{"id":109,"date":"2026-05-29T13:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/?p=109"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:10:32","slug":"jury-duty-for-a-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/?p=109","title":{"rendered":"Jury duty for a justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><p>Believe it or not, Supreme Court justices sometimes have jury duty. Justice Sonia Sotomayor \u201cwas among the nearly 250 city residents who reported for jury duty at the D.C. Superior Court\u201d on Tuesday, according to The New York Times. \u201cBy noon, the jury office had notified the justice that she would not be needed,\u201d but she stuck around \u201cto have lunch with some of the judges.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/?p=105\">Justice Barrett targeted in \u201cswatting\u201d incident<\/a><\/p><div><h2>At the Court<\/h2><div><div><div><p>On Thursday, the court released its opinions in <em>Fernandez v. United States<\/em>, <em>Rutherford v. United States<\/em>, <em>Pitchford v. Cain<\/em>, and <em>Flowers Foods v. Brock<\/em>.<\/p><ul><li>In <em>Fernandez<\/em>, which was decided 8-1, the court wrote on the avenue one must use to seek to challenge the validity of a conviction and concluded that doubts about the validity of a conviction do not qualify as \u201cextraordinary and compelling reasons\u201d for relief under a federal statute that authorizes district courts to shorten prison sentences. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority opinion; Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote an opinion concurring in the judgment, joined by Justice Elena Kagan; and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented alone.<\/li><li>The court also considered \u201cextraordinary and compelling reasons\u201d to shorten a sentence in <em>Rutherford<\/em> and held, 6-3, that a sentencing disparity created by Congress\u2019 nonretroactive change to the mandatory penalties for using and carrying a gun during a crime of violence does not qualify as such a reason. Barrett wrote the majority opinion, and Sotomayor wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Kagan and Jackson.<\/li><li>In <em>Pitchford<\/em>, the court held, 5-4, that the Mississippi Supreme Court unreasonably determined that Terry Pitchford, who is currently on death row in that state, had waived his opportunity to rebut the prosecutor\u2019s asserted race-neutral reasons for peremptory strikes of four Black prospective jurors. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion, and Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Barrett.<\/li><li>In <em>Flowers Foods<\/em>, the court, in an opinion from Gorsuch, unanimously held that the Federal Arbitration Act\u2019s exemption from compelled arbitration for workers \u201cengaged in &#8230; interstate commerce\u201d can apply to a worker who transports goods on an intrastate leg of an interstate journey and who does not cross state lines or interact with vehicles that do.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div><div><p>After the opinion announcements, the justices met in a private conference to discuss cases and vote on petitions for review. Orders from Thursday\u2019s conference are expected on Monday at 9:30 a.m. EDT.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div><div><p>The court has indicated that it may announce opinions on Thursday, June 4, at 10 a.m. EDT. We will be live blogging that morning beginning at 9:30 a.m.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><h2>Morning Reads<\/h2><div><div><h3>Court Orders Customs Chief to Address Compliance on Refunding Tariffs<\/h3><p>Tony Romm, The New York Times<span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/p><div><p>On Wednesday, the Court of International Trade \u201cordered Rodney S. Scott, the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to appear at a hearing next month on the Trump administration\u2019s handling of roughly $166 billion in tariff refunds,\u201d according to The New York Times. \u201cThe unexpected demand &#8230; hinted at a judge\u2019s ongoing concern that the government has not fully complied with a directive to return all of the money amassed under duties that were declared illegal by the Supreme Court earlier this year.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><div><h3>Supreme Court May Upend Congress Power Over Trump\u2019s Iran War: Republicans<\/h3><p>Mandy Taheri, Newsweek<\/p><div><p>As conflict continues in Iran, \u201cRepublicans defending President Donald Trump\u2019s military actions\u201d are contending that \u201ca growing fight over the War Powers Resolution could ultimately land before the Supreme Court,\u201d according to Newsweek. \u201cThe 1973 War Powers Resolution allows Congress to direct the president to withdraw U.S. forces from hostilities not authorized by lawmakers.\u201d In recent weeks, it has been raised by Democrats as a way to end military strikes against Iran, which were not authorized by Congress. Members of the Trump administration have described the resolution as unconstitutional. Newsweek noted that \u201c[i]f the administration did try to bring a lawsuit over the War Powers Resolution to the Supreme Court, the court would first have to decide whether to hear the case. Historically, courts have often avoided ruling\u201d in such disputes \u201cby saying they are political questions better resolved by Congress and the president, or by finding lawmakers lacked standing to sue.