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Highlights From Merrick Garland's Senate Questionnaire
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Merrick Garland, chief judge of the D.C. Circuit and President Obama's pick for the Supreme Court, submitted his completed questionnaire to the Senate...
Are Military Death Sentences Unconstitutional? SCOTUS May Decide.
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
In 2003, at the start of the Iraq war, a U.S. Army Sergeant Hasan Akbar turned on his fellow soldiers, tossing three grenades into the tents of the sleeping...
4 Important Supreme Court Opinions We're Still Waiting For
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Oral arguments ended last week, but there are still nearly two months left in the Supreme Court's current term. Now's the time when the Court moves from...
Which Lawyers Dominated the Supreme Court This Term?
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
The Supreme Court heard the final oral argument of the season last Wednesday. And while we're still waiting for decisions in many of those cases, we can now...
Mixed-Up Majority Upholds Cop's Conspiracy Conviction -- Barely
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
It was an unusual alignment of justices that came together to uphold the extortion conspiracy conviction of a former Baltimore police officer today. Samuel...
Supreme Court Won't Review Texas Voter ID Law Just Yet
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
The Supreme Court refused to intervene in a conflict over Texas's voter identification law today. That law, which imposes some of the most rigorous voter ID...
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