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Justices Agree to Review Cell Phone Searches
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether warrantless searches by police of the contents of cell phones violate the Constitution. The justices granted review in two closely watched cases: Riley v. California, stemming from a decision by... Continue reading
Posted Jan 17, 2014 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Supreme Court Struggles With Clash Over Recess Appointments
The nation's high court on Monday struggled with text and history during a constitutional showdown over the president's power to make recess appointments and the U.S. Senate's duty to give advice and consent. After a 90-minute argument in National Labor... Continue reading
Posted Jan 13, 2014 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Chief Justice Rejects Injunction in Health Care-Related Challenge
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. on Monday rejected an effort by a group of physicians and surgeons to block a registration requirement under the new health care insurance law because, the group argued, the law itself was unconstitutional. The request... Continue reading
Posted Jan 6, 2014 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Supreme Court Blocks Same-Sex Marriage in Utah
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked a federal district court's decision striking down Utah's bans on same-sex-marriages, pending the outcome of the state's appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. Hundreds of same-sex couples reportedly... Continue reading
Posted Jan 6, 2014 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Justice Dept. Opposes Injunction in Nuns’ Contraceptive Suit
The Obama Administration on Friday told the U.S. Supreme Court that an order of Catholic nuns had no legal basis to argue that the federal healthcare law involves them in providing contraceptive insurance coverage. "They need only self-certify that they... Continue reading
Posted Jan 3, 2014 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Justices, Voting 5-4, Refuse to Block Texas Abortion Law
The U.S. Supreme Court, voting 5-4, on Tuesday evening refused to block a Texas law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have hospital admitting privileges within 30 miles of the abortion clinic. Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas and a number... Continue reading
Posted Nov 19, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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D.C. Circuit Says: No Nuclear Waste Site, No Fees On Utilities
With no viable government alternative to the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste disposal site, the nation’s nuclear utilities should not have to pay the annual fee to cover proposed disposal costs, ruled a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of... Continue reading
Posted Nov 19, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Major Supreme Court Civil Rights Challenge Settles
For the second time in less than two years, a major civil rights challenge under the Fair Housing Act will be dismissed shortly before scheduled arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court. Mount Holly Township in New Jersey and residents of... Continue reading
Posted Nov 14, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Justices Deny Review in Oklahoma Ultrasound Abortion Law
For the second time in little over a week, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review Oklahoma's defense of an anti-abortion law struck down by that state's highest court. The justices denied review in Pruitt v. Nova Health Systems,... Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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VA Discriminates in Vet Claims for Sexual Assault Trauma
As some members of Congress focus efforts on ending the spiraling incidence of sexual assaults within the military, a new report reveals that the Department of Veterans Affairs grants disability claims for military sexual assault trauma related to Post Traumatic... Continue reading
Posted Nov 8, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Supreme Court Petition Challenges Secrecy of Bin Laden Images
A legal battle over the release of photos and videos during and after the U.S. raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in 2011 is now at the U.S. Supreme Court. In Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Defense and Central... Continue reading
Posted Aug 19, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Justices Refuse Delay in California Prisoner Release
The U.S. Supreme Court, with three justices dissenting, on Friday rejected the state of California's request to delay a district court order requiring the release of nearly 10,000 prisoners by the end of the year to relieve overcrowding. The majority... Continue reading
Posted Aug 2, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Justices Strike Down Arizona Voter Law
Arizona's law requiring concrete evidence of citizenship before someone may register to vote is preempted by the National Voter Registration Act, ruled the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. The 1993 federal law mandates that states "accept and use" a federal... Continue reading
Posted Jun 17, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Justices seem ready to take it slow on marriage issue
During arguments on California's ban on same-sex marriages, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed reluctant to hold nationally that gay couples have the fundamental right to marriage. In wide-ranging and fast-paced arguments before a packed courtroom, a number of... Continue reading
Posted Mar 26, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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After Three Decades with Chamber, Official Leaving Litigation Center
Robin Conrad, executive vice president of the National Chamber Litigation Center, the litigating and public policy arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has left the Chamber after three decades. "During Robin’s distinguished 30-year career at the Chamber, she has... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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NLRB to Appeal Recess Case Directly to Supreme Court
The National Labor Relations Board announced on Tuesday that it will take the legal battle over President Barack Obama's recess appointments directly to the U.S. Supreme Court. In a brief statement, the board said it would not seek en banc... Continue reading
Posted Mar 12, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Government Presses Eight-State Solution for Gay Marriage and More
Although stopping short of urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that gay couples have a fundamental right to marriage, the Obama Administration brief in the California same-sex marriage case charts a legal path towards the eventual undoing of all... Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Conservative Justices Voice Skepticism About Key Voting Rights Act Provision
The constitutionality of a key part of the nation's Voting Rights Act appeared in serious trouble in the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices heard arguments over Congress' 2006 reauthorization of the act. In Shelby County, Alabama v.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 27, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Supreme Court Declines to Wade Into Recess Appointments Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to step into a labor dispute that involved a challenge to the constitutionality of President Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. Justice Antonin Scalia had referred the application for a... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Supreme Court Asked to Weigh Constitutionality of Obama Recess Appointments
UPDATE: After Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg denied their application late yesterday, lawyers for HealthBridge Management asked Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday night to consider their plea to stay an injunction in a case challenging President Barack Obama's recess appointments. Ginsburg... Continue reading
Posted Feb 4, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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High Court Schedules Arguments in Same-Sex Marriage Cases for March
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in two pending same-sex marriage cases on March 26 and March 27. The justices slotted arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, a challenge involving California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, for March 26,... Continue reading
Posted Jan 7, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Clerk of the Supreme Court to retire in August
William K. Suter, the clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court, will retire at the end of August after 22 years of service. Suter, the 19th person to serve as clerk, joined the Court in 1991. Before taking that position, he... Continue reading
Posted Jan 7, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Holland & Knight Partner Leaving Firm to Teach Indigent Defense at Georgetown
Holland & Knight's Stephen Hanlon is trading his partnership for his passion, leaving the firm after 23 years to teach a practicum on litigation challenges to indigent defense systems. Hanlon, who has headed the firm's Community Services Team and who... Continue reading
Posted Dec 27, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Supreme Court to Hear Historic Same-Sex Marriage Cases
Opening the door to a potentially historic step in the nation's gay rights movement, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide two constitutional challenges involving same-sex marriage. The justices will hear arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, which asks... Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Justices Still Silent on Whether They Will Take Up Gay Marriage
Gay rights and other organizations, anxiously awaiting Supreme Court action on an array of same-sex marriage petitions, will have to wait a little longer. The justices emerged from their Friday conference without any word on whether they will take up... Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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