You Gotta Serve Somebody, Even if You're a Supreme Court Justice

The blog of the Legal Times recounts an oral argument at the Supreme Court of the United States in which Justice Antonin Scalia pins Justice Stephen Breyer on a domestic matter.

Just Say No to Talking, Texting and Tweeting

The blog of Legal Times reports that a committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States has drafted jury instructions to discourage using cell phones or social networking during a trial. Such communications hold the possibility of polluting a jury's ability to decide factual issues at trial under the rulings of the court, producing a lot of unfixable trial error.