Tuesday, June 18, 2024

SG arguers; new entries in Black's

The Volokh Conspiracy blog has a detailed breakdown of precisely who argued for the U.S. at SCOTUS: The Division of Oral Arguments in the Office of Solicitor General (OT 2001-OT 2023)
During the October Term 2023 (OT 2023), OSG argued a total of 53 cases. SG Elizabeth Prelogar argued ten cases and PDSG Brian Fletcher argued three cases. Four DSGs argued cases: Malcolm Stewart (3), Edwin Kneedler (2), Eric Feigin (2), and Curtis Gannon (2). The remaining 31 OSG cases were argued by the 15 ASGs.


Reuters has 'Hot-tubbing' and more. New terms in Black’s Law Dictionary (https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/column-hot-tubbing-more-new-terms-blacks-law-dictionary-2024-06-17/

The 12th edition of Black's came out earlier this month, with more than 2,500 new law-related words and phrases.

New additions to Black's include: ghost gun, deepfake, recalcitrant witness, hot-tubbing, crimmigration, black knight, gray knight, shotgun answer, bedbug letter, kakistocracy, code duello, cybersmearing, and shadow docket.