Amy Howe

Nov 25 2015

Two random thoughts

Both of my random thoughts are related to the briefing in Green v. Brennan, which I previewed for SCOTUSblog earlier this week. First, you don’t see many parent-child combos at the Court, but the counsel of record in an amicus brief on behalf of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund was John Paul Schnapper- Casteras, while J.P.’s father, Eric Schnapper, was counsel of record in an amicus brief on behalf of the National Employment Lawyers Association.  Second, I love the (correct — even if the Court doesn’t acknowledge it on the electronic docket) reference by Catherine Carroll, the Court-appointed “friend of the court” defending the Tenth Circuit’s ruling, to herself as an amica curiae.  As Septime Webre would say, “brava!”

Amy L Howe
Until September 2016, Amy served as the editor and reporter for SCOTUSblog, a blog devoted to coverage of the Supreme Court of the United States; she continues to serve as an independent contractor and reporter for SCOTUSblog. Before turning to full-time blogging, she served as counsel in over two dozen merits cases at the Supreme Court and argued two cases there. From 2004 until 2011, she co-taught Supreme Court litigation at Stanford Law School; from 2005 until 2013, she co-taught a similar class at Harvard Law School. She has also served as an adjunct professor at American University’s Washington College of Law and Vanderbilt Law School. Amy is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a master’s degree in Arab Studies and a law degree from Georgetown University.
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