Thursday, July 2, 2026

Standard of Review article / SCOTUS stuff

The July/August issue of LA Lawyer magazine has H&L's Melissa Whalen and Sarah Fiskin's Barristers Tips article Navigating Standards of Review as a Roadmap to Appellate Success

On the SCOTUS side of things, check out: Politico's The Supreme Court Is Building Its Own Massive Police Force -- The Supreme Court is spending millions to beef up security. At what cost?

It’s often said that the Supreme Court has no army. Yet, with little fanfare, the size of the Supreme Court’s police force has begun mushrooming. For years, the force sat at fewer than 200 officers, but now officials are aiming to more than double the ranks of the agents and officers who protect the justices and the Supreme Court’s building.
And Bloomberg Law has posted an hour-long interview: Justice Stephen Breyer on Trump, the Rule of Law, and Whether the Supreme Court is Political