Are these bracelets inappropriate for students to wear in school? SCOTUS may have to decide after the Easton, Pennsylvania school board voted 7-1 to appeal the decision from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.  In this potential case, two girls were suspended from their junior high school for wearing the famous “Boobies” bracelets, allegedly to… Continue Reading

Sunday night is Homeland night.  This is a non-negotiable.  Although Carrie Mathison’s window into the secret, manic, covert world of the CIA is fictitious, we always wonder how closely they toe the line.  According to Dick Cheney, it’s pretty close.  The NSA and Edward Snowden story is the closest we can probably get to what… Continue Reading

It’s political, like everything. If you look at the data, provided by a recent Pew Research Center study, clearly public opinion of the SC is declining in light of recent decisions about the Affordable Care Act, voting rights, campaign finance (Citizens United), and same-sex marriage. No less, the Court’s approval rating is still higher than… Continue Reading

Well, it’s not looking good for Scott Cheever, the meth user who shot and killed Sheriff Matt Samuels in 2005.  Reports coming out of the Court indicated the Justices were “skeptical” of Cheever’s claim that he did not waive his 5th amendment right, which protects him from self-incrimination. [See full KS v. Cheever post by… Continue Reading

Nina Totenberg of NPR – the high priestess of Supreme Court Journalism – on the affirmative action case from this week Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action.  We got a correct pronunciation of the petitioner’s name (“Shut-ee”), an explanation of the somewhat complex political structuring doctrine, and Mr. Schuette’s perspective on the case in… Continue Reading

Audio, from inside the Court, of the oral arguments in McCutcheon v. FEC is out.  Click below for the C-SPAN link to listen.  I prefer going to C-SPAN for the oral arguments, rather than to the Court’s site, because they have the names and pictures of the attorneys arguing, as well as pictures of each… Continue Reading

Confused what this case is about?  Watch this short video from the Washington Post.  Don’t tell Scalia you did though.

Bloomberg writer Paul M. Barrett shoots us straight, without mincing words, and calls a spade a spade in this article: Supreme Court and Campaign Finance: Four Blunt Points.