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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

“‘Diminishing Returns’: Is the Superstar Supreme Court Lawyer Overvalued? From ‘rookies’ to ‘superstars,’ a new draft study looking at the win rates of Supreme Court advocates based on their experience uncovers some surprising results.” Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why the Supreme Court may be open to Trump’s push for expanded power: The Trump administration and the high court subscribe to a legal theory that grants extraordinary power to the president.” Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Ruling Says State Courts Should Decide North Carolina Election Case; Three counts found an incumbent Democrat won a State Supreme Court race; But the Republican candidate is trying to nullify more than 60,000 votes”: Eduardo Medina of The New York Times has this report.

And Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina reports that “Federal judges rule on which court should hear NC GOP challenge of 65,000 votes.”

You can access today’s unanimous, unpublished, per curiam ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman