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Can You Say Whatever You Want on Your Car’s Custom License Plate?
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
If you’ve ever sprung for a vanity plate for your vehicle, you probably assume you can put whatever you want on it – as long as nobody else claimed your clever...
Ninth Circuit Rules That Murder‑for‑Hire Is Not Necessarily a ‘Crime of Violence’
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
James Henrikson did what most people only threaten in anger and never carry out: he hired hit men when his business relationships went bad. Now, a Ninth...
Fourth Circuit Upholds Ruling Against Reconstruction-Era Voting Suppression Law
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
A Jim Crow relic just met its reckoning. In a major victory for voting rights, a federal appeals court has struck down North Carolina's century-old law that...
Fourth Circuit Denies Resentencing for Man Convicted of Burning His (Former) Spouse's Corpse
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
"Till death do us part" is a common inclusion in wedding vows, serving as a promise that the marriage will see the couple together until one of them shuffles...
Supreme Court: Parents Can Opt Children Out of LGBTQ+ Lessons on Religious Grounds
By Catherine Hodder, Esq. | Reviewed by Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on
In Mahmoud v. Taylor (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a Maryland school board education policy preventing opt-outs for LGBTQ+ inclusive curriculum was...
It's Judicial vs. Executive as Trump Administration Sues All 15 Maryland Federal District Court Judges
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on
President Donald Trump has been extremely vocal about his frustration over the courts honoring habeas corpus rights that interfere with his immigration and...