April 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Gender Gap Persists at ArgumentsThe percentages haven't changed much in years, even as women now account for roughly half of all law school graduates and a record four of the nine Supreme Court justices. Men presented 118 arguments and women, just 35.
By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko | The Associated Press
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February 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Justice Thomas Wrote of 'Crushing Weight' of Student LoansThe Georgia native was in his mid-40s and in his third year on the nation's highest court when he paid off the last of his debt from his time at Yale Law School.
By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko | The Associated Press
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January 19, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Justices Seem to Lean Toward Deaf Student in Education CaseMiguel Luna Perez's lawyer, Roman Martinez, said that for 12 years, the public school system in Sturgis, Michigan, "neglected Miguel, denied him an education and lied to his parents about the progress he was allegedly making in school."
By Jessica Gresko | The Associated Press
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November 21, 2022 | Daily Business Review
US Justices Asked to Hear Dog Toy Dispute. Will They Bite?The company that makes Jack Daniel's is howling mad over a squeaking dog toy that parodies the whiskey's signature bottle. Now, the liquor company is barking at the door of the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Jessica Gresko, The Associated Press
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November 04, 2022 | Daily Report Online
Supreme Court More Diverse Than Lawyers who Argue Before ItThe current two-week session of arguments features 25 men and just two women, an imbalance so stark that the Biden administration's top Supreme Court lawyer made a point of it in her defense of race-conscious college admissions Monday.
By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko | The Associated Press
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October 17, 2022 | Daily Business Review
Parkland Shooter's Life Sentence Could Bring Changes to LawSome defense attorneys and capital punishment experts said it wasn't surprising the jurors couldn't unanimously agree. Only 18 death sentences were handed down nationwide last year, two of them in Florida.
By Terry Spencer, Jessica Gresko and Brendan Farrington
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March 09, 2021 | Daily Report Online
SCOTUS Revives Ex-Student's Suit Against Georgia UniversityIt could be the first time in his more than 15 years on the court that the chief justice has filed a solo dissent in an argued case, here involving Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville.
By JESSICA GRESKO | The Associated Press
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September 09, 2019 | Daily Business Review
Justices Tuning In to Cable Television Civil Rights LawsuitMedia mogul Byron Allen says the reason Comcast and Charter Communications don't carry his channels is because he's black, and so he sued for racial discrimination.
By Jessica Gresko
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January 08, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Told Their Treehouse Must Go, Owners Appeal to Supreme CourtLynn Tran and Richard Hazen built a Florida beachfront treehouse that would be the envy of any child. It's got two levels, hammocks and windows looking out on the Gulf of Mexico.
By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press
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August 26, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Couples Say 'I Do' to Justice Kennedy's WordsThe concluding paragraph of Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority opinion in 'Obergefell et al v. Hodges' is now making its way into wedding ceremonies for both gay and straight couples, who say they want both to acknowledge the historic decision and to use language they described as "beautiful," "eloquent" and "powerful."
By Jessica Gresko
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