Thomas Goldstein
Thomas Goldstein
Thomas C. Goldstein, known as simply Tom Goldstein, is an American attorney known for his advocacy before and blogging about the Supreme Court of the United States. He was a founding partner of Goldstein and Howe, a Washington, D.C. firm specializing in Supreme Court litigation, and was, until the end of 2010, a partner at Akin Gump, where he was co-head of the litigation and Supreme Court practices. In 2003, he co-founded SCOTUSblog, the most widely read blog covering the...
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The federal government really has tried to use the concerns of terrorism in the post-9/11 world to expand its powers and to keep the courts out and say no, the police, the FBI, the CIA need substantially greater discretion,
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In a narrow sense, the public is very concerned about parental notification and other restrictions on the right to abortion,
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It was like they scheduled the fireworks and everybody came and suddenly they were canceled.
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Big business has been a huge supporter of the president. It's reasonable to expect that they're going to get a nominee that remains pro-business.
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The Supreme Court explained to universities how it is that they can take race into account in admitting students, and it does lay a road map for the next 25 years on how they'll do that,
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people the business community is going to be extremely happy about.
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More broadly, this case is really a bellwether for where the Supreme Court is going to go in terms of limiting Roe v. Wade, and potentially eventually overruling it.
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perpetuate paralyzing uncertainty that allows them to continue selling their branded drugs at monopoly prices.
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I feel terrible at the frustration our customers are having on top of getting this letter.
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As you can imagine, I personally am just sick that we missed this thing by one month.
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The nomination, unless it makes substantial progress, is in jeopardy,
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If you're on U.S. soil, do you have a right to get into U.S. courts and have a lawyer?
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The president really would need to replace Justice O'Connor with a woman.
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There is clear repudiation of the government's absolute position that the courts have no role. The Supreme Court did offer the executive a real change to balance how much procedure the detainees would get, it's not that they have all the rights of a U.S. citizen in every court case, but it does absolutely reject the president's claim that it is only his choice who gets to go to court and when.