she had undergone recent treatment for pancreatic cancer, appeared strong Monday when she accepted an honorary degree from the University at Buffalo." -
U.S. Supreme Court: Ginsburg treated for tumor on pancreas
Associated Press: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed radiation therapy for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas and there is no evidence of the disease remaining, the Supreme Court said Friday." -
U.S.: Law school Supreme Court clinics catapult students to top jobs
Bloomberg News: "Alex Twinem’s second-year spring at Stanford Law School looked a bit different than that of her peers. Twinem, rather than cramming for exams, was hard at work on a case that ultimately resulted in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision: Obergefell v. Hodges." -
Does Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have any regrets? Hardly
MPR News: "Does Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the 86-year-old feminist icon, have any regrets about her professional life? Hardly. 'I do think that I was born under a very bright star,' Ginsburg said." -
U.S.: Kagan speaks of Supreme Court credibility in Spokane
Associated Press: "Supreme Court justices are aware of how decisions made along partisan lines can damage the credibility of the institution, Justice Elena Kagan said Thursday at a judicial conference in Washington state." -
U.S.: Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 86, dreams of serving many more years
USA Today: "Supreme Court Associate Justice and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a message for friends and foes alike: She hopes to serve many more years." -
U.S.: Ex-Marine, professor, MLB draft pick among high court clerks
Associated Press: "A former Marine who deployed twice to Afghanistan. A patent law professor. A woman who’s blind. Two Rhodes scholars. They’re among the lawyers starting work this summer as law clerks at the Supreme Court." -
U.S.: Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99
Associated Press: "John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court’s leading liberal, died Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after suffering a stroke Monday. He was 99." -
Clarence Thomas: From 'Black Panther type' to Supreme Court's conservative beacon
NPR News: "On the U.S. Supreme Court, where nine justices often disagree but try to meld their views into majority decisions, one justice stands out." -
U.S.: Thomas, RBG align in 5-4 rulings
Associated Press: "Since Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s return in late winter from cancer surgery and broken ribs , she has regularly accepted Justice Clarence Thomas’ extended hand to help her down the three steps behind the Supreme Court bench when the gavel falls and court ends for the day." -
U.S.: Clarence Thomas questions sources of retirement rumors
CNN: "Justice Clarence Thomas' booming voice filled the Supreme Court chamber Monday afternoon, as he took time off from the last month of the term to give a wide-ranging talk and publicly question where the rumors of his retirement come from." -
U.S.: Retired Justice Kennedy promises message of civility at American Law Institute’s annual meeting
SCOTUSblog: "'This award will inspire me in future years to bring again the message of civility and decency and progress to all of those who, like you, revere the law,' retired Justice Anthony Kennedy promised [May 20] as he received the Henry J. Friendly Medal at the American Law Institute’s annual meeting." -
U.S.: Retired Justice John Paul Stevens talks history, his new book and ping-pong
NPR News: "When you interview a 99-year-old Supreme Court justice, one who has written some of the landmark opinions of modern times, you don't imagine in advance that the subplot of the interview is going to be Ping-Pong." -
U.S.: Justice Brett Kavanaugh says judges 'owe our allegiance to the Constitution'
CNN: "Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh stressed judicial independence and 'allegiance to the Constitution' in his first major appearance outside of Washington since his contentious confirmation last October." -
U.S.: John Roberts' journey from 'sober puss' to the pinnacle of American law
CNN: "Chief Justice John Roberts has always had perfect timing. Shortly before he reached high school age, an elite boarding school was founded near his northern Indiana home. Even as a young boy he knew that it offered a place to obtain a superior education." -
U.S.: Sandra Day O'Connor reflects on life before, during and after the Supreme Court
CNN: "A new biography of the first woman on the Supreme Court details Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's agonizing struggle with her husband's dementia in the years before she retired and her later angst as she watched the court lunge rightward and faced her own declining health." -
U.S.: Chief Justice Roberts weighs ethics code for high court
Courthouse News Service: "At a hearing Thursday on the high court’s budget, Justice Elena Kagan told lawmakers that Chief Justice John Roberts is looking into the possibility of drafting a code of conduct that applies only to Supreme Court justices." -
U.S.: Justice Ginsburg appears strong in first appearance at Supreme Court this year
MPR News: "Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - the oldest, tiniest and possibly most well-known justice - returned to her perch on the bench Tuesday, asking questions in a firm and strong voice." -
U.S.: Sotomayor on conservative colleague Gorsuch - 'He's such a lovely person'
Washington Times: "Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday the high court is a prime example of how people who disagree can actually get along with one another and even have some fun together, saying she has particular respect for her colleague Justice Neil M. Gorsuch." -
U.S.: Ginsburg illness casts spotlight on long-term court absences
Associated Press: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has missed a month of Supreme Court arguments as she recovers from lung cancer surgery. But she's not the first justice to be away for a while and her absence hardly compares with those of some of her predecessors."