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><div><h3>A Low-Profile Supreme Court Ruling Stands to Change How Cities Build<\/h3><p>John Surico, Bloomberg<span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/p><div><p>One year ago, in <em>Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado<\/em>, the court \u201cblunt[ed]\u201d the powers of the National Environmental Policy Act, which \u201crequires federal agencies to perform environmental impact statements (EIS) or environmental assessments (EA) to gauge the so-called upstream or downstream impacts of any project before work begins,\u201d by limiting the scope of the environmental review required to satisfy it. Today, \u201ccities and states interested in infrastructure projects are still trying to figure out\u201d what the decision means for those projects, according to Bloomberg, but some experts believe they\u2019ll face less government red tape than they did in the past. \u201cNow we just want to tell the world: \u2018You\u2019ve been wanting to build. Now you can actually do it,\u2019\u201d said Sarah Feinberg, who served as an administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration under President Barack Obama.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div><h3>Samuel Alito\u2019s Son Has Been Quietly Working for Trump\u2019s Treasury Department<\/h3><p>Jose Pagliery, NOTUS<\/p><div><p>Justice Samuel Alito\u2019s son, Philip Alito, \u201cquietly landed a political appointee job as a lawyer in the Treasury Department early last year \u2026 posing a potential conflict of interest,\u201d including in challenges to the Trump administration\u2019s new anti-weaponization fund, according to NOTUS, which cited \u201cfour former government officials.\u201d \u201cAlito has been working as an attorney with the Treasury\u2019s office of the general counsel, which provides legal and policy advice to Secretary Scott Bessent.\u201d In a statement to NOTUS, the Treasury Department said that \u201cPhilip Alito is currently detailed from the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia &#8230; and his portfolio covers a broad range of topics. As a matter of both professional and personal judgment, Phil does not counsel on any matters reasonably expected before the Supreme Court.\u201d Similarly, Patricia McCabe, the Supreme Court\u2019s public information officer, told NOTUS in a statement that Philip Alito \u201chas not worked on any matter related to the tariffs imposed by the federal government. As a result, Justice Alito has not recused in those cases.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><h2>On Site<\/h2><div><div><div><div><span>Court News<\/span><h3>Justice Barrett targeted in \u201cswatting\u201d incident<\/h3><p>By <!-- -->Amy Howe<\/p><p>Justice Amy Coney Barrett was the target of a \u201cswatting\u201d incident \u2013 a false call reporting gunshots intended to provoke a response from law enforcement officials \u2013 on Wednesday night, according to a report on social media that was later confirmed by police in Fairfax County, Virginia, in a statement to the National Review.<\/p><\/div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/08834d4219cd2498a41b470b1988e654-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/08834d4219cd2498a41b470b1988e654-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/08834d4219cd2498a41b470b1988e654-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/08834d4219cd2498a41b470b1988e654-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/08834d4219cd2498a41b470b1988e654-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/08834d4219cd2498a41b470b1988e654.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><div><div><span>Opinion Analysis<\/span><h3>Supreme Court sides with death row inmate in challenge to racial discrimination in jury selection<\/h3><p>By <!-- -->Amy Howe<\/p><p>The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a Mississippi man\u2019s conviction and death sentence. By a vote of 5-4, the court in Pitchford v. Cain agreed with Terry Pitchford that the judge at his 2006 trial had not properly analyzed whether the prosecutor in Pitchford\u2019s case violated the Constitution\u2019s ban on racial discrimination in jury selection.<\/p><\/div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/245bd42f46181a7d7afbb43a3cd69ba8-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/245bd42f46181a7d7afbb43a3cd69ba8-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/245bd42f46181a7d7afbb43a3cd69ba8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/245bd42f46181a7d7afbb43a3cd69ba8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/245bd42f46181a7d7afbb43a3cd69ba8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/245bd42f46181a7d7afbb43a3cd69ba8.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><div><div><span>Contributor Corner<\/span><h3>How often do courts actually cite emergency docket orders?<\/h3><p>By <!-- -->Taraleigh Davis<\/p><p>Taraleigh Davis analyzed the \u201cprecedential weight\u201d of the Supreme Court\u2019s emergency docket orders. She found that 53% of 475 substantive emergency applications filed between 2000 and 2024 have been cited by at least one federal court as of October 2025, and contended that a \u201cprecedent system is developing through practice, case by case, citation by citation, without the transparency that normally accompanies precedent-setting.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/?p=92\">Supreme Court sides with death row inmate in challenge to racial discrimination in jury selection<\/a><\/p><\/div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d0f76207f760805edcd8a488f1662e72-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d0f76207f760805edcd8a488f1662e72-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d0f76207f760805edcd8a488f1662e72-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d0f76207f760805edcd8a488f1662e72-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d0f76207f760805edcd8a488f1662e72-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d0f76207f760805edcd8a488f1662e72.