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"Prison holds promise for job-strapped town; Politicians can argue about detainee danger, but work is work"
Posted on November 20, 2009"These Men Could Kill SarbOx: Two tenacious Washington lawyers have the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in their sights--and they just might take it down."
Posted on November 20, 2009"Judge: Ciavarella, Conahan immune from civil suits for in-court actions."
Posted on November 20, 2009Just in time for Thanksgiving -- a federal appellate court considers whether chickens, turkeys and other domestic fowl are excluded from the humane slaughter provisions of the "Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958"
Posted on November 20, 2009"We are again faced with the question whether a state statutory scheme requiring growers to fund generic advertising for promotion of an agricultural product violates the First Amendment."
Posted on November 20, 2009"Some Courts Raise Bar on Reading Employee Email; Companies Face Tougher Tests to Justify Monitoring Workers' Personal Accounts; Rulings Hinge on 'Expectation of Privacy'"
Posted on November 19, 2009"Texas marriages in legal limbo because of constitutional amendment, candidate says"
Posted on November 19, 2009"4 for the 4th Circuit; Obama Moves Quickly to Fill Vacancies, But Will Nominees Change Court's Conservative Outlook?"
Posted on November 19, 2009"The Real Price of Trying KSM: Defense lawyers will inevitably create bad law."
Posted on November 19, 2009"Holder Laughed: The attorney general tries to sell us on New York terror trials."
Posted on November 18, 2009"Judge Thomas Porteous' behavior prompts questions about entire New Orleans area judiciary"
Posted on November 18, 2009Good thing The New York Times doesn't provide Justice Anthony M. Kennedy with pre-publication review
Posted on November 18, 2009"Mich. affirmative action ban to be challenged in U.S. court of appeals"
Posted on November 17, 2009"Judges Calabresi and Easterbrook Face Off on How to Interpret Statutes"
Posted on November 17, 2009"Goal of New ABA Website: All the Federal Decisions that Are Fit to Print."
Posted on November 17, 2009"DNA evidence useless in Jovin murder case; DNA tainted by lab technician, eliminating crucial lead in decade-old murder case"
Posted on November 17, 2009"Supreme Court urged to end bail hearing 'cone of silence'; Media argue ban violates free speech, but governments say measure ensures fair trial"
Posted on November 17, 2009"Obama court nominee David Hamilton clears Senate hurdle; A Republican effort to stall an Obama appeals court nominee failed Tuesday; A full Senate vote on Judge David Hamilton is set for Wednesday"
Posted on November 17, 2009Second Circuit rejects appeal arguing that a ban on "new" parades along Fifth Avenue in New York City violates the First Amendment
Posted on November 17, 2009"Manhattan Transfer: The right's nonsensical arguments against trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York."
Posted on November 16, 2009"llinois leaders split on taking Guantanamo detainees at state prison; Idea of transferring Guantanamo detainees to a prison in Illinois has backing of state's top Democrats, but Republican congressmen balk"
Posted on November 16, 2009"Supreme Court: Miami school can ban book on Cuba; The Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a challenge to a Miami school board decision that removed a book about Cuba from public schools"
Posted on November 16, 2009"Obama Backers Fear Opportunities to Reshape Judiciary Are Slipping Away"
Posted on November 15, 2009"Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 9/11 trial carries risks; Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others will be tried in federal court; It's a risky decision by the Obama administration, opening the way for aggressive defense tactics"
Posted on November 15, 2009"Obama's judicial confirmations are slow going; Senate Republicans have quietly used their minority power to block candidates to the lower federal courts; A showdown is set for Tuesday with Judge David Hamilton's nomination"
Posted on November 15, 2009"Supreme Court Dispatch, Eh: How the United States' never-ending legal mess at Gitmo is spilling over into Canada."
Posted on November 15, 2009"Texas death row man claims inmates' numbered days are form of torture; Murderer Danielle Simpson who faces execution on Wednesday speaks about his nine-year term spent locked up in solitary"
Posted on November 15, 2009"Hispanic appointee breaks ground as state appeals judge; Toledo attorney looks forward to tackling challenges on bench"
Posted on November 15, 2009"From Walking The Beat To Taking A Seat; One Man's Unlikely Journey From Philadelphia Cop To Pa. Supreme Court Justice"
Posted on November 15, 2009"Taken In Vain: New London's Folly; With Pfizer Leaving, City Has Nothing But Weedy Acres To Show For Grandiose Development Scheme That Uprooted Homeowners And Razed A Neighborhood."
