Week 4 — Feb. 11, 2019
AGs and U.S. Supreme Court Practice
Syllabus: The Role of the State Attorney General
Other than the U.S. Solicitor General, state government is by far the most frequent litigant in the U.S. Supreme Court. This class will study States’ practice before the Supreme Court, including the important role played by Attorneys General submitting amici curiae briefs.
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- Results of Cert Petitions on Filed by States, NAAG (2018)
- Statistics on Amicus Briefs filed by States in the U.S. Supreme Court, NAAG (2018)
- The State of the State Before the Supreme Court, Empirical SCOTUS (2018)
- Dan Schweitzer, Who Argues for the States in the U.S. Supreme Court (2017)
- Kevin C. Newsom, The State Solicitor General Boom, 32 Appellate Practice J. 6 (2013)
- WhereAre They Now? Former State Solicitor Generals, Newspaper articles about former State Solicitor Generals, and Lists of Judges who are former State Solicitor Generals
- Respondent's Brief (Ted Cruz), Medellín v. Dretke Director, Texas Department Of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions (2005) (Winner of NAAG Best Brief Award) (supplemental reading)
- Roper v. Simmons, State of Alabama, et al. Amicus Brief (2004) (Kevin Newsom)
- Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005) (Edited)
- Jenny Deam, The Journey from Wisconsin to Texas and the ruling that struck down the ACA, Houston Chronicle (Jan. 11, 2019)
- AG Memo on Nationwide Injunctions (Sept. 13, 2018)
- Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, 549 U.S. 497 (2007), June 23, 2014