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Federal Courts Mixed-Up Majority Upholds Cop's Conspiracy Conviction -- Barely

Mixed-Up Majority Upholds Cop's Conspiracy Conviction -- Barely

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

It was an unusual alignment of justices that came together to uphold the extortion conspiracy conviction of a former Baltimore police officer today. Samuel...

Federal Courts Supreme Court Won't Review Texas Voter ID Law Just Yet

Supreme Court Won't Review Texas Voter ID Law Just Yet

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

The Supreme Court refused to intervene in a conflict over Texas's voter identification law today. That law, which imposes some of the most rigorous voter ID...

Federal Courts Will the Supreme Court Keep Convicted VA Governor out of Jail?

Will the Supreme Court Keep Convicted VA Governor out of Jail?

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

The Supreme Court heard its final oral argument of the term this morning, and it was a fittingly weighty one: the case of former Virginia Governor Bob...

Federal Courts The Case of Mistaken Retaliation: Demoted Cop Can Sue Chief

The Case of Mistaken Retaliation: Demoted Cop Can Sue Chief

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

When Jeffrey Heffernan, a police officer in Paterson, New Jersey, was spotted with a campaign sign for his mayor's political challenger, he was quickly...

Federal Courts Why Didn't Obama Nominate a Black Lesbian From Skokie?

Why Didn't Obama Nominate a Black Lesbian From Skokie?

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

Throughout the past eight years, President Obama has worked slowly but surely to bring greater diversity to the federal courts, the president assured law...

Federal Courts Struggling Lawyers Show How Not to Argue Before the Supreme Court

Struggling Lawyers Show How Not to Argue Before the Supreme Court

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

Wednesday was not a shining moment in the history of Supreme Court oral arguments. This was not Paul Clement going punch-for-punch with Justice Souter in...

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