Posted on November 15, 2009"Firefighters move for promotions; Federal court to settle damages in case that reached Supreme Court"
Posted on November 15, 2009"Appeals court criticizes Judge Real over accounting of $33.8-million trust"
Posted on November 14, 2009"Schwarzenegger promises to comply with court order to reduce inmate population in two years"
Posted on November 14, 2009"Federal judge criticized for handling of claimants' assets; Manuel L. Real was entrusted with $33.8 million meant for victims of the late Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos; A federal appeals court calls his accounting 'curious'"
Posted on November 14, 2009"Courts can't order Khadr's return, lawyer argues; After seven years of publicity and litigation, the Khadr case reaches the Supreme Court by way of a Federal Court of Canada order compelling Ottawa to seek his return"
Posted on November 13, 2009"At the center of this case is a little rectangular box, about six inches tall, one inch wide, and one inch deep, which houses a small scroll of parchment inscribed with passages from the Torah, the holiest of texts in Judaism."
Posted on November 13, 2009"White House counsel poised to give up post; Tenure marked by struggles over closing Guantanamo"
Posted on November 13, 2009"After Supreme Court clerkship, Klingele back teaching at UW Law School"
Posted on November 13, 2009"Retired R.I. chief justice Williams describes role in family of his former driver"
Posted on November 13, 2009"Ohio will switch to single-drug lethal injection system for executions"
Posted on November 13, 2009"Court revives Chicago 'mezuzah' case; Ruling vindicates Obama favorite Judge Diane Wood"
Posted on November 13, 2009Second Circuit holds that the CIA did not violate the First Amendment when it refused to allow Valerie Plame Wilson to publish information regarding her possible pre-2002 service with the CIA, notwithstanding prior public disclosure of that information
Posted on November 12, 2009"Monroe honking case makes it to state Supreme Court; The argument over a woman's use of her horn in Monroe goes to the state Supreme Court"
Posted on November 12, 2009"Philip Berg, a lawyer acting pro se, filed this action challenging Barack Obama's eligibility to run for and serve as President of the United States."
Posted on November 12, 2009"Pfizer and Kelo's Ghost Town: Pfizer bugs out, long after the land grab."
Posted on November 11, 2009"Justices Sympathetic to Applying Headquarters Standard to Corporate Jurisdiction"
Posted on November 11, 2009"'I Believe' tag fails test in court; Judge says S.C. religious plate based on discriminatory law"
Posted on November 11, 2009Law professor John Yoo files Brief for Appellant in Ninth Circuit appeal challenging federal district court's decision that he may be sued by Jose Padilla, who says he was tortured while being held for nearly four years as a suspected terrorist
Posted on November 10, 2009"Home Court Showdown at the Supreme Court; Battle over wage-and-hour action against Hertz is all about location, location, location"
Posted on November 10, 2009"Muhammad executed for sniper killing; 10 died in Oct. 2002 rampage; what motivated two shooters remains unclear"
Posted on November 10, 2009"Divorce may mean retiring is delayed; Court says alimony might force some to work more years"
Posted on November 10, 2009"DC sniper execution: why his case moved so quickly; For John Allen Muhammad, the convicted DC sniper, execution is scheduled for Tuesday night. He was tried in Virginia, which is known for hearing appeals rapidly."
Posted on November 10, 2009"Long wait may soon end for appeals court nominee from Md.; Federal judge in Baltimore could get confirmed today"
Posted on November 09, 2009"My So-Called Life Without Parole: The Supreme Court looks at life sentences for teen offenders."
Posted on November 09, 2009"High court seems to be taking a familiar split over life in prison for juveniles"
Posted on November 09, 2009"Execution of Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad is on schedule; In 2002, then-Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft 'made the right call' to try Muhammad and his accomplice in Virginia instead of Maryland; On Tuesday, he is set to die by lethal injection"
Posted on November 08, 2009"Supreme Court to decide: What kind of innovations get a patent? The Supreme Court on Monday takes up this fundamental question in patent law; The answer holds billion-dollar implications for the US economy."
Posted on November 08, 2009"Supreme Court case: juvenile offenders serving life in prison; The Supreme Court on Monday takes up two cases that explore the question: Should juveniles convicted of nonlethal crimes be sentenced to life in prison without parole?"
Posted on November 08, 2009"Kentucky's troubled death-penalty system lets cases languish for decades"
Posted on November 08, 2009Access Lyle Denniston's previews of Monday's U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments
Posted on November 07, 2009"Appeals court rules in favor of city of Santa Cruz in Robert Norse Nazi salute case"
Posted on November 07, 2009When browsing to "Mattress.com," please do not leave off the final "s" for "savings"
Posted on November 06, 2009"New Hampshire Suit Challenges Mortgage Blogger's Use of Anonymous Sources"
Posted on November 05, 2009"2 N.C. judges nominated for 4th Circuit; Albert Diaz of Charlotte and Jim Wynn of Cary, both with military ties, could make appeals court less conservative"
Posted on November 05, 2009To quote from a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today, "Bow wow wow, yippie yo, yippie yea"
Posted on November 04, 2009"Wisconsin Supreme Court hears lawsuit on civil unions; Case could overturn amendment which bans gay marriage"
Posted on November 04, 2009"Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper; Lawyers: Muhammad shouldn't have been allowed to represent self."
