National Law Journal | Commentary
By Tony Mauro | May 27, 2022
After Brown v. Board of Education, Chief Justice Earl Warren insisted on hiring an African-American student to become one of the court's "pages" or aides.
By Jim Saunders | May 27, 2022
American Civil Liberties Union lawyers are pointing to a U.S. Supreme Court win by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz to try to bolster a challenge to a Florida law that limits large contributions to political committees proposing ballot initiatives.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Randall J. Peach | May 27, 2022
OP-ED: Decisions based on judges' personal views of what constitutes acceptable political speech are not only inconsistent with the First Amendment, but undermine the rule of law.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Harvey J. Sepler | May 27, 2022
The impact of such a reversal will not be felt in Florida to the same degree that it will be felt in other states. Florida has something that most other states do not: a free-standing right to privacy in the Florida Constitution, as well as established case law bringing abortion within the woman's right to privacy.
National Law Journal | Commentary
By Jay Sterling Silver | May 26, 2022
In Washington, D.C., a solicited crime must be a felony involving the use or threat of violence—solicitation is the device that can do the heavy lifting in holding ex-President Donald Trump and others responsible for their inflammatory remarks on Jan. 6.
By Jason Grant | May 25, 2022
The ruling, hailed as a victory by Attorney General Letitia James, comes one day after yet another mass shooting has shaken the United States, this one the killing of 19 children and two teachers by a lone gunman rampaging through a Texas school.
By Mason Lawlor | May 25, 2022
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has reversed and remanded, in part, a Tennessee federal judge's grant of summary judgment to a school district that was sued by two female students after a videotape surfaced of them engaging in sexual activity with other male students.
By Marcia Coyle | May 25, 2022
Three other gun rights challenges are pending in the high court – two involving limits on large-capacity magazines, and one banning semi-automatic assault-style weapons. And the New York case, which should be decided by the end of June or early July, might affect the outcome in those cases as well.
By Jason Grant | May 25, 2022
The former patient's "posts concerning the plastic surgery performed upon her … qualify as an exercise of her constitutional right of free speech and a comment on a matter of legitimate public concern and public interest," wrote the Appellate Division, First Department court in a detailed opinion.
By Marcia Coyle | May 25, 2022
It's not unusual for parties in a Supreme Court case to seek a supporting brief from the solicitor general. But it is another step entirely–and a dramatic one–for a president to seek withdrawal of a brief already presented to the court.
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