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Federal Courts A First Time for Everything: Supreme Court Summer Reading List

A First Time for Everything: Supreme Court Summer Reading List

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Do your friends or family members take away your phone and computer when you go on vacation? Do they ban you from watching the news or reading newspapers? Do...

Federal Courts Will SCOTUS Hear DOMA Challenge During 2012 Term?

Will SCOTUS Hear DOMA Challenge During 2012 Term?

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Supreme Court just finished a blockbuster term. The Affordable Care Act challenge. The Arizona immigration law appeal. These are the kinds of cases that...

Federal Courts Justice Kennedy Wants You to Fight Lies with Truth

Justice Kennedy Wants You to Fight Lies with Truth

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Justice Anthony Kennedy ended the 2011 Term not as a swing vote, but as a philosopher. In his last majority opinion of the term, Justice Kennedy explained...

Federal Courts The 12 Days of SCOTUS: Part Tres

The 12 Days of SCOTUS: Part Tres

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

That light at the end of the tunnel isn't the Star of Bethlehem, it's the last installment of our 12 Days of SCOTUS. So let's jump into the final four...

Federal Courts The 12 Days of SCOTUS: Part Deux

The 12 Days of SCOTUS: Part Deux

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

On Monday, we started wondering what the 12 days of Christmas would look like viewed through the Supreme Court's jurisprudentially-colored glasses. The problem...

Federal Courts The 12 Days of SCOTUS: Part I

The 12 Days of SCOTUS: Part I

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

What do you get when you cross the Supreme Court with a painfully long beloved Christmas carol? An acute awareness that after more than 200 years, the Court...

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