Posted on November 04, 2009"Michigan Supreme Court justices take up doctor liability; Patient shot in '99 sued psychiatrist's estate"
Posted on November 04, 2009"Supreme Court appears split on tackling rogue prosecutors; The Supreme Court Wednesday heard arguments in a lawsuit brought by two Iowa men who spent 25 in prison after prosecutors allegedly fabricated evidence against them"
Posted on November 04, 2009"Melvin Brunetti dies at 75; federal appeals court judge; He sat on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for 24 years; His key opinions include upholding Robert Alton Harris' death penalty and broader Pentagon scrutiny of homosexuals' security clearances"
Posted on November 04, 2009"Judge rules artist Daniel Moore needs no University of Alabama license for paintings"
Posted on November 03, 2009"Law Professor sues 'Above the Law' blog; time to go back to complaint-drafting school"
Posted on November 03, 2009"At Supreme Court: Can prosecutors be sued for framing defendants? Two African-American men wrongly imprisoned for 25 years filed a lawsuit against prosecutors for fabricating evidence against them; The Supreme Court hears the case Wednesday."
Posted on November 03, 2009"Federal judges pursue judicial pay dispute in appeals court; Eight federal judges argue that Congress violated the Constitution when it nixed scheduled judicial pay hike"
Posted on November 03, 2009Unanimous three-judge Eighth Circuit panel affirms $2.7 million compensatory damages award in favor of woman who proved hormone replacement therapy drugs caused her breast cancer and orders new trial limited to punitive damages against defendant Wyeth
Posted on November 02, 2009"With Obama Proceeding Reasonably To Fill Federal Judgeships, the Bottleneck Is the Senate"
Posted on November 02, 2009"Health insurance mandate alarms some; Critics say it may be unconstitutional to charge a penalty for not buying a product; Supporters compare the mandate to car insurance requirements"
Posted on November 02, 2009"Court of Appeals Mourns Loss of Senior Circuit Judge Melvin T. Brunetti"
Posted on November 02, 2009"Maher Arar's U.S. lawsuit rejected; Victims of extraordinary rendition have no recourse to sue Washington for torture suffered overseas, appellate court rules"
Posted on November 02, 2009"Nine years and Hispanic farmers still waiting for discrimination suit ruling"
Posted on November 01, 2009"California killer's case back before Supreme Court; Fernando Belmontes was sentenced to death in 1982 for murdering a 19-year-old woman; The San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned his sentence three times"
Posted on November 01, 2009"Bringing justice to them all: Thousands of cases are overturned, thanks to a family that refused to give up."
Posted on November 01, 2009Third Circuit decides appeal challenging the constitutionality of Pittsburgh ordinance regulating protests and confrontations at health care facilities providing abortions
Posted on October 31, 2009"Congress Set to Take Aim at Judicial Recusals; House Judiciary Committee's interest marks the first time Congress has flirted with recusal guidelines since a 2004 scrap between congressional Democrats and Justice Scalia"
Posted on October 31, 2009"Both sides claim victory with al-Marri sentencing; Terror agent's brother reacts with disappointment"
Posted on October 31, 2009Second Circuit, over the dissent of four judges, denies rehearing en banc in case involving a doctor's application for discharge from the Army as a conscientious objector
Posted on October 30, 2009"Fees Case Strikes at Heart of Mutual Funds; Supreme Court to Weigh How Much Money-Management Firms Can Charge; Defining Fiduciary Duty"
Posted on October 30, 2009"Kansas Supreme Court hears arguments about caps on damages awarded to patient; Case against Lawrence physician attracting great deal of attention"
Posted on October 30, 2009"11th Circuit Obscenity Case Tests Community Standards on the Internet; Prosecutors have described the films at issue in the case as 'sadistic, masochistic and violent'"
Posted on October 30, 2009"Mother challenges Texas law allowing parents to show children pornography"
Posted on October 29, 2009"Judge Alex Kozinski apologizes for distributing crude jokes; A panel concludes its investigation of the 9th Circuit's chief judge after he says he has stopped e-mailing his 'gag list'; No action is taken against him"
Posted on October 28, 2009"This case presents the novel issue of whether an individual can have a 'reasonable expectation of privacy' in a storage unit rented with a stolen identity."
Posted on October 28, 2009"Full judicial panel to decide if torture suit should go to trial; Three judges of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled that the claims by five men that they were tortured could go to trial"
Posted on October 28, 2009Unanimous three-judge Ninth Circuit panel issues a decision holding that "a national community standard must be applied in regulating obscene speech on the Internet, including obscenity disseminated via email."
