Supreme Court

US Supreme Court appointees are “hyper-elite hoop jumpers”
October 3, 2018 3:36 pm
Finding the best U.S. Supreme Court appointees should be less about technical legal excellence and more about practical wisdom. That’s the conclusion of University of Tennessee College of Law Professor Benjamin Barton whose nearly 20 years of legal scholarship has focused on analysis of the legal profession and its participants.

Supreme Court opinion cites work of UT Professor Judy Cornett
May 31, 2017 11:48 am
Associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has cited Professors Judy Cornett and Michael Hoffmeier’s article Good-Bye Significant Contacts: General Personal Jurisdiction after Daimler AG v. Bauman, 76 Ohio St. L. J. 101 (2015) in Sotomayor’s opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part in BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell.
Teri Baxter

Baxter reflects on recent Supreme Court rulings
June 29, 2016 4:38 pm
Professor Teri Baxter discusses some of the Supreme Court's recent rulings on major issues such as affirmative action, immigration, and abortion, as well as the impact of Justice Antonin Scalia's unexpected death.
Benjamin Barton and Alex Long

Faculty discuss Justice Scalia, Supreme Court with New York Times
February 16, 2016 3:39 pm
Following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Alex Long, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, and Benjamin Barton, Helen and Charles Lockett Distinguished Professor of Law and Fulbright Scholar, both spoke with the media regarding the justice’s legacy and his eventual replacement on the bench.