June 22, 2018
Judges who simultaneously serve on both a military criminal court and a Guantanamo Bay review court do not violate a constitutional bar on "dual office-holding," because they are specifically authorized to do so by law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday.
January 16, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court gave a skeptical reception to former service members who argued Tuesday they had been impermissibly convicted by judges wrongly serving simultaneously on both a terror conviction review court and a military court, digging into the question of whether the review court judgeships are a civilian role.
January 15, 2018
A lawyer’s courtroom betrayal of his client in a Louisiana murder trial is likely the juiciest item on the Supreme Court’s oral argument calendar this week, but other cases involving the right of appeal in consolidated cases and a controversial question under the Fair Labor Standards Act could have major implications for the appellate and employment bars. Here's what to expect.