Edward v. Vannoy is a fascinating case. It reveals raw fractures on the Court between Justice Kagan and Justice Kavanaugh, and I would add Chief Justice Roberts. However, perhaps the most tiring ...

I saw this post at the "Re's Judicata" blog, written by Prof. Richard Re (University of Virginia), and found it very interesting; I asked Prof. Re whether I could repost it, and he graciously agreed: ...

Three Florida Democrats spoke at the Planned Parenthood in Kissimmee to address the leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court showing a plan to throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. ‘Our ...

The court cannot return to the same case and change its mind. And the legal doctrine of stare decisis — Latin for “let the decision stand”— means later members of the court are reluctant to ...

Washington — A draft opinion leaked and published late Monday suggests the Supreme Court may strike down its nearly five-decade-old ruling establishing the constitutional right to an abortion, a move ...

The justices explored possible ways to limit the doctrine of patent assignor estoppel during oral argument in Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc. on Wednesday. The doctrine works like this. An ...

The Supreme Court has not heard arguments in a state secrets case in a decade, but this term, the justices will hear two, with the first taking place this morning. The last time the justices faced a ...

In this edition of their Appellate Practice column, Thomas R. Newman and Steven J. Ahmuty Jr. discuss the reasons why the majority in 'Dobbs' concluded that the doctrine of stare decisis did not ...

WASHINGTON — As the wait begins for a decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization abortion case, close attention will be paid to the comments and questions of three conservative ...