On the Supreme Court Docket today

17-647 KNICK V. SCOTT, PA DECISION BELOW: 862 F.3d 310 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 16-3587QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the Court should reconsider the portion of Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank, 473 U.S. 172, 194-96 (1985), requiring property owners to exhaust state court remedies to ripen federal takings claims, as suggested by Justices of…

Is Brett Kavanaugh the next Supreme Court Justice?

As the Judiciary Committee meets this week to discuss the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to become the Associate General of the United States Supreme Court.  Part of the process is the swearing in of the Nominee prior to his discussions with the Committee. During these discussions, Senators are given time for an opening statement and opportunity…

Supreme court Nominee takes it to the Hill.

Is Senator Rand Paul playing Politics or does he actually have concern for privacy issues? Read more in today’s Louisville Courier-Journal By Thomas Novelly U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, who has publicly expressed concern with Brett Kavanaugh, will meet Tuesday with the Supreme Court nominee. Doug Stafford, chief strategist for Paul’s campaign, told the Courier-Journal on Monday…

Supreme Court Nominee visits Capitol Hill.

President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh on Prime Time TV with little, if any word as to who the nominee would be until the President announced it to the world. Kavanaugh’s first day on the Hill, meeting with Senators but not before an introduction by Vice President Pence saying “We’re honored to be able to bring…

Brett Kavanaugh is President Trump’s Nominee for Supreme Court Justice

After much speculation as to whom it would be the President has chosen Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee for the Supreme Court.  The President made his announcement from East Room of the White House much like the Gorsuch announcement a year earlier. Judge Kavanaugh was the editor of the Yale Law Journal later earning his…