Mar 12, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin
The recent dilemma faced by Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel regarding the state’s new restrictive abortion ban reflects one faced by attorneys everyday: How do you argue for a position that you’re against?
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Mar 8, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin
On March 8, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that public schools may not institute a religious instruction curriculum on public school grounds during school hours.
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Mar 7, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin
A transgender student who was expelled from a college for stating that her gender was “female” has filed suit against it, claiming that she did not commit “fraud”
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Mar 6, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin
The U.S. Copyright Office recently labeled as copyright infringement the modification of one’s phone to allow it to switch wireless carriers. Is it truly illegal and why?
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Mar 4, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin
In its recent Clapper v. Amnesty Int’l ruling, the Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to government surveillance of international communications on standing grounds, finding that the alleged injury wasn’t a “certainty”
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Mar 1, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin
On March 1, 2005, the Supreme Court ruled in Roper v. Simmons that the imposition of the death sentence on offenders under 18 at the time of their crime is unconstitutional.
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Feb 28, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin
During oral arguments in Shelby County v. Holder, Justice Kennedy proved difficult to predict, making comments that suggested he was in favor of striking down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, but others saying the opposite.
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Feb 27, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that will decide whether the Fifth Amendment protects against the state’s use of testimony from a court-ordered psychiatrist that evaluated the defendant.
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Feb 25, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin
A group of parents recently filed a lawsuit against a California school district claiming that the district’s implementation of a yoga curriculum strongly promotes Hinduism.
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Feb 22, 2013 By: Jeremy Byellin
On February 22, 2005, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Kelo v. City of New London, with both sides arguing for different definitions of “public use”.
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