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In the Courts
Clarence Thomas Clerks Dominate Trump’s Judicial Appointments
President Donald Trump has tapped seven of Justice Clarence Thomas’s former clerks for appeals court nominations since taking office. An…
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Supreme Court Justices Discuss Ethics Code, Televised Cases In Rare Congressional Testimony
Chief Justice John Roberts is considering whether the Supreme Court should adopt its own ethics code. The justices in practice…
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In The News
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Colorado Call Truce In Harassment, Discrimination Dispute
Christian baker Jack Phillips and the Colorado Civil Rights Commission (CCRC) have resolved a legal dispute that set Phillips’ religious…
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In Congress
Judiciary Chair Thinking About Impeachment, Says Trump Is Guilty Of Obstruction
House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler said he believes that President Donald Trump is guilty of obstruction of justice, though…
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Trending Commentary
Rao Nomination Exposes Fissures Within Conservative Legal Movement
The nomination of Neomi Rao to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit exposed oft-ignored fissures within the…
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In Congress
Graham Promises ‘Judges, More Judges, Then Some More Judges’ In Colorful CPAC Address
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the newly-minted chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Conservative Political Action Conference…
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In the Courts
The Supreme Court Is Poised To Protect This 40-Foot Veteran’s Cross
The Supreme Court seemed poised Wednesday to protect a 40-foot memorial cross on public land in Bladensburg, Maryland from a…
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Military and Defense
The Boys Of Peace Cross
A 40-foot Celtic cross sits in the center of a roundabout in Bladensburg, Maryland. On its pedestal are inscribed the…
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Judges Can’t Rule From The Dead, Supreme Court Rules |
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was wrong to count the vote of a deceased judge in an important…
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Supreme Court Reins In State Power To Seize Property And Collect Fines
The Supreme Court sided with an Indiana man who lost his luxury car following his conviction on a minor drug…
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Roberts Joins Liberals To Block Texas Execution Of Disabled Man
The Supreme Court effectively ensured a Texas inmate named Bobby James Moore will not be executed Tuesday. A majority of…
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In the Courts
Justice Ginsburg Is Back At The Supreme Court, And She’s Sending A Message
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg took the bench at the Supreme Court Tuesday, the first time she has heard arguments since…
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US News
California Will Lead A Legal Challenge Against Trump’s Border Wall Declaration
California and a coalition of left-leaning states are expected to file a legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s national emergency…
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US News
Weiner Out: Disgraced Ex-Pol Leaves Jail For Halfway House
Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner was transferred from a federal detention facility in Devens, Massachusetts, to a residential re-entry…
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US News
Trump Was Sued Over His National Emergency Declaration In Less Than Six Hours
Public Citizen, a Washington-based consumer group, filed the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration concerning the southern…
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