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Morning Docket: 12.28.22

Above The Law

The majority of the Supreme Court is once again shifting their interpretation of the law in order to support right-wing political objectives! More law schools are kicking USNWR rankings to the curb. More law schools are kicking USNWR rankings to the curb. appeared first on Above the Law.

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Race and College Admissions: The Supreme Court’s Train Whistle Docket Just Got a Lot Louder

JonathanTurley

Here is the column: Last year, I wrote about the Supreme Court’strain whistle” docket with cases on abortion, guns, immigration, and other issues barreling down the track. This week, the court accepted two cases challenging racial preferences in college admissions. Well, that whistle just got a lot louder.

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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

SCOTUSBlog

Yet his record is not unblemished: He distrusted immigrants from China and even voted to deny citizenship to their U.S.-born He is also a graduate of Columbia Law School. Having lived through Dred Scott , he was deeply conscious of how mistakes by the court could lead to terrible outcomes. born children. The back story.

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