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26 Sep 2013, 8:00 am by Stephen Wermiel
It is not an establishment of religion, the Solicitor General argues, “merely because most prayer-givers are Christian and many or most of their prayers contain sectarian references. [read post]
17 Jan 2018, 1:59 pm by Mark Walsh
There are some 40,000 job classifications in the United States (a figure used by Justice Stephen Breyer today). [read post]
7 Mar 2009, 10:36 pm
Also, the United States could not prevent torture of individuals once they are transferred.Finally, Attorney General Eric Holder and Solicitor General nominee Elena Kagan have both argued that the government could indefinitely detain suspected members of Al Qaeda as "enemy combatants" because the country is at war with the terrorist organization. [read post]
17 Jun 2016, 12:00 pm by John Elwood
SW General, Inc., 15-1251. [read post]
1 Dec 2020, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Justice Alito’s majority opinion conspicuously notes that DOJ officials encouraged Kansas’ prosecutions and that the Solicitor General’s office supportedthe state’s position before the Supreme Court. [read post]
30 Oct 2018, 3:50 am by Edith Roberts
” At Crime & Consequences, Kent Scheidegger observes that United States v. [read post]
16 Apr 2007, 6:41 pm
Assistant to the Solicitor General Patricia Millett will argue on behalf of the United States as an amicus curiae in support of petitioners. [read post]
7 Nov 2011, 3:00 pm by Tom Goldstein
  The Court preliminarily sought the views of the Solicitor General on behalf of the United States, which disagreed with the Ninth Circuit’s preemption ruling but recommended that certiorari be denied because the ruling was interlocutory, was not the subject of a circuit conflict, and affected only California. [read post]
16 Apr 2008, 8:36 am
"The trend has been more and more states are imposing the death penalty," said Roberts.Louisiana is among five states that have imposed the death penalty for child rape since 1995.The case represents a potentially different direction for a court that in recent years has narrowed the death penalty, overturning it for murderers who are juveniles or are mentally retarded.Kennedy is "exquisitely culpable" and he has committed a crime that is "just… [read post]
27 Oct 2020, 11:17 pm by Molly Adams
Most of our clients save over £1000 compared to hiring high-street solicitors. [read post]
16 Feb 2014, 5:38 am by Marty Lederman
  Indeed, the government argues that Congress should be assumed to have adopted the "rule" the Court announced in United States v. [read post]
25 Nov 2019, 6:49 am by Marty Lederman
Solicitor General rejects Trump’s argument that a state grand jury is categorically barred from investigating, or obtaining evidence about, a sitting president. [read post]
14 Mar 2017, 7:33 am by Ronald Mann
Impression Products, and its many amici, including the solicitor general, emphasize the importance of competitive resale and used-goods markets; allowing a patentholder to limit resale of used products leaves those markets largely at the mercy of the manufacturer. [read post]
20 Mar 2009, 1:19 am
Harvard Law School Dean Confirmed as First Female Solicitor General Legal Times The Senate on Thursday confirmed Elena Kagan as the 45th solicitor general of the United States -- the first woman ever to hold the position. [read post]
5 Apr 2020, 9:02 pm by Richard J. Pierce, Jr.
Conservatives, including the Solicitor General, will not discuss the effects of the Court’s decisions on climate change because such a discussion would implicitly concede the existence of anthropogenic climate change. [read post]