By Tom Goldstein
SCOTUSblog interviews founding Dean of UC Irvine Law School and constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky about his book The Conservative Assault on the Constitution.
Carter G. Phillips presents the arguments for the petitioners. Mr. Phillips is a partner at Sidley Austin LLP.
Mary R. O'Grady presents the arguments for the respondent. Ms. O'Grady is the Solicitor General of Arizona.
Leigh Latherow, VanAntwerp, Monge, Jones, Edwards & McCann, LLP presents arguments for respondent. Ms. Latherow is counsel to respondent North American Stainless, LP.,
Helen Norton, University of Colorado Law School, counsel to amici National Women’s Law Center et al., presents arguments for petitioner. Professor Norton is counsel to amici National Women’s Law Center et al.
Carter G. Phillips, Sidley Austin LLP, presents arguments for appellants. Mr. Phillips is counsel to appellant Arnold Schwarzenegger
Paul D. Clement, King & Spalding LLP, presents arguments for appellees. Mr. Clement is counsel to appellee Ralph Coleman.
Francisco M. Negrón, Associate Executive Director & General Counsel, National School Boards Association, presents arguments for respondents. The National School Boards Association filed an amicus brief in the case.
David A. Cortman, Alliance Defense Fund, presents arguments for petitioner. Mr. Cortman is lead counsel for petitioner Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization
Paul M. Smith, Jenner & Block, presents arguments for respondent. Mr. Smith is also arguing counsel for respondent
S. Kyle Duncan, Appellate Chief, Louisiana Department of Justice presents the arguments for petitioner. Mr. Duncan represents amici Lousiana et al. in support of petitioner
Edward C. Dawson presents the arguments for the respondent. Mr. Dawson is a Partner at Yetter Coleman LLP. Note: We had also planned (and hoped) to have counsel for petitioner Henry Skinner participate in the podcast, but at the...
Margie J. Phelps presents the arguments for respondent. Ms. Phelps is also arguing counsel for respondent.
Stephen R. McAllister presents the arguments for the petitioner. Mr. McAllister is the Solicitor General of Kansas and represents amici Kansas, forty-seven other states, and the District of Columbia in support of the petitioner.
SCOTUSblog interviews trial lawyer and legal historian Ed Mannino about his book, Shaping America: The Supreme Court and American Society, a comprehensive history of the Supreme Court.
James Bopp, who argued before the Supreme Court, gives the arguments on the petition signers' side.
Washington Attorney General Robert McKenna, who argued before the Supreme Court, gives the arguments on the state's side.
Kent Richland, who argued before the Supreme Court, gives the arguments on the city's side.
Dieter Dammeier, who argued before the Supreme Court, gives the arguments on the respondent's side.
Judge Michael McConnell, who argued before the Supreme Court, gives the arguments on the petitioner's side.
Paul Smith, representing the amicus party Hastings Outlaw, gives the arguments on the respondents' side.
Alabama Solicitor General Corey Maze gives the arguments on the state government's side.
Prof. John Blume, representing the amicus party the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, gives the arguments on the criminal defendant's side.
Alan Gura, counsel to Otis McDonald, gives the arguments in favor of incorporation of the Second Amendment.
Charles Dyke, counsel for the amicus Board of Education of Chicago et al., argues against incorporating the Second Amendment.
Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute gives the arguments in favor of incorporating the Second Amendment through the Privileges or Immunities Clause.
Leonard Niehoff, counsel to the amicus Anti-Defamation League, gives the arguments in favor of incorporation (if any) through the Due Process Clause.
Jon Lowy of amicus the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence gives arguments for considering a public interest in gun regulations, should the Second Amendment be incorporated.
SCOTUSblog interviews Prof. David Stras on his experience clerking for Justice Thomas.
Prof. Peter Margulies, representing the amicus party “Scholars, Attorneys, and Former Public Officials with Experience in Terrorism-Related Issues," gives the arguments for the government.
Jack Greenberg discusses the experience of arguing Brown v. Board of Education, and the meaning of the decision.
Nina Totenberg introduces her three-part series of recordings on the case for NPR.
University of California, Irvine law school dean Erwin Chemerinsky discusses segregation today in American public schools and the Court's rulings on desegregation and integration programs.
SCOTUSblog interviews historian David Cecelski about the consequences of the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
Tom Goldstein interviews Vernon Jordan about the impact of the Court on the black community.
Arguments for the respondent in the Supreme Court case Berghuis v. Smith. The speaker is James Sterling Lawrence, counsel to Diapolis Smith.
Arguments for the petitioner in the Supreme Court case Berghuis v. Smith. The speaker is Kent Scheidegger, representing the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation as amicus curiae.
Arguments for the respondent in American Needle v. NFL. The speaker is Shepard Goldfein of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, representing the National hockey League as amicus curiae.
Arguments for the petitioner in the Supreme Court case American Needle v. NFL. The speaker is Meir Feder of Jones Day, counsel to American Needle.
Arguments for the respondent in the Supreme Court case Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The speaker is NYU law professor Richard Pildes, representing former chairmen of the Securities and Exchange Commission as amici curiae.
Arguments for the petitioner in the Supreme Court case Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The speaker is Christian Vergonis of Jones Day, counsel for the Free Enterprise Fund.
Tom Goldstein interviews Joan Biskupic about her 2009 biography of Justice Antonin Scalia.
In this episode, Kevin Russell elaborates on a previous post of his regarding how to present a case to the Court when there is not circuit split.
After a hiatus, the SCOTUSblog podcast is back. Today, Troy Cahill, who woked as a staff attorney in the clerk's office of the Supreme Court prior to joining Akin, discusses the ins and outs of applications for stay.
In today's episode, Tom talks with Professor Fried about his new book, Modern Liberty and the Limits of Government.
In today's episode, Tom elaborates on his earlier post about the state of the Court's docket, the cert. process as a whole, and the role of law clerks in screening cases.
In today's episode, we discuss Election Law at the Supreme Court with Professor Rick Hasen of the Election Law Blog and Loyala Law School in L.A.
The SCOTUSblog Podcast returns, and our episode today features a discussion of patent law at the Supreme Court with our guest Ken Bass of the firm Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein, and Fox.
In today's episode of the podcast, we return to our practice pointers series as Kevin Russell discusses how to effectively oppose cert.
In today's episode, Tom talks with award-winning New York Times reporter Linda Greenhouse about her book, the two new Justices, and the controversy regarding her remarks at Radcliffe College.