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SCOTUS Gives FCC Win in Regulation Rollback After Decades-Long Legal Battle
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
In 2017, the Federal Communications Commission changed ownership rules for local news media. Specifically, the FCC thought the prohibition against the same...
Supreme Court Abandons Rule Restricting Juvenile Sentences of Life Without Parole
By Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on
The Supreme Court recently upheld a life sentence without parole for a man convicted of murder when he was 15 years old. In Jones v. Mississippi, the...
SCOTUS: Appellate Courts Have Final Say Over Appellate Court Costs
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
The Supreme Court issued yet another unanimous decision this term, holding that a lower court does not have the authority to alter a federal appeals court...
Supreme Court: Government Can Block Immigrants with Temporary Protected Status
By Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on
The Supreme Court recently weighed in on an issue that has split federal courts for years: Whether a person who enters the United States illegally but obtains...
Ohio Argues Voters Incarcerated Right Before Election Day Subject to Different Deadlines
By Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments earlier this month over whether those jailed in Ohio right before Election Day are entitled to the same...
Kentucky Basketball Fans Are Crazy, 6th Circuit Agrees. Talk Radio Just Isn’t Liable for it.
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
March is the best time to be a basketball fan. It is, perhaps, the worst time to be a basketball referee. At least if you make a controversial call or two, and...
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