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Will Sex With His Girlfriend Lead to Man's Deportation?
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Juan Esquivel-Quintana was 20 years old when he pleaded no contest to having sex with his 16-year-old girlfriend. Though the relationship would not have been a...
Supreme Court Revives Racial Gerrymandering Challenge in Virginia
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The Supreme Court ruled today that 11 majority-minority voting districts in Virginia must be reexamined for potential racial bias. The districts at issue were...
Supreme Court Wonders Whether Sex Offenders Have a Right to Tweet
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Do registered sex offenders have a First Amendment right to sign up for Facebook or follow the president on Twitter? That was the question before the Supreme...
How Will the Court Respond to Trump's New Transgender Bathroom Policy?
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President Trump rescinded Obama-era protections for transgender students on Wednesday. Those guidelines, now tossed, had interpreted civil rights laws...
A Goldendoodle Named Wonder Just Won a Supreme Court Case
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All dogs go to Heaven, or so late 80s children's movies promise us, but only some make it to the Supreme Court. One such dog is Wonder, who won his first...
Supreme Court Blocks Death Sentence Tainted by Racial Bias
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
After years of fruitless appeals, Duane Buck won a decisive victory in the Supreme Court this morning. The Texas inmate had been sentenced to death in part due...