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Federal Courts Snippets: Little Sisters, Subsidies Cases Delayed, SSM Appeals

Snippets: Little Sisters, Subsidies Cases Delayed, SSM Appeals

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

Can you feel it? Only 19 more days until the Court returns for its Big Fall Conference. The BFC will determine the fate of thousands of cert. petitions,...

Federal Courts 32 States Urge SCOTUS to Hear Same-Sex Marriage Cases

32 States Urge SCOTUS to Hear Same-Sex Marriage Cases

By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Seventeen states and Washington, D.C., now allow same-sex couples to get married. In 14 other states, state or federal judges have overturned state-level bans...

Federal Courts License Plate Cases: 2 States Seek Cert., Speech Rights

License Plate Cases: 2 States Seek Cert., Speech Rights

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

This is an issue that the U.S. Supreme Court has been dodging for years: Whose speech is conveyed on a personalized license plate? In 1977, the Supreme Court...

Federal Courts DNA Sets Man Free After Scalia Mocked His Death Penalty Appeal

DNA Sets Man Free After Scalia Mocked His Death Penalty Appeal

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

Ten years after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review their case, and 30 years after they were convicted, two half-brothers have been cleared of a 1983...

Federal Courts Friday Double Poll: Best and Worst SCOTUS Writers

Friday Double Poll: Best and Worst SCOTUS Writers

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

The topic of the week for me seems to be legal writing. And my favorite type of post is the "poll the audience" post because it means I can be a spineless...

Federal Courts Snippets: Lyrical Threats, SSM Victors Want Cert., SCOTUS <3 Cops

Snippets: Lyrical Threats, SSM Victors Want Cert., SCOTUS <3 Cops

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

Today's all about the music: rap lyrics as threats, the final countdown for same-sex marriage advocates, and cops facing the music in court (or not). Here are...

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