2026 Annual Michigan Grano Dinner
Please join the Michigan Lawyers Chapter for their annual Grano Dinner and Award Presentation to be held on December 3 in Detroit, Michigan.
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On this day in 2018, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh was sworn in as the 114th United States Supreme Court Justice. We thank him for his dedication and service to the United States! https://t.co/xUiojRKMMx
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RT @FoxNews: "They want the Constitution to mean whatever they want it to mean." Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito discusses originalismâĤ
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Ahead of oral arguments today, Michael R. Williams, Solicitor General of West Virginia, breaks down the key issues in Suncor v. Boulder County: https://t.co/fHjBiMDp5x
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Checkout this "Weekend Must-Watch" video - an interview by @ShannonBream of Justice Samuel Alito. The interview includes an important discussion about the rising threats against the Justices and calls for "court-packing" and whether these are attempted "intimidation" of the https://t.co/K6GJzvYmj8
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The whole article by @jancbs includes much more, a remarkably candid conversation with Justice Alito that makes this article a must-read. One of the most important contributions of the article is the discussion about how threats to the Justices have escalated as an intimidation
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On the metaphor of Justices-as-umpires (popularized by Chief Justice Roberts): Alito said judges are like umps in that they both have to make judgment calls and that's why Alito is a "practical originalist," saying "In the end, if that's what it says, then that's what the
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On attempted social pressure to change Alito's decisions: Someone approached him at a social setting and urged him to "decide a few of these cases differently" to "burnish [his] public image" to which Alito responded "that's absolutely wrong. That's not what we're supposed to
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On political attacks on Justice Alito, his wife: The attacks are part of an effort to force his recusal. "We are not part of any political movement. And we are not attempting to further any political agenda ... We are trying to interpret the Constitution as best we can and apply
In Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, handed down in June, the...
In this Federalist Society America 250 series, experts analyze modern legal and policy debates through...
In this Federalist Society America 250 series, experts analyze modern legal and policy debates through...
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