Posted on October 28, 2009Eleventh Circuit affirms denial of qualified immunity to two police officers who shocked a man, who was neither accused nor suspected of a crime, with a Taser gun at least eight times over a two minute span, ultimately leading to his death
Posted on October 27, 2009"Justices Ginsburg, Scalia onstage in Washington National Opera's 'Aridane'"
Posted on October 26, 2009"Pa. Jury Weighs Damages in Prempro-Cancer Case; Jury weighs punitive damages in finding Prempro-breast cancer link; thousands of cases pending"
Posted on October 26, 2009"Judicial Nominations in the Bush and Obama Administrations' First Nine Months"
Posted on October 26, 2009"The Bench in Purgatory: The new Republican obstructionism on Obama's judicial nominees."
Posted on October 26, 2009Supreme Court of Kansas holds that a criminal defendant must have used actual force to justify a self-defense jury instruction
Posted on October 23, 2009"Now a Black Firefighter Is Suing New Haven: Did the Supreme Court leave the city holding the bag in last summer's Ricci ruling?"
Posted on October 23, 2009"Orly Taitz appeals judge's $20,000 sanction; Calls Land's remarks 'political lynching'"
Posted on October 23, 2009"Chief Justice Roberts dedicates Stanford Law School's Rehnquist courtyard; In a salute to William Rehnquist, his successor on the U.S. Supreme Court, Chief Justice Roberts said Rehnquist will be remembered for changing how law is considered"
Posted on October 23, 2009"Scalia, Breyer to Discuss Constitution at UA-Hosted Event; The UA's William H. Rehnquist Center is hosting this rare opportunity to watch two sitting Supreme Court justices discuss the U.S. Constitution"
Posted on October 23, 2009"Bankruptcy: New Haven For Student Borrowers? High court decision could have big effect on college loan industry."
Posted on October 22, 2009"Supreme Court weighs fate of whistleblowers; Person who doesn't want to testify should be forced to explain why not, Polygone lawyers argue"
Posted on October 22, 2009Ninth Circuit panel issues opinion explaining why it would allow the release of the names of those who signed petitions seeking a voter referendum on whether to give same-sex couples the same rights as married couples in Washington State
Posted on October 22, 2009"Is it Important to Be Important? Evaluating the Supreme Court's Case Selection Process."
Posted on October 22, 2009"Ten Commandments: Secular or religious? Case examines intent behind displays at Kentucky courthouses."
Posted on October 22, 2009"Guantanamo Uighurs know justices took their case; At Guantanamo Bay, a BBC news article was posted on a bulletin board to announce the decision by Supreme Court justices to to consider the case of the Uighyr detainees"
Posted on October 22, 2009"L.A. medical pot dispensary may get back seized funds; The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concludes the federal government could not prove the money was tied to illegal sales"
Posted on October 21, 2009"Michigan town's resolve to take Guantanamo detainees wavers; Standish, Mich., is dependent on its federal prison, which is about to close"
Posted on October 20, 2009"Inmate-abortion fight continues; Arpaio, ACLU clash over transport fees"
Posted on October 19, 2009"Review death penalty law, ex-governor urges; White worries about execution of the innocent"
Posted on October 19, 2009"Supreme Court's Stevens keeps cards close to robe; Long-serving justice, 89, a force behind the scenes"
Posted on October 19, 2009"The price of vanity plates: XXXXXXX car tag nets man $19,000 in tickets."
Posted on October 19, 2009"Flags of convenience: Ideological foes apply constitutional principles inconsistently."
Posted on October 18, 2009"Perry uses clemency sparingly on death row; Governor has never called off an execution on a claim of innocence"
Posted on October 18, 2009"Justice system failings in wake of Hurricane Katrina left wounds that remain unhealed"
Posted on October 18, 2009"Supreme Court Adds 12 Cases to Docket, Including a Second Amendment Sequel"
Posted on October 01, 2009"We here explore the treacherous path which corporate counsel must tread under the attorney-client privilege when conducting an internal investigation to advise a publicly traded company on its financial disclosure obligations."
Posted on September 30, 2009"Responding to the Growing Need for Federal Judgeships: The Federal Judgeship Act of 2009."
Posted on September 30, 2009"Supreme Court to hear new firefighter discrimination case; The justices will decide how much time plaintiffs have to file a lawsuit when they believe they've been unfairly penalized by hiring tests"
Posted on September 30, 2009"Supreme Court takes gun case that will test reach of 2nd Amendment; The justices' ruling on whether state and local laws are subject to the 2nd Amendment could open the door to legal challenges nationwide"
Posted on September 30, 2009"Supreme Court sets date for former legislator's appeal; Juneau Republican says statute doesn't apply in case"
Posted on September 30, 2009"New abortion laws halted; Judge: Rules can't take effect until suits decided."
