Lawrence Hurley 2018-10-18T17:38:28Z http://lawrencehurley.com/feed/atom/ WordPress.com Lawrence Hurley <![CDATA[Track Trump’s judicial picks]]> http://lawrencehurley.com/?p=860 2018-10-18T17:38:28Z 2018-10-30T17:33:56Z Capture

The image above is a taster of the major Reuters interactive graphic that is tracking how President Donald Trump is transforming the influential appeals courts with his appointments. You can see it in full here. See also the accompanying story I wrote about how Trump is getting close to flipping two appeals courts to Republican-appointed majorities.

 

]]> Lawrence Hurley <![CDATA[New justice, new term]]> http://lawrencehurley.com/?p=858 2018-10-18T17:15:39Z 2018-10-18T17:15:39Z courtkavanaughIt’s been a strange few months, with the vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy and the contentious confirmation of his replacement, Justice Brett Kavanaugh dominating what is usually a quiet couple of months for all-things court-related. As the picture above shows, even though Kavanaugh is on the court and the justices are returning to something like business as usual, the scars remain.

As we reported around the time of Kavanaugh’s confirmation, the justices talk a lot about how friendly they are with each other, but contentious confirmations and divisive cases can certainly put a strain on those relationships.

 

 

]]> Lawrence Hurley <![CDATA[Supreme Court’s cake case stirs debate]]> http://lawrencehurley.com/?p=852 2017-12-11T20:40:20Z 2017-12-11T20:40:20Z File Dec 11, 3 38 49 PMA case currently before the Supreme Court concerning a Christian baker who refused to make a cake for a gay couple has certainly provoked plenty of debate. After the oral argument on Dec. 5 it appeared to close to call, as I (and others) reported. Here’s the Reuters coverage of that argument. The prediction that the case is likely to come down to Justice Kennedy seems likely to be correct. A ruling is due by the end of June.

]]> Lawrence Hurley <![CDATA[2017 Supreme Court term kicks off]]> http://lawrencehurley.com/?p=837 2017-12-11T20:23:02Z 2017-10-10T13:55:17Z CaptureFor a little preview of what’s ahead in the Supreme Court’s 2017 term, see this segment on C-SPAN:

]]> Lawrence Hurley <![CDATA[Follow on Facebook]]> http://lawrencehurley.com/?p=830 2017-04-27T14:53:52Z 2017-04-27T14:52:09Z I now have a professional page on Facebook where I post my stories and other material more regularly than I have been doing here.

You can find it here.

]]> Lawrence Hurley <![CDATA[Photo of the year]]> http://lawrencehurley.com/?p=825 2016-06-29T20:01:22Z 2016-07-15T20:00:40Z knight.jpg

A knight randomly appeared outside the Supreme Court on the day of the abortion ruling. He said he was promoting Magna Carta.

]]> Lawrence Hurley <![CDATA[Obama didn’t get all his own way at the Supreme Court]]> http://lawrencehurley.com/?p=817 2016-06-29T19:29:56Z 2016-06-29T19:29:56Z President Barack Obama’s administration was on the winning side in a couple of big cases in the Supreme Court term that just ended, namely affirmative action and abortion. But also had a couple of big setbacks on immigration and climate change policy. Read on.

]]> Lawrence Hurley <![CDATA[Discussing immigration and affirmative action]]> http://lawrencehurley.com/?p=812 2016-06-29T19:27:54Z 2016-06-29T19:26:06Z I went on C-Span to discuss the Supreme Court’s big decisions on immigration and affirmative action. Here’s the vid.

]]> Lawrence Hurley <![CDATA[Supreme Court back in business]]> http://washingtonbriefs.com/?p=802 2015-10-06T18:49:44Z 2015-10-06T18:44:24Z Check out this preview of the Supreme Court term, featuring yours truly, via Reuters TV

For more on the coming term, take a look at these Reuters stories:

Supreme Court tackles hot social issues as 2016 election looms

U.S. Supreme Court’s business docket targets class actions

Factbox: Supreme Court’s major cases as new term starts

]]> Lawrence Hurley <![CDATA[It’s a wrap]]> http://washingtonbriefs.com/?p=792 2015-07-10T20:15:38Z 2015-07-10T19:38:26Z CJEpSWGUkAEs0FiHere’s a clip of me on C-SPAN taking viewer calls on the big Supreme Court rulings of the term that just ended and looking a bit ahead to next term.

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