On Monday, President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to fill Justice Anthony Kennedy’s soon to be vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Like Judge Merrick Garland, former President Obama’s last nominee, and unlike now-Justice Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s first nominee, Judge Kavanaugh rarely encounters
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Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Bankruptcy Opinions – Part 2
This is Part 2 of our coverage of Judge Neil Gorsuch’s bankruptcy opinions. As everyone knows, Judge Gorsuch is President Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. As we observed in Part 1, there’s an overwhelming amount of coverage of Judge Gorsuch’s “Big Cases” but very little about his bankruptcy opinions. Thus,…
Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Bankruptcy Opinions – Part 1
On Tuesday, President Trump nominated Neil M. Gorsuch from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s now long-vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. The Gorsuch coverage is already deafening, but, unsurprisingly, there’s little about Judge Gorsuch’s bankruptcy opinions. However, unlike Judge Merrick Garland, former President Obama’s last nominee,…
Why Does Judge Merrick Garland Hate Bankruptcy Law So Much?
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On Wednesday, President Obama nominated Merrick Garland, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s recently vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Although much has been written over the last 2 days about Judge Garland’s prior decisions,…