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6 hours ago ago from "No doubt about it- that nut\'s a genius"
MAJOR SUPREME COURT CASE DECISION TODAY? Rumors abound here in Washington that today's the day the U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission a case that has the potential to notably change campaign finance laws at the federal level. (Most notably, the decision could allow unlimited corporate funds to be used for political expenditures.) Now, we had a few false alarms last month. Court ...
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6 hours ago ago from JD Journal
The Supreme Court handed down several decisions today, including the first written by Justice Sotomayor. In keeping with tradition, it was a unanimous decision, although Justice Thomas issued a concurrence. The case was Mohawk Industries V. Carpenter, an attorney-client privilege case in which the Court upheld the lower court's ruling that a federal judge's decision releasing documents created by Mohawk Industries' lawyer could not be ...
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18 hours ago ago from SCOTUSblog
One or more opinions are expected to be announced at 10 a.m. Today is also honest services fraud day. The Court will hear oral argument in two cases challenging that statute: 10 a.m. - Black v. United States (08-876), involving the application of the statute to private conduct. Lyle Denniston previews the case here . 11 a.m. Weyhrauch v. United States (08-1196), involving the proof needed in a state official’s trial for ...
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13 hours ago ago from DC Dicta
The first full opinion handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court this term came from its newest jurist, Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The unanimous ruling in Mohawk Industries Inc. v. Carpenter held that litigants have no immediate right to appeal orders to compel documents based on a claim of attorney-client privilege under the collateral order doctrine. In so ruling, Sotomayor stressed the importance of the attorney-client privilege to the ...
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18 hours ago ago from Waco Criminal Law Blog
Every year thousands of people ask the Supreme Court to review their case; the Court agrees to review only a handful. Generally, they will not agree to hear a case unless there is some issue they want to address; they either want to change the law, or maybe clarify. it For the most part, they could care less whether the lower courts reached the right result. So when the court agrees to hear a case you generally expect some change in the ...
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Court: Reconsider death sentence for Kindler
16 hours ago ago from Good News Now
WASHINGTON -The Supreme Court will let lower courts consider reinstating a death sentence for a convicted murderer who twice escaped from prison after being found guilty of killing a man who was planning to testify against him. The high court on Tuesday overturned a lower court decision throwing out the death sentence against Joseph Kindler for killing one-time accomplice David Bernstein in 1982. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had said ...
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1 hour, 39 minutes ago ago from The New York Times
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court released its first four decisions in argued cases this term on Tuesday. They were all minor, but one was notable for being Justice Sonia Sotomayor 's Supreme Court debut and for prompting a testy concurrence from Justice Clarence Thomas . In a minor case, part of an opinion written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor was rejected by Justice Clarence Thomas. Related Justices Appear Skeptical of ...
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