Posted on September 30, 2009"Cases to test time limits on lawsuits; Surgical sponges discovered years after surgery"
Posted on September 29, 2009Second Circuit issues opinion explaining why Debevoise & Plimpton will be allowed to serve as counsel to Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. in defending a class action alleging that policyholders were misled and shortchanged in that company's demutualization
Posted on September 29, 2009"Free speech vs. animals: The Supreme Court should rule that filmed depictions of animal cruelty are protected under the 1st Amendment."
Posted on September 29, 2009"The Old Secular Cross? High Court to Consider Issue of Church-State Separation."
Posted on September 29, 2009"Pocket Docket: Supreme Court's New Season; Justices Face an Unusually Diverse Caseload; Some Legal Observers Expect the Conservative Bloc to Overrule Past Opinions."
Posted on September 29, 2009"A new push to define 'person,' and to outlaw abortion in the process; Some abortion foes think the rationale for Roe vs. Wade is vulnerable; They're trying to amend state constitutions -- including California's -- to define personhood from conception"
Posted on September 29, 2009"Blogger to be back in court; Former Mills High student's suit before U.S. appeals panel"
Posted on September 27, 2009"Two-tiered justice for terror suspects? The detainees at Guantanamo deserve their day in court."
Posted on September 26, 2009"Illinois Supreme Court: Wills can use religious tests; Jewish family restricted inheritance based on which heir married within their religion."
Posted on September 26, 2009"Carlos Moreno, California high court justice, is raising his profile; The justice's opposition to Proposition 8, a bold move for someone being considered for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, may signal a departure from the middle of the road"
Posted on September 26, 2009After hearing oral argument en banc today in Nordyke v. King, the Ninth Circuit has vacated its submission of that case pending whether the U.S. Supreme Court will grant review of one or more other cases raising the same Second Amendment issue
Posted on September 25, 2009"Regulator on Fees: Hands Off, Courts; Fund-Industry Reforms Are Questioned."
Posted on September 25, 2009"Sotomayor says Obama's job offer set her heart racing; Newest Supreme Court justice recalls suspense, thrill of big day"
Posted on September 25, 2009"Lawyer Has No First Amendment Right to Wear Hat in Court, Federal Judge Decides"
Posted on September 25, 2009"White House Regroups on Guantanamo; Counsel Craig Replaced as Point Man on Issue as Deadline for Closing Looms"
Posted on September 25, 2009"Supreme Court to weigh depictions of animal cruelty; In a case that pits free-speech defenders against animal rights activists, the justices will consider whether the 1st Amendment should protect depictions of animals being hurt"
Posted on September 24, 2009"Attorneys seek to have convictions voided in videotaped sex assault; Lawyers say key evidence was excluded in a sensational Orange County case involving a former assistant sheriff's son and two companions"
Posted on September 24, 2009"Decatur man charged for trying to blow up Springfield federal building"
Posted on September 24, 2009BREAKING NEWS -- "Court overturns WBC judgment" in military funeral protest case
Posted on September 24, 2009"Illinois Supreme Court: Provena Covenant Medical Center, Illinois Department of Revenue square off over tax-exempt status; Urbana hospital says legislature should decide standard for charity care."
Posted on September 24, 2009"Court: Westboro protest at local Marine's funeral was protected free speech."
Posted on September 24, 2009"Talking about the future: Panel discusses bloggers and the First Amendment."
Posted on September 23, 2009"High Court Docket Could Hold Big Surprises; No obvious blockbusters are expected, but sometimes unremarkable cases turn out to be remarkable"
Posted on September 23, 2009Female genital mutilation case produces 5-5 vote on denial of rehearing en banc from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Posted on September 22, 2009"Did lawyer crash courthouse groundbreaking photo? Judge said he's mystified about why lawyer got into the shot."
Posted on September 21, 2009"Complaint against lawyer McKenna winding through R.I. courts while penalties mushroom"
Posted on September 21, 2009"Supreme Court case over firefighter promotion exam tests Westchester firm, founder; When New Haven, Conn., firefighters sued for alleged reverse discrimination, the test designed by Industrial/Organizational Solutions landed in the spotlight"
Posted on September 21, 2009"Marshall University Panel to Ponder Blogging and the 1st Amendment; The discussion will look at when and how the First Amendment applies to people who blog"
Posted on September 20, 2009"Plaintiffs Groups Mount Effort to Undo Supreme Court's 'Iqbal' Ruling"
Posted on September 20, 2009"Is a second execution attempt cruel and unusual? A lethal-injection team tried for about two hours to find a usable vein, then gave up; Romell Broom, a convicted rapist-murderer, says another try would be unconstitutional."
