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SCOTUS Sidesteps Assault Weapons Law Showdown
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review challenges to Maryland and Rhode Island's firearm laws. As debates intensify over Second Amendment protections,...
Would-Be Trump Assassin Charged With Possessing a Gun With a Wiped-Out Serial Number. Is That Charge Constitutional?
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
The investigation and case against alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Wesley Routh is ongoing. While information is still coming to light, we now know...
Rhymes and Crimes: Fourth Circuit Uses Rap Lyrics as Evidence in Drug Trafficking Case
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Last updated on
The Fourth Circuit recently upheld the conviction of an Atlanta rapper Kenneth Watkins, who argued that the inclusion of his rap lyrics about drugs unfairly...
Multiple States Rebuked for Denying Transgender Health Care
By T. Evan Eosten Fisher, Esq. | Last updated on
With increasing frequency, federal courts are ruling in favor of plaintiffs who challenge state-law restrictions on the availability or coverage for...
First Amendment Protects Right to Livestream Traffic Stops, Fourth Circuit Says
By Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on
The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and seven other federal circuits protect the right to record police. But in a recent decision, the Fourth Circuit...
Drug Distributors Win Groundbreaking Opioid Lawsuit in West Virginia
By Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on
Huntington and Cabell County alleged that the three distributors failed to maintain controls that would have prevented the oversupply of addictive substances...
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Joseph Fawbush, Esq.
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Vaidehi Mehta, Esq.
Attorney Writer
Kit Yona, M.A.
Legal Writer
Mariana Petersen
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