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Birth Control Mandate Cases Reaching Critical Mass; Possible Outcomes
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
We were pretty sure that the Supreme Court would step in after the Tenth Circuit's ruling in the Hobby Lobby case led to a circuit split over whether corporate...
3 Important Battles (Speech, Search, Press) Seeking SCOTUS Cert.
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Last term's slate of issues, from voting rights to same-sex marriage, made it one of the most anticipated SCOTUS dockets in recent memory, but the excitement...
After SCOTUS, Baby Veronica Still Not in Adopted Parents' Custody
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"As the State Supreme Court read [the Indian Child Welfare Act], a biological Indian father could abandon his child in utero and refuse any support for the...
SCOTUS's First Big Case of the Term: Campaign Contribution Limits
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The Supreme Court will finally return in less than a month, and when it does, it will start the next term with McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, a...
Okla. Abortion Case: Argument Against Restrictive Statute
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
The issue of abortion is again before the Supreme Court, with certiorari granted to review a decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court which struck down a statute...
Book Club: Three Recent Tomes on Our Most Important Court
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Sometimes, the people behind the Court's decisions are as interesting as the cases themselves. Backroom deals, autobiographical details, and other non-legal...