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Pagan NC Mother Cries Foul When Son Comes Home From School with Bible

Pagan NC Mother Cries Foul When Son Comes Home From School with Bible

At least it’s not pornography. But that’s not what a Buncombe County mother had to say when her son came home from his fifth-grade class at North Windy Ridge intermediate…

Suffolk Law School Supports Free Speech and The Troops

Suffolk Law School Supports Free Speech and The Troops

Even though Michael Avery recently and publicly objected to the school-wide solicitation for care packages being sent to soldiers in Afghanistan, the powers at Suffolk couldn’t leave it at that.…

Citizens United Decision Handed Down

Citizens United Decision Handed Down

The Supreme Court met in a special session today and as expected handed down its decision in the Citizens United case, the most anticipated decision of the term. The result…

Big Week for Supreme Court

Big Week for Supreme Court

The week started out with a bang this morning with the investiture ceremony for new Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The event itself was relatively low key and simple. In attendance…

Supreme Court Rules Against Utah Teacher’s Union In Political Speech Case

Supreme Court Rules Against Utah Teacher’s Union In Political Speech Case

The Supreme Court dealt a blow to Utah’s teachers union on Tuesday by limiting how it can collect contributions from its donors.  The high court ruled that the union could…

Cooley Establishes ‘Cyber’ Fellowship at Harvard

Law firm Cooley Godward Kronish has established a fellowship at Harvard Law School’s Cyber Law Clinic at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. The Palo Alto, California law firm,…

White House Lawyers Battle Obama Tchochkes

White House Lawyers Battle Obama Tchochkes

Marketers have been making a mint off of the images of Barack Obama and his family. Now, White House lawyers want to stem the tide, although it’s hard to see…

Judges to Lawyer: No “Right to Criticize Judges”

Judges to Lawyer: No “Right to Criticize Judges”

Michigan attorney Geoffrey Fieger has lost his “right-to-criticize-judges” lawsuit in a federal appeals court. The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Fieger was not wrongfully punished for lambasting three…