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Federal Courts La. Prisoner Released, Dismissing Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Case

La. Prisoner Released, Dismissing Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Case

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

The U.S. Supreme Court will have one fewer case to argue this term, following the release of a Louisiana inmate who's been in prison for almost 30 years. In...

Federal Courts SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Lethal Injection Case

SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Lethal Injection Case

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

Why do these things always happen on a Friday? Last week, the Supreme Court dropped the bombshell that it was reviewing the Sixth Circuit's same-sex marriage...

Federal Courts Ex-Air Marshal MacLean Protected as Whistleblower, SCOTUS Finds

Ex-Air Marshal MacLean Protected as Whistleblower, SCOTUS Finds

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

In 2003, an air marshal named Robert MacLean went to the press with a story that the TSA was ineffectual at protecting us from potential airplane hijackings....

Federal Courts Holt v. Hobbs: SCOTUS Says Muslim Prisoner Can Have Half-Inch Beard

Holt v. Hobbs: SCOTUS Says Muslim Prisoner Can Have Half-Inch Beard

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

In a case that Court-watchers were eagerly anticipating, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously today in Holt v. Hobbs that a prison policy prohibiting...

Federal Courts SCOTUS Grants Cert. to Gay Marriage Cases: 2 Questions Presented

SCOTUS Grants Cert. to Gay Marriage Cases: 2 Questions Presented

By Daniel Taylor, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Following the Sixth Circuit's decision in November upholding gay marriage bans in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, and Tennessee, many felt it was a matter of "when"...

Federal Courts SCOTUS: Borrower Can Rescind Mortgage Just by Sending a Letter

SCOTUS: Borrower Can Rescind Mortgage Just by Sending a Letter

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

How do you have to "notify" a creditor of an intent to rescind a mortgage? Five circuits to decide the issue held that "notify" meant filing a lawsuit, while...

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