Posted on September 19, 2009"Governor's prison plan seeks more time to reduce inmate population; Schwarzenegger's proposal is submitted to federal judges Friday evening, only hours before the deadline"
Posted on September 19, 2009"Signs From the High Court of a More Sensible Use of Appellate Rule 1925"
Posted on September 18, 2009D.C. Circuit declares unconstitutional several new Federal Election Commission regulations that restrict how non-profits may spend and raise money to advance their preferred policy positions and political candidates
Posted on September 18, 2009"SJC OK's secret use of GPS devices; Rules set for police to plant tracking devices in suspect's vehicle"
Posted on September 18, 2009"No new trial for Texas death row inmate despite Collin County prosecutor's affair with judge"
Posted on September 16, 2009"Alabama Supreme Court upholds sex toy ban; Love Stuff plans to keep selling them"
Posted on September 16, 2009"Gableman ethics case hinges on defining lie; Panel will recommend dismissal of case or discipline of judge"
Posted on September 16, 2009"Va. Judge Nominated For Appeals Court; Alexandria Woman Is a Trailblazer"
Posted on September 15, 2009"Judiciary Approves Free Access to Judges' Workload Reports; Courtroom Sharing for Magistrate Judges"
Posted on September 15, 2009"Finance Case Renews Focus on Precedent: Roberts, Alito Pledged Deference; Activists After All?"
Posted on September 15, 2009"Changing political money: There's a middle ground open to the Supreme Court in a key case on corporate/union campaign speech."
Posted on September 14, 2009"Nahmias adds conservative voice to Ga. high court; Prosecutor replaces a liberal jurist Sears"
Posted on September 14, 2009"A Revealing Term: What difference will a 'wise Latina' make? And other questions."
Posted on September 14, 2009"How Liberals Can Win by Losing at the Roberts Court: Three strategies for turning a defeat into a (relative) victory."
Posted on September 14, 2009"Senate Weighs New Shield Law; Reporters Would Have to Disclose Information in Special Cases"
Posted on September 13, 2009"Lawyers' Sanctions Lifted, but 3rd Circuit Judge Delivers Lecture; Case has been a cause celebre among defense lawyers who contend the four sanctioned lawyers had been unfairly targeted for using common legal tactics"
Posted on September 12, 2009"Jailhouse calls are not private, SJC rules; Conversations can be subpoenaed"
Posted on September 12, 2009"U.S. Supreme Court says California cannot delay prison plan; A proposal to reduce overcrowding must be submitted by the end of next week"
Posted on September 12, 2009"Arguments begin in appeal of dismissal of jury verdict in R.I. smoke shop raid"
Posted on September 11, 2009"Detainee Files Emergency Writ to Halt Hearings; Defense Team Asks Appeals Court to Find Military Commission Unconstitutional"
Posted on September 11, 2009"State's Top Court Ready to Hear Challenge to Appointment of Lieutenant Governor"
Posted on September 11, 2009"Kevin, Pat Williams can play this season; The appeals court affirmed U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson's rulings in the banned-substance case involving the players"
Posted on September 11, 2009"Caltech student's arson convictions overturned; Citing his Asperger's syndrome, a federal court also vacates the sentence of William Cottrell, who was convicted in 2004 of conspiracy and arson for vandalizing 125 SUVs in an environmental protest"
Posted on September 11, 2009"Unprecedented: Watching the Supreme Court make its campaign finance jurisprudence disappear."
Posted on September 10, 2009"Prospective jurors don't want any part of Junior Gotti's upcoming trial"
Posted on September 10, 2009"[W]e conclude that the retroactive application of SORNA's juvenile registration and reporting requirement violates the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution."
Posted on September 10, 2009"Many have wondered what exactly the best tact is to take when trying to get a visit from the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. University officials went with football tickets to the Notre Dame game. It worked."
Posted on September 10, 2009By a vote of 6-4, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit refuses to switch sides on a question of law that's already produced a 5-4 circuit split
Posted on September 10, 2009South Dakota inmate's request for a succah behind bars leads to an interesting RLUIPA ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Posted on September 10, 2009Fifth Circuit rejects constitutional challenge to the "immoral purpose" aspect of a federal statute that makes criminal "[t]he importation into the United States of any alien for the purpose of prostitution, or for any other immoral purpose"
Posted on September 10, 2009"The Supreme Court wrestled on Wednesday with whether to allow corporations and labor unions to pay for political campaigns and end a century of legislative efforts to curb such spending."
Posted on September 09, 2009"The Chance for a Free Speech Do-Over: Will the Supreme Court finally overturn McCain-Feingold and enforce the First Amendment?"
Posted on September 08, 2009"Reversal of Precedents at Issue; Campaign Case Touches on Justices' Stance on Earlier Rulings"
Posted on September 07, 2009"Hillary: The Law Changer; Unusual pre-term rehearing may reshape campaign finance laws."
Posted on September 06, 2009"Safeguarding History: Why the records of Supreme Court justices should be governed by rules -- not individuals."
