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Judges halt deportation of mother seeking asylum
A mother facing deportation who feared she would be beaten or killed for trying to protect her grade-school-age daughter from genital mutilation in Senegal has won a reprieve from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.The three-judge panel on Dec. 8 ordered the Board of Immigration Appeals to reconsider Ndeye Ndicke Seck's application to remain in the United States.Judges call Obama 'the one who got away'
Among prominent federal appeals court judges in the 1990s, Barack Obama was known as "the one who got away." In 1990, Obama had been elected the first African-American president of Harvard Law Review, which made him a blazingly hot prospect as a law clerk for one of the top federal appeals judges, who in turn would almost certainly send him on to the Supreme Court as a clerk.Will Fannie's help result in fairy tale or nightmare
Once upon a time, there lived a King who granted each subject enough money to make his home his castle. Everyone was content. The castles created vast riches throughout the land. Alas, the King had large armies to support, and the royal coffers had run dry. So he levied a tax on each household. And there was much misery throughout the land.Lawyers Fired Up Over 'You're Fired' Trademark Claims
David [email protected] YORK-You're fired Real estate mogul Donald Trump, who uses that phrase to dismiss contestants on his reality TV show "The Apprentice," has filed applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to register it. But while some wonder whether he really can gain ownership over such a common phrase, it turns out he has competition in claiming it.Obama could shift 4th Circuit to left
Barack Obama carried Virginia and North Carolina in the presidential election-and he may be about to win the federal appellate circuit that covers those states as well.With four vacancies on the 15-judge 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Obama has the chance to almost instantly move the number of Democratic appointees on the court from five to nine.FDIC claims Gwinnett firm botched closing
A failed residential subdivision in the Atlanta suburbs is at the center of a dispute that prompted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to allege legal malpractice by one of Gwinnett County's largest law firms.The FDIC, acting as receiver for the defunct Integrity Bank of Alpharetta, claims that lawyers at Andersen, Tate Carr made mistakes when they closed a $14.Federal Blotter: Winder Housing Authority settles DOJ discrimination suit for up to $450,000
Ivory Tower gives Wall Street its worst ideas
People, pundits and politicians looking for financial-crisis culprits should turn their sights to the professors who bear so much responsibility for it. To borrow a phrase from professor Burton Malkiel, a random walk down Wall Street reveals that some of its biggest disasters have come from ideas hatched in the ivory tower.Ashcroft makes a power play in the sniper arrests
Leslie T. ThorntonDuring the hunt for the killers who terrorized the metropolitan Washington area, we heard over and over about the exceptional level of cooperation among law enforcement officials at the local, state and federal levels. Jurisdiction after jurisdiction appeared to fold seamlessly into one well-organized effort.Trending Stories
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