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March 03, 2009 | National Law Journal

Supreme Court lets ban on type of school prayer stand

High school football coach Marcus Borden used to bow his head and drop to one knee when his team prayed. But the Supreme Court ended that tradition on Monday when the justices refused to reconsider a 3rd Circuit decision that upheld a school district ban on employees joining a student-led prayer. The decision on the case from New Jersey could add another restriction on prayer in schools, advocates on both sides said.
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December 15, 2003 | National Law Journal

Mock news story produces an accusation of libel

The Texas Supreme Court heard a lively debate recently in a case of first impression that may determine whether satire is a protected form of speech.
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November 06, 2007 | National Law Journal

Lockheed case at Calif. high court ends abruptly

The California Supreme Court's decision to dismiss a major toxic tort case involving Lockheed Martin baffled appellate specialists and others who felt the court took the step of last resort for no valid reason. Late Thursday, Justices Joyce Kennard, Marvin Baxter and Carol Corrigan belatedly joined Justice Ming Chin in recusing themselves from the case. Appellate specialists said that even if those four felt they had conflicts, there had to be someone within the judicial system who could have filled in.
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December 01, 2003 | National Law Journal

Stop subsidizing terror

Recent attention in the news and on Capitol Hill has highlighted the practice in the U.S. of charitable organization funneling money to groups affiliated with terrorism that don�t qualify for such funds under U.S. law. Amending the tax code to require declarations by the foundations giving the money away might curb this abuse.
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February 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

Real agenda: future power

Critics fear that the National Security Agency's (NSA) warrantless eavesdropping program might later be abused to enable even more controversial initiatives down the road. But in fact those other initiatives are more likely the Bush administration's primary goal.
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October 31, 2011 | National Law Journal

Steady as she goes

The lobbying industry kept a firm hand on the tiller last year as it navigated through health care and financial reform, reporting a steady rise in revenue in 2010.
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October 24, 2011 | National Law Journal

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July 07, 2008 | National Law Journal

The ATCA and Beyond

Some of the most explosive litigation battles with humongous stakes involve foreign plaintiffs suing multinational companies, including U.S. corporations, allegedly involved in human rights violations. In Filartiga v. Pena-Irala, the 2d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opened the federal courthouse door to aggressive use of the Alien Tort Claims Act in human rights litigation. Although the U.S. Supreme Court attempted to cut back the reach of the ATCA in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, human rights cases continue to occupy a major place on the federal docket.
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November 16, 2007 | National Law Journal

Bush fills five DOJ vacancies

President George W. Bush on Thursday promoted three Department of Justice officials to top posts while nominating two outsiders to fill jobs that have been vacant for several months. Bush nominated Gregory Katsas, the current acting associate attorney general in the department's No.3 position, to head the Civil Division. For deputy attorney general, the president picked U.S. District Judge Mark Filip of the Northern District of Illinois.
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April 13, 2010 | National Law Journal

Lobbying over possible Stevens' successor ramps up

The lobbying over Justice John Paul Stevens' successor is picking up, as interest groups push from the outside for their preferred candidates and senators prepare to offer their own recommendations to the White House.
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