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Federal Courts Jerusalem Passport Case: Pres. Can Defy Congress on Foreign Affairs

Jerusalem Passport Case: Pres. Can Defy Congress on Foreign Affairs

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Supreme Court released only one opinion this Monday, but it's a significant one. In Zivotofsky v. Kerry, the Court held 6-3 that the President does not...

Federal Courts Debtors Can't Void Jr. Mortgages on Underwater Homes, For Now

Debtors Can't Void Jr. Mortgages on Underwater Homes, For Now

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In a unanimous decision released Monday, the Supreme Court held that debtors in bankruptcy cannot void a second mortgage lien on a wholly underwater property....

Federal Courts Discriminatory Motive is Enough to Violate the Civil Rights Act

Discriminatory Motive is Enough to Violate the Civil Rights Act

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Religious discrimination in hiring and employment, prohibited under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, does not require actual knowledge of a victim's...

Federal Courts SCOTUS Reverses 'Facebook Threats' Conviction

SCOTUS Reverses 'Facebook Threats' Conviction

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

Anthony Douglas Elonis made statements on Facebook threatening his ex-wife, a local school, the local sheriffs, and the FBI agents who came to question him...

Federal Courts Some Opinions We Missed, and a Fond Farewell

Some Opinions We Missed, and a Fond Farewell

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

Last week, amid lofty opinions about excessive force and the dormant commerce clause, we did not have a chance to report on some of the more work-a-day cases...

Federal Courts Also Decided at SCOTUS: Bankruptcy and Whistleblowing

Also Decided at SCOTUS: Bankruptcy and Whistleblowing

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

What else happened at the Supreme Court this week? As we reported yesterday, a case that's going to be of significance to patent trolls and the people who...

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