Donald Trump’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees
Summary: Should Donald Trump win the presidential election, he has provided a list of candidates that he would consider to…
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Texas Voter Law Moves Back to Court of Appeals
Summary: The U.S. Supreme Court denied taking control over the Texas Voter Law, SB 14, and sent it back to…
Supreme Court Shuts Down Alabama’s Attempt to Take Away Gay Parental Rights
Summary: Alabama was refusing to give a lesbian woman parental rights over the children she legally adopted with her partner…
Why a Would-Be Lawyer Is Stuck With a $260K Student-Loan Debt
Summary: The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a would-be lawyer’s attempt to escape $260,000 in student-loan…
Idaho’s Attempt to Ban Gay Marriage Cost them $715,000
Summary: Idaho has spent $715,000 trying to defend a ban on gay marriage. Before the U.S. Supreme Court decided gay…
University of Texas Has Supreme Court at Odds Over Affirmative Action
Summary: An affirmative action policy at the University of Texas may get the cut if the U.S. Supreme Court determines…
Same-Sex Divorce Just as Legal as the Marriage
Summary: With the U.S. Supreme Courts same-sex marriage ruling from months ago, divorce cases sitting in appeals from before the…
Reed v. Town of Gilbert Supreme Court Ruling Affects Local Sign Codes
Summary: Many local governments and lawyers are discovering that the sign codes are borderline unconstitutional and need to be revised…
Patent Infringement Cases Now Able to Get Legal Fees Reimbursed
Summary: A U.S. Supreme Court case from a year ago, Octane, has made it possible for other companies that get…
Law School Students Turn Catty after Scalia’s Example
Summary: Mr. Chemerinsky, dean at UC-Irvine School of Law, complains about Justice Scalia’s lack of respect to others with differing…
First Lethal Drug Execution since Glossip v. Gross
Summary: State lawyers and the US Supreme Court made it clear in the dismissal of Zink's appeals that citing Breyer’s…
Louisiana Justices Call U.S. Supreme Court Marriage Ruling an Insult
Summary: The Louisiana Supreme Court had to rule in favor of a case involving two lesbians that their marriage was…