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Virginia proposes ban on agreements limiting ethics complaints
A proposed ethics rule in Virginia would ban lawyers from making agreements with clients or former clients that limit their right to…
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a 94-year-old woman could pursue a claim that a tax foreclosure sale violated her rights under the Fifth Amendment’s takings clause.
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A U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a pig-welfare law could be seized upon by states looking to expand the reach of their abortion regulations.
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal to a decision striking down a redrawn South Carolina congressional district for discriminating against Black voters.
The court on Monday noted…
May 15, 2023 12:15 PM CDT The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether individual lawmakers have standing to sue a U.S. agency for information on the lease of the Old Post Office building to a Trump-owned business. The General Services Administration had leased the Old Post Office in 2013 to a business owned by Donald Trump and his children. The agreement specifically barred any elected official from participating in or benefiting from the lease. May 15, 2023 10:15 AM CDT The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a California law that bans the in-state sale of pork that comes from pigs raised in tiny stalls. May 11, 2023 12:06 PM CDT May 9, 2023 9:48 AM CDT May 4, 2023 8:38 AM CDT May 3, 2023 12:42 PM CDT May 2, 2023 9:53 AM CDTCan US lawmakers sue for information on Old Post Office lease to Trump company? SCOTUS to decide
Jackson joins 3 conservative dissenters as Supreme Court upholds California’s pig welfare law
Pregnant criminal defense lawyer on bed rest loses trial-delay bid in top state court
The Ohio Supreme Court on Sunday rejected a bid by a pregnant lawyer on bed rest to stay a trial scheduled to begin the next day.
Biden administration officials debate constitutional challenge to debt limit
Officials in the Biden administration are debating a challenge to the debt limit that is based on the 14th Amendment’s public debt clause.
Rehnquist dropped push for ‘independent state legislature’ theory in Bush v. Gore, Stevens’ papers show
Newly released private papers of then-Justice John Paul Stevens provide insight into U.S. Supreme Court deliberations and concerns before its decisions that decided a presidential election and affirmed the right to abortion.
After School Satan Club must be allowed to meet at school, federal judge says
A federal judge has ordered the Saucon Valley School District in Hellertown, Pennsylvania, to permit the After School Satan Club to meet in school facilities.
Law schools face an inflection point with diversity, equity and inclusion
In recent years, there has been a rise in law students heckling speakers. In 2018, I was shouted down at the CUNY Law School in New York. In 2022, Ilya Shapiro was shouted down at the law school formerly known as Hastings. And more recently, Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan of the Fifth Circuit was shouted down at Stanford Law School.
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