RBG Stamp / Shutdown stories

Bloomberg Law has Ginsburg Stamp Release to Mark Start of US Supreme Court Term

• The stamp is the latest of nearly 30 Supreme Court related stamps that have been issued since 1894, according to the court’s website.
• The first-day-of-issue ceremony will be held at the National Portrait Gallery on Oct. 2, hours after the current justices hear their first case of the 2023 term and approximately 30 years after Ginsburg was nominated to the high court bench by Bill Clinton.

Bloomberg Law also has Shutdown Nothing New for Longest Serving Circuit Court Clerk -- Michael Gans, the longest serving federal appeals court clerk, may be feeling déjà vu as the US government braces for a possible shutdown. He’s gone through nearly a dozen during four decades at the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis, and, once again, the court he helps run will stay open.

• Several circuit courts have posted notices on their websites recently notifying practitioners that they’d remain open, filing deadlines would remain in effect, and oral arguments set for October would continue as scheduled.
• The judiciary, which employs nearly 30,000, almost ran out of money during the last shutdown, in 2018.

Law.com has Circuit Court Clerks Brace for ‘Significant Impact’ If Government Shuts Down -- Oral arguments could proceed, but U.S. agency lawyers might need to request postponements, clerks say.