Posted on September 06, 2009"Ashcroft can be sued over arrests, appeals court rules; A 9th Circuit panel says the ex-attorney general violated the rights of citizens held as material witnesses without cause after 9/11; Rights advocates praise the ruling in Abdullah Kidd's case"
Posted on September 05, 2009"Not Innocent Enough: The elusive search for the sufficiently innocent death-row victim."
Posted on September 05, 2009"Federal court ruling would let city's adult shops run 24/7; Judges: City must show a compelling reason for ordinance that restricts businesses' hours, days."
Posted on September 05, 2009"State Supreme Court: Parents can keep cars used by drug dealing son; The state Supreme Court ruled today that parents must know for certain that their children are using their cars to deal drugs before the authorities can seize those cars."
Posted on September 04, 2009"Justices Discuss A Changing Court; Interviews With C-SPAN Reveal Tight Bonds Despite Deep Divisions"
Posted on September 04, 2009"2nd Circuit Panel Wonders Whether Judge Acted Hastily in Barring Book Based on 'Catcher in the Rye'"
Posted on September 04, 2009Jamestown Jammers 5, Mahoning Valley Scrappers 4 (game one); Mahoning Valley Scrappers 1, Jamestown Jammers 0 (game two)
Posted on September 04, 2009"Sometimes hard cases make bad law. And sometimes easy cases make bad law. Only rarely, however, do easy cases make bad law by overruling good law."
Posted on September 04, 2009"C-SPAN's 'Supreme Court Week' Debuts October 4, 2009; Original 80-minute Feature on Supreme Court; Exclusive interviews with Nine Current and Retired Justices; TV production and video-rich Website"
Posted on September 04, 2009"Taking their chances on poker's legality: Is Texas Hold 'Em about the luck of the draw, or the skill of the player? The question is being played out in courts around the country."
Posted on September 03, 2009"Speculation rises that Supreme Court Justice Stevens will retire; John Paul Stevens, who will turn 90 next year, has hired only one clerk for the 2010 term; That could be a tipoff that he plans to retire before then, although he has not said he will"
Posted on September 03, 2009"Broken-Nosed Fan Assumed Injury Risk During Pregame Warm-Up, N.Y. Judge Finds"
Posted on September 03, 2009"Californians' support for death penalty waning; A survey shows public support has dropped from 79% to 66%, as fears of executing the wrongly convicted escalate"
Posted on September 02, 2009"9th Circuit Invites Additional Briefing on Former Broadcom Exec's Privilege Claim"
Posted on September 02, 2009Where the parties to a lawsuit reach a post-verdict settlement after a jury has awarded punitive damages on a claim governed by Oregon law, must the State of Oregon's consent to the settlement be obtained before the court can approve the settlement?
Posted on September 02, 2009"Toyota concealed evidence in rollover cases, ex-attorney alleges; In a lawsuit, lawyer says Toyota repeatedly forced him to illegally withhold information from victims of hundreds of accidents that resulted in deaths and injuries"
Posted on September 01, 2009"Six tobacco companies suing FDA in BG court; Group: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act prohibits free speech."
Posted on September 01, 2009"We must decide whether California law allows a celebrity to sue a greeting card company for using her image and catchphrase in a birthday card without her permission."
Posted on August 31, 2009"Nebraska doctor takes up Tiller's mission to keep late-term abortions available"
Posted on August 30, 2009"Case is a serious challenge to Florida's gay-adoption ban; An adoption case that is now before an appellate court case presents a significant challenge to Florida's law against gays"
Posted on August 30, 2009"Grand juror not happy Medina case dismissed; Says jury should have heard about the fire at home of justice and his wife, who could have been indicted"
Posted on August 30, 2009"Comcast Wins Appeal Of FCC Ownership Cap; Largest Provider Can Grow Even Bigger"
Posted on August 29, 2009"U.S. appeals court: Return MLB players' drug-test records; Panel says data from confidential tests of baseball players was improperly seized."
Posted on August 29, 2009"FBI loses appeal of $101.7m verdict; Circuit court cites 'trauma' to 4 sent to prison"
Posted on August 29, 2009"'Important Questions of Federal Law': Assessing the Supreme Court's Case Selection Process."
Posted on August 29, 2009Pa. Superior Court issues ruling in Confrontation Clause case that I argued in March 2009
Posted on August 25, 2009"The government versus Hal Turner: As vile as his rhetoric is, the right-wing extremist's odious online views deserve 1st Amendment protections."
Posted on August 23, 2009"Appeals Court Orders Church-Run Post Office To Remove Religious Materials"
Posted on August 22, 2009"Judge Betty's Revenge: Conservatives thought they'd sidelined the 9th Circuit's lion of liberalism; They were wrong."
Posted on August 20, 2009"This case raises an Establishment Clause challenge to religious displays at a contract postal unit operated by a church in Manchester, Connecticut."
