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Circuit Scoop — February 2025

Above The Law

Area of Law: Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Federal Authority: 25 points. Administrative Law, Criminal Law: 20 points. Case Outcome: Reversal of Lower Court Decision: 5 points. Affirmation of Lower Court Decision: 2 points. Concurring Opinion: +15 points per opinion. Other Areas: 15 points.

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Profile of a potential nominee: Ketanji Brown Jackson

SCOTUSBlog

District Judge Patti Saris, a Massachusetts judge appointed by President Bill Clinton. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit by President Ronald Reagan, from 1997 to 1998. Circuit before being nominated to the Supreme Court, as did the late Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But in Boy Scouts of America v.