- Nearly four years after the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the FBI recently released its files on Scalia, offering a peek inside the confirmation process for his circuit court and Supreme Court nominations.
- The 483 pages of documents posted this month on the FBI’s online vault also reveal communications about a possible ethics investigation in 1993 and a purported death threat in 2006 from someone who called Scalia an “anti-Christ.”
- And on his writing: Scalia “writes with clarity and fine style, which is readable, persuasive and entertaining.” Scalia, of course, was widely regarded as one of the strongest writers on the Supreme Court. “Justice Scalia’s opinions mesmerize law students. And why should they not? The captivating style, full of wit, dash, and verve,” Justice Elena Kagan said in 2016, after Scalia’s death. She added: “As a sheer writer, I think, Justice Scalia belongs in the company of Justices Holmes, Brandeis, and Jackson.”
Of note from today's NLJ Supreme Court Brief:
Re Gender Diversity Declines at SG's Office: Lawyers including Lisa Blatt, Deanne
Maynard, Beth Brinkmann, Ilana
Eisenstein, Elaine Goldenberg, Nicole
Saharsky and now Prelogar have gone on to become Supreme Court
practitioners and appellate practice leaders at major law firms.
Lawyers, Uninterrupted, Adjust to Supreme Court
Two-Minute Rule. "On the whole, the new rule seems to have been
well-received by advocates. Bloomberg Law spoke to a dozen lawyers who’ve
argued under the new rule so far this term. But some have reservations,
including Sidley Austin’s Carter Phillips, who’s been arguing at the Supreme
Court since before Scalia’s 1986 appointment. He says he’s 'not a big fan of
the two minutes' because it’s time that could be better used responding to the
justices’ concerns." [Bloomberg Law]
Law.com also has Trump Judicial Nominee Faces Questions over recently renewed Federalist Society Membership
Law.com also has Trump Judicial Nominee Faces Questions over recently renewed Federalist Society Membership
Posts
