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Today in Supreme Court History: May 24, 1870
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (7+ words) 5/24/1870: Justice Benjamin Cardozo's birthday....
Judge Dismisses Author Michael Wolff's Lawsuit Over Melania Trump's Defamation Litigation Threat:
21+ hour, 25+ min ago (334+ words) A short excerpt from yesterday's 15 K-word opinion by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil (S. D. N. Y.) Friday in Wolff v. Trump: In this. .....
Texas Juries Decide Child Custody Cases
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (20+ words) In most states, child custody matters are decided by judges; but in Texas, they are in large part decided by. .....
The Art of the Deal
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (924+ words) The Trump/DOJ Settlement Agreement:"Utterly stupid, morally wrong."...
Abigail Spanberger vetoes mandatory collective bargaining, defying Virginia unions
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (318+ words) They also have an unlikely person to thank, at least for the moment: Gov. Abigail Spanberger, who vetoed collective bargaining legislation last week. Yet there was much less ambiguity when it came to public sector collective bargaining. During the campaign,…...
Professor's #They Lied Defamation Case Against National Academy of Sciences (Related to Sexual Harassment Allegations) Can Go Forward
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (21+ words) From today's D. C. Circuit decision in Butters v. Nat'l Acad. of Sciences, by Judge Douglas Ginsburg, joined by Judges Karen. .....
FBI Director Kash Patel's Girlfriend's Defamation Suit Over Allegations She Was Israeli Spy Can Go Forward
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (238+ words) From Judge David Alan Ezra (W. D. Tex.) today in Wilkins v. Seraphin: This case arises from allegedly defamatory statements made. .....
President Trump Doesn't Need Congressional Approval for His Actions as to Iran
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (33+ words) Congress can only stop Trump's actions in Iran by passing a concurrent resolution of both Houses over Trump's veto, or by declining to fund the war in next year's budget....
A SWAT team destroyed an innocent woman's home. She's been waiting 6 years for justice.
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (239+ words) How long should it take an innocent person to get confirmation that they will be compensated after the government destroys their home? Should, of course, is subjective. Some such victims will never get that confirmation. For Vicki Baker, it came…...
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (7+ words) SWAT damage, sloppy briefs, and forced confessions....