Posted on August 20, 2009"Appeals court overturns Holocaust looted-art law, but Norton Simon suit continues"
Posted on August 20, 2009"When the bedroom leads to the courtroom: Despite U.S. Supreme Court decisions, lower courts still use the 'morality of the majority' to criminalize consenting sexual acts."
Posted on August 20, 2009"Law Requiring Ultrasounds for Abortions Is Struck Down; Oklahoma Judge Says Measure Violates State Constitution"
Posted on August 19, 2009"Sotomayor's first Supreme Court vote doesn't halt execution; Newly seated justice joins three liberals in unsuccessful attempt to stop death of convicted hit man Jason Getsy, who was put to death Tuesday"
Posted on August 19, 2009"Debating campaign speech: In a key case, the Supreme Court could repair campaign-finance law without relaxing needed regulation."
Posted on August 19, 2009"Under questioning, Keller denies violating court rules in death row case; In not allowing a late appeal, judge says it was 'a close call' but the right decision"
Posted on August 19, 2009"The Ninth Circuit's Erroneous Analysis of Computer Searches in United States v. Payton"
Posted on August 18, 2009"Fellow judge says Keller violated procedure in death row case; Former court counsel Ed Marty's statement could raise doubts"
Posted on August 18, 2009"As between the prosecutor and the trial judge, who determines which conviction to vacate when a defendant has been convicted of multiplicitous offenses in violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause?"
Posted on August 18, 2009"Man Challenges Ban On Fortunetelling; Self-Described Gypsy Who Wants To Open Shop Says Law Is Biased"
Posted on August 17, 2009"Court says Troy Davis can present evidence; Condemned killer on death row for murder of off-duty police officer"
Posted on August 17, 2009Justice Sonia Sotomayor assigned to be the Circuit Justice for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Posted on August 17, 2009"Death penalty debate peripheral to Keller trial; Proceedings begin Monday in San Antonio courtroom on complaint criminal appeals judge blocked stay of execution request"
Posted on August 17, 2009"Will Critical Review Keep Judge From D.C. Circuit Slot? D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Vanessa Ruiz slammed in evaluation for taking too long on cases."
Posted on August 16, 2009"Critics want to bench Judge Manuel L. Real; He is 85 and has sat on the U.S. District Court bench in L.A. since 1966; He wields his gavel despite complaints about his imperious behavior and frequent reversals by appellate courts"
Posted on August 16, 2009"Gunning for the District: For some gun advocates, securing the right to keep and bear arms at home wasn't enough."
Posted on August 16, 2009"Blogger's Case Could Test the Limits of Political Speech; New Jersey Man Was Arrested After Writing That 3 Judges 'Deserve to Be Killed'"
Posted on August 16, 2009"Terrorism Trials May Be at New Va. Court; Security May Favor Newport News Over Alexandria"
Posted on August 14, 2009"En Banc First Circuit Reverses Panel, Gives IRS Access to Textron's Work Papers"
Posted on August 14, 2009"With Sotomayor Confirmed, Focus Should Be on Nominations to Appeals Courts"
Posted on August 14, 2009"Judges Who Would Be King: The judiciary is on an unprecedented power trip."
Posted on August 14, 2009"This case reminds us again of the utility of communication to prevent injury, even in the pastoral setting of a golf course and in the context of a game in which etiquette is as integral as skill."
Posted on August 14, 2009"Effective at noon on Friday, August 14, 2009, Hon. Alice M. Batchelder of Medina, Ohio, became Chief Judge of the Sixth Circuit, succeeding Hon. Danny J. Boggs, who had served in that capacity since October 1, 2003."
Posted on August 14, 2009Hands-free cell phone challenge "has no legs whatever," Seventh Circuit holds
Posted on August 13, 2009"Eleventh Circuit to review en banc below-guideline sentence in 'utterly gruesome' sex offense case"
Posted on August 13, 2009"Someone who wants to file as amicus curiae in support of a petition for rehearing, or rehearing en banc, must use the same schedule as the petitioner."
Posted on August 13, 2009"Miers Told House Panel of 'Agitated' Rove; Bush White House Counsel Said Adviser Called U.S. Attorney a 'Serious Problem'"
Posted on August 12, 2009"Appeals court allows third trial against two former Westar Energy executives"
Posted on August 12, 2009Third Circuit holds that federal law does not preempt state law claims alleging that a number of statements on the labels of Snapple beverages are misleading
Posted on August 12, 2009"Supreme Court Argument Cycle Dominated by Veterans; Gibson Dunn's Theodore Olson and Sidley Austin's Carter Phillips each argued a half-dozen high court cases"
Posted on August 11, 2009"Litigants become their own lawyers; Hiring an attorney isn't cheap, so these days more people are navigating the justice system themselves; But courtrooms can be tough for amateurs"
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