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Supreme Court Invalidates Law That Requires Deportation of Immigrants Who Commit Crimes

Summary: The Supreme Court said that a law that requires immigrants to be deported after criminal convictions was "unconstitutionally vague."…

Incoming Supreme Court Clerks List Dominated by Yale Law

Summary: The Supreme Court clerks for 2016-2017 have been announced.  The incoming group of Supreme Court clerks will begin their duties in…

Supreme Court Justices from Yale Hold Court in Woolsey Hall

Summary: The United States Supreme Court boasts three justices from Yale Law School. All three attended an event at the school…

What are the Most Popular Law Schools for Supreme Court Justices?

Only a small number of law schools have turned out Supreme Court Justices of late. When you look back through…

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Speaks to UCLA Law Students

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor shared stories about her life, of the time before she became a Supreme Court…

Language Used by Prosecutor Condemned by Sonia Sotomayor

The racially charged language used by a prosecutor in Texas has been condemned by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor,…

Ginsburg Speaks about Judicial Elections and Opportunity; Joined by Sotomayor at Women Judge’s Meeting

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke last night at a question and answer session held during a meeting of the National…

Sotomayor Emerges as the Court’s Most Prolific Questioner

Nobody expected her to be a wallflower, but Justice Sotomayor has exceeded expectations when it comes to questioning lawyers during…

Supreme Court Names Sotomayor’s Law Clerks

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has hired four law clerks, two of whom have already clerked for other justices. Robert…