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Posted on Oct 11, 2019 By David Thomas
THE SUPREME COURT’S NEW TERM Civil Rights. Separation of Church and State. Abortion. Executive Power. Immigration. An explosive roster to say the least. These topics will make the current docket ...
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Posted on Jun 28, 2019 By David Thomas
SUPREME COURT ROUND-UP This week marks the end of the Supreme Court’s 2018-2019 term, and true to form, SCOTUS waited to hand down some of its most anticipated decisions until now. The following ...
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Posted on May 23, 2019 By David Thomas
This is a new installment in our Trends in the Law series. THREE CO-EQUAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT NO MORE In a recent interview with Fox News, President Trump made the following statement: “We ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2019 By David Thomas
The following is an installment in our Trends in the Law series. THE PLAYERS We know some of the parents involved: famous actresses; fashion designer husbands; wealthy real estate developers; private ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2019 By David Thomas
A CASE TO WATCH A case to be argued before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in three weeks has both legal scholars and lay people talking. Department of Commerce v. U.S. District Court ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2019 By David Thomas
TRENDS IN THE LAW SERIES: Cases on the Horizon in the High Court The 2018-2019 term of the Supreme Court of the United States has already had some noteworthy cases—Gamble v. U.S. is one such ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2018 By David Thomas
Below is another installment in our Trends in the Law series. It is Part Two of a blog written about the Supreme Court. Part One was titled “The Highly Partisan High Court” and focused on ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2018 By David Thomas
This blog is an installment in our Trends in the Law series. PARTISANSHIP IN THE JUDICIARY A very important, historic event in the law is occurring this week. President Trump’s second nominee ...
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