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

Law360 has Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

Oral arguments tended to last just about as long this term as they've stretched in recent terms.
This term saw the average oral argument go for an hour and 29 minutes, compared to an average of an hour and 23 minutes last term and an hour and 27 minutes the term before that. Eight of this term's individual arguments stretched for over two hours.