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To Err is Human, to Correct is ... Highly Unusual
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
As a legal community, we assume that a litigant's statements to the Supreme Court are true. The limited number of cases that reach the Court each year are...
Three Years is Plenty of Time to Collect Unpaid Taxes
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The Supreme Court ruled last week in U.S. v. Home Concrete & Supply that three years was plenty of time for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to determine...
Supreme Court Approval Rating at a 25-Year Low
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Regardless of whether the country prefers "activist" judges or "strict constructionists," only half of Americans have a favorable opinion of the Supreme Court,...
Will SCOTUS Stamp Out Montana's Constitutional Mischief?
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Citizens United is criticizing the Montana Supreme Court for its Western Tradition Partnership v. Attorney General ruling. Last December, the...
Filarsky Tells Delia to Read SCOTUS Opinion in Hell
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Supreme Court litigants rarely obtain celebrity status after decisions are rendered. Norma McCorvey, better known as Jane Roe, is probably the most famous...
There's No Ethnic Profiling in Arizona S.B. 1070?
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In A League of Their Own, Coach Jimmy Dugan, (played by Tom Hanks), chastises one of the Rockford Peaches after a botched play, saying, "Are you crying?...