WGBH Summer at the Supreme Judicial Court The highest court in Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court, holds oral arguments in appellate cases from September to May. But it doesn’t have the summer off. WGBH’s Morning Edition’s Joe Mathieu spoke with WGBH legal analyst and Northeastern law professor Daniel Medwed about the major judicial opinions produced by the SJC this summer, as well […]
WGBH The Supreme Court: why idiosyncrasy and judicial philosophy matter The United States Supreme Court traditionally closes up shop for the summer at the end of June, releasing a spate of opinions and heralding a season that has become a Super Bowl for law nerds. To some court-watchers, this event pits two staunch rivals against one another. There is the offensive-minded blue team (Justices Breyer, […]
GBH Can the Catholic Church claim immunity from abuse lawsuits because it is a charity? GBH News legal analyst and Northeastern University Law Professor Daniel Medwed joined Morning Edition hosts Paris Alston and Jeremy Siegel to talk about how the Supreme Judicial Court ruled in that case, along with a few other summer rulings.
Chief Justice Roderick Ireland reflects on 45-year legal career This week, we spoke with Roderick Ireland, former chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. It was the first in-depth interview he granted since his retirement this summer. At first, Ireland strikes a rather imposing figure. Suit and tie. Wire-rimmed glasses. Salt and pepper hair. And a black three-ringed binder, filled with carefully typed […]
SJC Chief Justice Roderick Ireland to teach at Northeastern this fall Chief Justice Roderick Ireland, scheduled to retire next month, will have little time to relax this summer, as he prepares to teach full-time this September at Northeastern University. He will be a distinguished professor in Northeastern University’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, a spokeswoman for the Supreme Judicial Court confirmed Monday. The School of […]