General News
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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."