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Supreme Court to Decide if Sentencing for Crack is Wack
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The Supreme Court granted cert this morning in Hill v. U.S., an appeal from the Seventh Circuit to address whether the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 can be...
Foul Call: Was SCOTUS Turkey Case Denial Correct?
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Around the holidays, we try to find a kind of connection between the revelry-of-the-moment and the law. December is easy, thanks to the never-ending gift...
No Injury in Fact, No Problem? SCOTUS Talks RESPA Rules Next Week
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In a past life, we worked in mortgage compliance. It was a dark time that we try to block from our memories. We mention this because it seems that mortgage law...
SCOTUS to Consider Posthumously-Conceived Children in Astrue
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While most of our attention this week has been dedicated to the individual mandate challenge, the Supreme Court granted cert on Monday in a Social Security...
Recusal Refusal: Moving on With the Individual Mandate Challenge
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In the coming weeks, we'll keep hearing arguments about why two Supreme Court Justices - Elena Kagan and Clarence Thomas - should recuse themselves from the...
No Surprise: Supreme Court Grants Individual Mandate Writs
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Big Supreme Court news today: two new justices, Andromache Karakatsanis and Michael Moldaver, joined the highest court of Canada, our friendly neighbor to...