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SCOTUS to Decide Constitutionality of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
By Steven Ellison, Esq. | Last updated on
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to take up a case that threatens the very existence of the nation's premier consumer watchdog agency, the Consumer Financial...
Will Biden's Student Loan Program Survive the Supreme Court?
By Steven Ellison, Esq. | Last updated on
On February 28, 2023, the Supreme Court heard arguments on President Biden's student debt relief plan, which stands to impact millions of borrowers who could...
Alabama Gets Same-Sex Parental Rights Very Wrong
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
The Court's first major case addressing gay and lesbian rights since last summer's Obergefell decision appears to have been an easy one. Today, the Supreme...
SCOTUS Rejects Texas's Death Penalty Standards for Disabled Inmates
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Texas's standards for evaluating mentally disabled death row inmates are unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday. Until Tuesday, when asked to...
Roundup: Two Controversial Decisions Expand Habeas Availability
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
We were starting to worry that the ideological differences that make for such great theater amongst the Nine were beginning to dissipate. After all, the latest...
Capital Appeals Procedure Dispute Granted; Two Summary Reversals
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Robert Mitchell Jennings won. A federal district court granted habeas relief because Jennings' trial counsel failed to present evidence of his possible brain...
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