Legal Times

When Not on Bench, Justices Jet-Set Around Globe

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:29:17 EST

On this week's podcast edition of Supreme Court Brief, host Jimmy Hoover interviews Gabe Roth of Fix the Court about what a trove of U.S. State Department documents reveal about the justices' international travel activities.

4th Circuit Judges Clash Over SCOTUS Emergency Orders in DOGE Case

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:09:29 EST

"To treat interim orders as binding precedent abandons our long-held jurisprudence of deciding constitutional law through reasoned opinions, not emergency motions made under intense time pressure,” Judge James Wynn wrote.

Arnall Golden Gregory Adds Barnes & Thornburg Tariff, Compliance Experts to Lead International Trade Practice

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:03:04 EST

The Second Hundred firm also promoted four back-office leaders to new C-suite jobs focusing on AI resources, attorney recruiting and retention.

EPA Moves to Ease Coal Ash Regulations for Power Plants

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:27:43 EST

There are 300 regulated coal facilities that contain 775 coal ash surface impoundments and landfills across the country. At least 91% of those coal plants are polluting groundwater above federal safety standards, according to Earthjustice.

‘A Whole Different Universe Now': Judges Perplexed by Law Used for Trump's New Tariffs

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:20:28 EST

At two points in the three-hour hearing, Judge Timothy Stanceu reminded government counsel that he was an attorney, not an economist familiar with the term, “balance-of-payments deficit, an economic phenomenon that must occur for Trump to have lawfully used Section 122 of the Trade Act to impose a 10% global tariff.