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Supreme Conundrum: A Look Into Neil Gorsuch, And Why This Particular Supreme Court Confirmation Is So Important To The Current Split Between Liberal And Conservative Justices, Alan E. Garfield Apr 2017

Supreme Conundrum: A Look Into Neil Gorsuch, And Why This Particular Supreme Court Confirmation Is So Important To The Current Split Between Liberal And Conservative Justices, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Trump's Supreme Court, Alan E. Garfield Dec 2016

Trump's Supreme Court, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Make It Count: Your Vote Is Vital In Determining The Future Of The Supreme Court, Alan E. Garfield Jul 2016

Make It Count: Your Vote Is Vital In Determining The Future Of The Supreme Court, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Law And Religion Collide: Supreme Court Punts High-Profile Case Concerning The Legality Of Ensuring Female Contraception Insurance In The Face Of Religious Objections, Alan E. Garfield May 2016

Law And Religion Collide: Supreme Court Punts High-Profile Case Concerning The Legality Of Ensuring Female Contraception Insurance In The Face Of Religious Objections, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Advice And Consent: The Power Struggle Behind Merrick Garland’S Supreme Court Nomination, Alan E. Garfield Apr 2016

Advice And Consent: The Power Struggle Behind Merrick Garland’S Supreme Court Nomination, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

Editorial discussing nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.


A Man Of Honor: Antonin Scalia (1936-2016), Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States, Alan E. Garfield Feb 2016

A Man Of Honor: Antonin Scalia (1936-2016), Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

Op ed on the death of Antonin Scalia.


Labor Unions And Corporations Both Play Their Vital Roles, Alan E. Garfield Jan 2016

Labor Unions And Corporations Both Play Their Vital Roles, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

Discussion of Supreme Court case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.


Not All Black And White, Alan E. Garfield Dec 2015

Not All Black And White, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of “Standing” Is Anything But Boring, Alan E. Garfield Nov 2015

The Impact Of “Standing” Is Anything But Boring, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Is It Time To Stop Tinkering With The Machinery Of Death?, Alan E. Garfield Oct 2015

Is It Time To Stop Tinkering With The Machinery Of Death?, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


George Will’S Supreme Court History Is Dubious, Alan E. Garfield Jul 2015

George Will’S Supreme Court History Is Dubious, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Will ‘Rule Of Five’ End Marriage Debate?, Alan E. Garfield Jul 2015

Will ‘Rule Of Five’ End Marriage Debate?, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


When Should The Supreme Court Justices ‘Decide’ A Right?, Alan E. Garfield Apr 2015

When Should The Supreme Court Justices ‘Decide’ A Right?, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


How Obamacare’S Future Rests On A Single Clause, Alan E. Garfield Mar 2015

How Obamacare’S Future Rests On A Single Clause, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


All Signs Point To A Headache When Court Hears This Case, Alan E. Garfield Jan 2015

All Signs Point To A Headache When Court Hears This Case, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Should Musicians Be Jailed For Their Threatening Lyrics?, Alan E. Garfield Nov 2014

Should Musicians Be Jailed For Their Threatening Lyrics?, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Supreme Court Religious Freedom Case Should Give Us Pride, Alan E. Garfield Oct 2014

Supreme Court Religious Freedom Case Should Give Us Pride, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Is Contraception Mandate ‘No Big Deal?’, Alan E. Garfield Jun 2014

Is Contraception Mandate ‘No Big Deal?’, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Here’S Some Malarkey: Judges Are Umpires, Alan E. Garfield May 2014

Here’S Some Malarkey: Judges Are Umpires, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Court Considers Space Restrictions On First Amendment, Alan E. Garfield Jan 2014

Court Considers Space Restrictions On First Amendment, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Justices Could Do Well To Heed A Father’S Example, Alan E. Garfield Dec 2013

Justices Could Do Well To Heed A Father’S Example, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Supreme Court Wrestles With Prayer At Public Meetings, Alan E. Garfield Nov 2013

Supreme Court Wrestles With Prayer At Public Meetings, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Weighing One Constitutional Need Against Another, Alan E. Garfield Jun 2013

Weighing One Constitutional Need Against Another, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Same-Sex Marriage Case Puts High Court In A Pickle, Alan E. Garfield Apr 2013

Same-Sex Marriage Case Puts High Court In A Pickle, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


To Swear Or Not To Swear: Using Foul Language During A Supreme Court Oral Argument, Alan Garfield Dec 2011

To Swear Or Not To Swear: Using Foul Language During A Supreme Court Oral Argument, Alan Garfield

Alan E Garfield

This essay considers the provocative question of whether it is strategically wise for a lawyer to use foul language during a Supreme Court oral argument. This issue doesn’t come up often. But it does when a lawyer claims his client’s First Amendment rights were violated when the government punished him for using foul language. If the lawyer doesn’t use his client’s offensive words, he risks conceding that these words are so horrid they warrant suppression. But if he does use the words, he risks alienating justices who find the words unseemly. The essay uses the “fleeting expletives” case that was …