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><div><div>A Closer Look<\/div><h3>Justice Joseph Story<\/h3><\/div><div><p>The youngest associate justice in Supreme Court history, Joseph Story, was also by some accounts one of the most consequential. Born in September 1779, in Marblehead, Massachusetts, \u2013 a coastal town north of Boston \u2013 Story was the son of a physician who had participated in the Boston Tea Party.<\/p><p>Story enrolled at Harvard at 16 (he was forced to leave his primary school early due to conflicts with one of his classmates and the schoolmaster), and studied to the detriment of his health (he would be afflicted by stomach problems throughout the rest of his life). Story nevertheless managed to finish second in his Harvard class in 1798, and then read law under Samuel Sewall, who would go on to become chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.<\/p><p>Story was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1801 and built a reputation in commercial and maritime law. Personal hardship followed him through these early years: his first wife died a little over six months into their marriage, and his father died a few months later. His second marriage brought seven children, though only two survived to adulthood; the deaths of his children sent Story into spells of deep depression, and he memorialized such losses in .<\/p><p>Before returning to law, Story spent time in the political arena \u2013 serving in the Massachusetts legislature beginning in 1805, winning a seat in Congress in 1808, and eventually becoming Speaker of the Massachusetts House in 1811 \u2013 all before turning 32. He ultimately decided to leave politics, saying party allegiance forced him to sacrifice his own views.<\/p><p>President James Madison nominated Story in November 1811 to fill the vacancy left by Justice William Cushing\u2019s death, and Story was confirmed just three days later. At 32, Story is the youngest person ever to join the court. He would also rank among the longest-serving justices in the court\u2019s history. Although Madison had hoped Story would serve as an ideological counterweight to Chief Justice John Marshall, he became one of Marshall\u2019s closest intellectual allies on the bench instead, siding with him on nearly all of the era\u2019s landmark decisions. Story\u2019s judicial philosophy was grounded in what he called \u201clegal science\u201d \u2013 a conviction that the uniform application of law would make the nation stronger. (Andrew Jackson, suspicious of Story\u2019s support of nationalism, reportedly called him \u201cthe most dangerous man in America.\u201d)<\/p><p>Story authored a fair number of opinions between 1816 and 1823, with him and Justice William Johnson writing 113 between them (because Chief Justice John Marshall took the lion\u2019s share, the remaining four justices were left with just 65). One of Story\u2019s first significant opinions came in 1816\u2019s <em>Martin v. Hunter\u2019s Lessee, <\/em>in which he authored the opinion establishing the Supreme Court\u2019s appellate authority over state courts in federal matters \u2013 a ruling now regarded as \u201ca fundamental principle in the function of the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p><p>Story\u2019s record on slavery is complicated, given that he personally regarded the institution as repugnant to the principles of justice and humanity but felt constitutionally bound to uphold it; this produced two pivotal decisions late in his career. In 1841\u2019s <em>United States v. The Amistad<\/em>, Story wrote the majority opinion freeing a group of Africans who had seized a Spanish slave ship, reasoning that because they had been illegally kidnapped, they were free individuals entitled to their liberty. (As a sidenote, Story was portrayed in Steven Spielberg\u2019s 1997 film adaptation of the Amistad case by Justice Harry Blackmun \u2014 the only known instance of one Supreme Court justice portraying another on screen). The next year in <em>Prigg v. Pennsylvania<\/em>, Story authored the opinion upholding the federal Fugitive Slave Act and striking down Pennsylvania\u2019s protective state law, which critics have argued gave slavery a constitutional foothold it had not previously held so explicitly.<\/p><p>Story\u2019s influence was also apparent off the bench. Beginning in 1829, while still serving as an associate justice, he became a professor of Law at Harvard. His <em>Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States<\/em>, published in 1833, \u201cset forth a philosophy of judicial restraint,\u201d became a staple in American law schools, and was cited in two 1980 Supreme Court cases. Future Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that Story had \u201cdone more than any other English-speaking man in this century to make the law luminous and easy to understand.\u201d<\/p><p>Story died unexpectedly on September 10, 1845, at the age of 65, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, where he had delivered a dedication address years before. In 2009, Story was commemorated on a stamp souvenir sheet issued nationally by the U.S. Postal Service \u2013 per the USPS: \u201cJoseph Story ranks as one of the nation\u2019s most influential jurists \u2026 [h]is devotion to the uniform enforcement of federal regulations by all the states helped establish the preeminence of the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><div><h2>SCOTUS Quote<\/h2><div><div><p>JUSTICE SCALIA: \u201c \u2026 That at least is logical. I&#8217;m not sure it&#8217;s right. But it&#8217;s logical.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanservicereview.com\/?p=90\">How often do courts actually cite emergency docket orders?<\/a><\/p><p>MR. 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