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Federal Courts Friends With Benefits: Who Are the SCOTUS Amicus All-Stars?

Friends With Benefits: Who Are the SCOTUS Amicus All-Stars?

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

Adam Chandler is something of a certiorari numbers buff. When Chandler isn't hard at work as an attorney in the Appellate Section of the Antitrust Division of...

Federal Courts Death, Taxes, and SCOTUS: The April Oral Argument List

Death, Taxes, and SCOTUS: The April Oral Argument List

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

Benjamin Franklin (paraphrasing Christopher Bullock) said “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” This April, there is one...

Federal Courts Birth Control Mandate Cases Reaching Critical Mass; Possible Outcomes

Birth Control Mandate Cases Reaching Critical Mass; Possible Outcomes

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

We were pretty sure that the Supreme Court would step in after the Tenth Circuit's ruling in the Hobby Lobby case led to a circuit split over whether corporate...

Federal Courts 3 Important Battles (Speech, Search, Press) Seeking SCOTUS Cert.

3 Important Battles (Speech, Search, Press) Seeking SCOTUS Cert.

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Last term's slate of issues, from voting rights to same-sex marriage, made it one of the most anticipated SCOTUS dockets in recent memory, but the excitement...

Federal Courts After SCOTUS, Baby Veronica Still Not in Adopted Parents' Custody

After SCOTUS, Baby Veronica Still Not in Adopted Parents' Custody

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

"As the State Supreme Court read [the Indian Child Welfare Act], a biological Indian father could abandon his child in utero and refuse any support for the...

Federal Courts SCOTUS's First Big Case of the Term: Campaign Contribution Limits

SCOTUS's First Big Case of the Term: Campaign Contribution Limits

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Supreme Court will finally return in less than a month, and when it does, it will start the next term with McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, a...

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