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Federal Courts Get to Know Merrick Garland, Obama's Supreme Court Nominee

Get to Know Merrick Garland, Obama's Supreme Court Nominee

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

And it's Garland. After a month of speculation, President Obama upset many oddsmakers and nominated Chief Judge of the D.C. Circuit, Merrick Garland, for the...

Federal Courts Justice Ginsburg Writes First Book Since Joining the Court

Justice Ginsburg Writes First Book Since Joining the Court

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

There's a new addition to the Notorious RBG canon coming out soon(ish). Justice Ginsburg is penning a new book, My Own Words, to be released January, 2017. The...

Federal Courts A Crazy Puerto Rican Gay Marriage Suit May Kill the Insular Cases

A Crazy Puerto Rican Gay Marriage Suit May Kill the Insular Cases

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

Marriage equality is the law of the land. That much is settled. Despite this, a recent, very unexpected ruling from a federal judge in Puerto Rico, found...

Federal Courts 8-Justice Court's Impact Is Felt by Supreme Court Litigants

8-Justice Court's Impact Is Felt by Supreme Court Litigants

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

The loss of Justice Scalia, and the lack of a replacement, has had obvious impacts on the Supreme Court itself. It's thrown some outcomes into question and...

Federal Courts The Supreme Court Comes to the Defense of the Dangling Modifier

The Supreme Court Comes to the Defense of the Dangling Modifier

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

Strict textualism is alive and well in the Supreme Court, even after Justice Scalia's passing. Nowhere can that be seen more clearly than in Lockhart v. U.S.,...

Federal Courts Will the Supreme Court Punt on Texas Abortion Case?

Will the Supreme Court Punt on Texas Abortion Case?

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

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in one of the most important cases of the term, Whole Women's Health v. Hellerstedt, a challenge to Texas's...

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