Mark Sherman

October 07, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Republican-led House voted Tuesday to break up the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, an action opponents said was motivated by conservatives' ire over some of the court's rulings.

By Mark Sherman

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June 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court sided with developers and the Bush administration Monday in a dispute with environmentalists over protecting endangered species. The Court ruled 5-4 for home builders and the Environmental Protection Agency in a case that involved the intersection of two environmental laws, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act. Environmental groups, backed by the 9th Circuit, said the administration position would in essence gut a key provision of the endangered species law.

By Mark Sherman

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February 14, 2007 | Law.com

The 420,000-member American Bar Association came to the defense of judges during its Miami meeting, expressing support for a pay raise for federal judges and pledging to defend aggressively against ballot measures that compromise judicial independence. ABA President Karen Mathis told her membership Monday that district judges, who earn $165,200 a year, certainly should be paid more than first-year lawyers at New York City firms. Starting annual salaries there now are $160,000.

By Mark Sherman

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September 25, 2007 | Law.com

By Mark Sherman

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June 28, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Mark Sherman

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June 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court tightened limits on student speech Monday, ruling against a high school student and his 14-foot-long "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner. Schools may prohibit student expression that can be interpreted as advocating drug use, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the Court in a 5-4 ruling. Conservative groups had backed the student, Joseph Frederick, out of concern that a ruling for his principal, Deborah Morse, would let schools clamp down on religious expression.

By Mark Sherman

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June 26, 2007 | Law.com

The Supreme Court sided with developers and the Bush administration Monday in a dispute with environmentalists over protecting endangered species. The Court ruled 5-4 for home builders and the Environmental Protection Agency in a case that involved the intersection of two environmental laws, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act. Environmental groups, backed by the 9th Circuit, said the administration position would in essence gut a key provision of the endangered species law.

By Mark Sherman

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March 14, 2005 | National Law Journal

President Bush on Friday chose Paul D. Clement as solicitor general, the job Clement has held for eight months on an acting basis. Clement served as deputy to Solicitor General Theodore Olson, whom Bush tapped after Olson won the Supreme Court decision on Florida's presidential voting that sealed Bush's 2000 victory. Clement drew criticism when he assured justices that the administration could be trusted with broad authority to detain terror suspects without giving them a chance to be heard in court.

By Mark Sherman

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September 25, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether voter identification laws unfairly deter poor and minority Americans from voting, stepping into a contentious partisan issue in advance of the 2008 elections.

By MARK SHERMAN

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June 01, 2011 | Law.com

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says it was "a mistake" for him to take part in a 2008 high court case over curse words on television involving ABC and other networks when he owned stock in ABC's parent, Walt Disney Co., at the time.

By Mark Sherman

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