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Federal Courts Non-Decision Decision Hints at Affirmative Action Future

Non-Decision Decision Hints at Affirmative Action Future

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

The facts of Fisher v. University of Texas are simple. Caucasian girl applied to the University of Texas at Austin, didn't get in, and blamed the university's...

Federal Courts Union Case Dropped; Younger Clarified; Congress Comes to Court

Union Case Dropped; Younger Clarified; Congress Comes to Court

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

Ready for a three-peat of SCOTUS updates? Remember that big union case out of Florida, the case that could have changed top-down unionization and greatly...

Federal Courts Software Patents Coming to the Supreme Court

Software Patents Coming to the Supreme Court

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

You can patent a snow plow or a new combustion engine. You cannot, however, patent an abstract idea, such as using an intermediary for escrow purposes in a...

Federal Courts Snippets: Online Sales Tax Cert. Denial, Frequent Flyer Arguments

Snippets: Online Sales Tax Cert. Denial, Frequent Flyer Arguments

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

It's been a busy early week on First Street, with the Court denying a case that affects anyone who purchases anything on the Internet, and with oral arguments...

Federal Courts Liberty U's Religious Objection to Employer Mandate Goes Unheard

Liberty U's Religious Objection to Employer Mandate Goes Unheard

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

This morning, the Supreme Court turned down a second appeal from Liberty University, a private religious college in Lynchburg, Virginia. And while the rejected...

Federal Courts Secret Service, Immunity, Protestors, and Viewpoint Discrimination

Secret Service, Immunity, Protestors, and Viewpoint Discrimination

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

What's more important: free speech or the safety and security of the President? Ideally, we'd have both, but the government is arguing, in a case granted...

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