Stories tagged with Supreme Court
Stevens’ clerk choice sparks speculation of retirement
By A. James Memmott | September 3, 2009 at 7:15am | 0
Sonia Sotomayor is in. Could John Paul Stevens be on his way out?
Sandra Day O’Connor plays the bench
By A. James Memmott | August 12, 2009 at 8:11am | 0
Sandra Day O’Connor may have retired from the U.S. Supreme Court, but she has not given up judging.
Kennedy is the swing vote on the Supreme Court
By A. James Memmott | July 2, 2009 at 9:01am | 0
Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, 72, a Ronald Reagan appointee who has served since 1988, remains the key to the Supreme Court.
Reversal of firefighter decision likely to come up in Sotomayor hearings
By A. James Memmott | June 30, 2009 at 12:25pm | 0
Sonia Sotomayor got reversed Monday, as the U.S. Supreme Court turned back a decision she had backed as a federal judge.
Souter retires, but his former clerks keep climbing
By Laurie Bennett | June 30, 2009 at 9:44am | 0
On his last day on the Supreme Court, Justice David Souter swore in Julius Genachowski as new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
Klein-Seligman family holds prime position
By A. James Memmott | December 4, 2007 at 9:24am | 0
Things are getting a little tight in Iowa, so it may not be the right time for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to roll out her presidential cabinet.
But should she ultimately get the nomination and then win the presidency, odds are that she might ask the New York City power couple of Joel I. Klein and Nicole K. Seligman to join her team.
And she could also keep things all in the family and sign on Stephanie Seligman, Nicole’s sister, to work at the White House or just about anywhere else.
Robert Levy finances D.C. gun suit
By A. James Memmott | November 26, 2007 at 7:22am | 2
Robert A. Levy doesn’t own a gun, but he is at the heart of a Second Amendment case that the Supreme Court agreed to hear last week.
Levy, a millionaire and lawyer with lots of Washington connections, used his money to finance a challenge to the District of Columbia statute that prohibits the ownership of handguns.
The 31-year-old statute also places restricts on the possession of other firearms, including a requirement that the guns in homes be unloaded.
Anti-terrorism policies crafted by ex-court clerks
By A. James Memmott | October 4, 2007 at 12:45pm | 0
While Supreme Court law clerks can now count on big signing bonuses after their year with the court, they can also count on good and powerful jobs in the government.
And as they rise to power in these jobs, they most likely find themselves working along side other former court law courts, fellow members of an elite club.
Connections count, and the Supreme Court connection counts a lot.
Supreme Court clerks reap big signing bonuses
By A. James Memmott | October 4, 2007 at 12:30pm | 0
As baseball managers know, life isn’t always fair.
You put the team together, you make the key decisions, and the people who work for you make the big bucks.
The analogy isn’t exact, but something like that is happening at the U.S. Supreme Court, which opened its 2007-08 term on Monday.
The nine justices make the decisions. And for this they get paid fairly well, $212,000 for Chief Justice John Roberts, $203,000 for the eight associate justices.
