During the 2014-2015 Supreme Court term, amicus briefs were filed in 98 percent of merits stage cases. A total of 781 amicus briefs – or almost 12 per case – were filed in controversies set for oral argument last year. “That’s more than double the briefs-per-case filed in the 1990s, and 12 times those [...]
If you’ve just lost your case in a federal circuit court of appeals or state court, you are likely weighing the pros and cons of appealing to the United States Supreme Court. In order to proceed judiciously, you need to decide if filing a cert. petition is right for you. Who can petition for certiorari? [...]
During this week in 1922, the Supreme Court made an important ruling which helped shape Major League Baseball as we know it today. The decision was Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore v. National League. Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote in his majority opinion that exhibitions of baseball are purely state affairs, and thus not subject to [...]
There are a number of story lines running through my memoir, LAW MAN: criminal justice, love, faith, redemption, and family. But one of the other major story lines, and quite honestly the hook that got the book published, is my story about the Supreme Court. For those of you unfamiliar with how I became acquainted [...]