Balls and Strikes : Supreme Court Coverage That Doesn't Suck
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Jack Smith’s Report Shows How John Roberts Got the Job Done …
1 day ago · Early Tuesday morning, the Department of Justice released Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report of his efforts to prosecute former and soon-to-be President Donald Trump for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. After Trump’s win in the 2024 election, Smith asked the presiding judge to dismiss the case and then abruptly resigned, citing a longstanding Department of ...
Donald Trump’s Sentencing Lays Bare the Injustice of Felony ...
4 days ago · There are four million people with felony convictions in the United States who are legally prohibited from voting for president. One very famous person convicted of a felony will be president in little over a week.. In May 2024, a New York jury found President-elect Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, associated with his …
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What do you all do? Balls & Strikes publishes original commentary and reporting about courts, the judges who preside over them, and the legal system they uphold. Ah, but I already read Noah Feldman’s Bloomberg columns. Balls & Strikes’s coverage is …
Circuit Status - Balls and Strikes
Jan 2, 2025 · Each year, of the thousands of petitions for review that the Supreme Court receives, the justices typically grant fewer than 100. For just about everyone else, a decision made by one of the 13 federal courts of appeals is the end of the line, which makes these life-tenured judges some of the most powerful people many Americans have never heard of.
Editor's Note: Welcome to Balls & Strikes | Balls and Strikes
Sep 15, 2021 · Jay is the Editor-in-Chief of Balls & Strikes. Previously, he was a staff writer at GQ and a senior contributor to The Appeal. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Slate, Defector, and Fast Company, among others.. More by …
John Roberts Will Say Anything to Keep His Hold On Power
Jan 3, 2025 · On Tuesday, as 2024 mercifully came to a close, Chief Justice John Roberts issued his year-end report on the federal judiciary. The report contained all of the meaningful self-reflection that Supreme Court watchers have come to expect from Roberts’s annual exercise—which is to say, none whatsoever.. Roberts’s report provides little insight into the actual problems the judiciary faces.
Supreme Court Term Preview: The Conservatives Are Not Listening …
Oct 4, 2024 · To promote Lovely One, Jackson stuck with mainstream outlets—the kinds of places where a law student’s non-lawyer parents might learn about the book and buy them a copy as a Christmas gift.She appeared on The View, and CBS Mornings, and The Today Show.She went on NPR’s Fresh Air and PBS Newshour, and sat for interviews with The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Majority of Supreme Court Appears Ready to Concede That Guns …
Oct 8, 2024 · Earlier today, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Garland v. VanDerStok, the justices’ latest opportunity to threaten the elected branches’ ability to address the national gun violence crisis.Congress passed the Gun Control Act of 1968 to regulate “the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms” with requirements like background checks for gun purchasers and ...
The Supreme Court Doesn’t Want You to Hear It Do Its Dirty Work
Dec 12, 2022 · In May 2020, some 230 years after its founding, the Supreme Court implemented the most radical transparency measure in its history. As the Court shifted to an all-remote oral argument format due to COVID-19, it also began providing live audio of oral argument for anyone who wanted to listen.