5 hours ago by By ADAM LIPTAK

The federal government on Wednesday mounted a vigorous defense in the Supreme Court of the Stolen Valor Act.

At War - atwar.blogs.nytimes.com

5 hours ago by Amy E. Ferrer

2/22, Glenn Greenwald, Salon, NYPD spying program aimed at Muslims 2/22, David Kravets, Wired, DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Halt Warrantless Eavesdropping Challenge 2/21, Pamela McLoughlin, Middletown (CT) Press, Connecticut Muslim leaders seek documents on NYPD probe of Yale students 2/21, Alexis Mad ...

People's Blog for the ... - constitutioncampaign.org/blog · Rank: 117,004 · 13 references

7 hours ago by Alliance for Justice

by Nan Aron Yesterday, Chief Justice John Roberts told Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and the American people that the Supreme Court of the United States, apparently alone among all institutions of American government, doesn't need formally binding ethics rules and has no intentio ...

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7 hours ago by Associated Press

The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Wednesday over a law that makes it a crime to lie about having been awarded top military honors.

Wisconsin Law Journal - wislawjournal.com · 30 references

8 hours ago by Scott Lemieux

I would like to buck the conventional wisdom, but I agree with everybody that the grant of cert in Fisher v. UT Austin is almost certainly the end of affirmative action in higher education. Certainly, four of the necessary votes are not in question: The bad news is that Kagan’s recusal probably does ...

Lawyers, Guns & Money - lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com · Rank: 2,447 · 1550 references

8 hours ago by Jack Leyhane

Actually, the Alliance released all of its candidate ratings today, as you'll notice if you scroll down the page, but I thought it might be easier to follow if I break these into four pieces (subcircuit, countywide Circuit Court, Appellate Court, and Supreme Court). The Alliance of Bar Associations ...

For What It's Worth - leyhane.blogspot.com · Rank: 14,607 · 21 references

10 hours ago by Michelle Olsen, Appellate Daily

Disclosure: The author worked at Jones Day with the attorneys representing petitioner, prior to the firm being involved in this case. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court managed to enliven an argument about statutory interpretation —one hour about one word —with dares, nature imagery, and barbs, albe ...

Appellate Daily - appellatedaily.blogspot.com · 6 references

10 hours ago by Kelly Phillips Erb

[1]Image via Wikipedia "What's the worst that can happen?" I get asked that a lot in the context of tax compliance. Well, as of today, there's this: you could be deported. The Supreme Court has affirmed the ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court in KAWASHIMA v. HOLDER (615 F. 3d 1043, affirmed). In Kawas ...

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10 hours ago by Kelly Phillips Erb

Image via Wikipedia “What’s the worst that can happen?” I get asked that a lot in the context of tax compliance. Well, as of today, there’s this: you could be deported. The Supreme Court has affirmed the ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court in KAWASHIMA v. HOLDER (615 F. 3d 1043, affirmed). In Kawashim ...

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10 hours ago by Steve Hall

Barbara Leonard posts, " Man on Death Row Loses Chance for Clean Slate," at Courthouse News Service. The case is Wetzel v. Lambert; the opinion is available in Adobe .pdf format. The Supreme Court on Tuesday dashed an order to free or retry a death-row inmate convicted of double homicide more than 3 ...

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