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Federal Courts With Gorsuch, Nothing Could Change -- or Everything Could

With Gorsuch, Nothing Could Change -- or Everything Could

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

"Put simply," Tenth Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch wrote in his 2008 Gutierrez-Brizuela v. Lynch concurrence, "it seems to me that in a world without Chevron very...

Federal Courts POTUS Picks Gorsuch for SCOTUS: What You Need to Know

POTUS Picks Gorsuch for SCOTUS: What You Need to Know

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

It's Gorsuch! After almost a full year of an eight-justice Court, President Donald Trump announced that Neil Gorsuch will be his nominee to fill the Court's...

Federal Courts Supreme Court Won't Hear Handgun Case

Supreme Court Won't Hear Handgun Case

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

Continuing a guarded approach to the Second Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court turned away a case that said people need "good cause" for a permit to carry a...

Federal Courts Religious School Entitled to Public Playground Money

Religious School Entitled to Public Playground Money

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

Heralded as a major church-state decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said a church-owned school is entitled to state funds available for playgrounds open to the...

Federal Courts Travel Ban Approved Against Some With No 'Bona Fide' Ties to U.S.

Travel Ban Approved Against Some With No 'Bona Fide' Ties to U.S.

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

Reversing two appellate courts, the U.S. Supreme Court approved part of the President's travel ban against nationals from six Muslim nations and refugees. The...

Federal Courts Government Can't Take Citizenship From Refugee for Lying to Immigration

Government Can't Take Citizenship From Refugee for Lying to Immigration

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

A Serbian refugee who lied to immigration officials cannot be stripped of her American citizenship because her lie was immaterial, the U.S. Supreme Court...

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