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A Federal Appeals Court Rejects a New York Times Reporter’s Plea to Shield His Source, Highlighting the Need for Action by the Other Branches

30 Jul 2013, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf

Although it was the product of a 2-1 split decision, the ruling in United States v. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

Massachusetts Prosecutors Crossing the Line in Closing Arguments

13 Jul 2013, 1:31 pm

In the case of Commonwealth v. [read post]

Boston Criminal Lawyers Blog - http://www.bostoncriminallawyersblog.com/

The Poor are Still Losing: Gideon's Empty Promise

9 Jul 2013, 4:52 am by Tamar Birckhead

First, I read a provocative essay by Paul Butler, "Poor People Lose: Gideon and the Critique of Rights," in the Yale Law Journal's most recent issue, which contains over twenty articles (all available for free download) by law professors and lawyers reflecting on the 50th anniversary of Gideon v. [read post]

PrawfsBlawg - http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/

Supreme Court Put a Dagger in the Heart of the Voting Rights Act

2 Jul 2013, 10:54 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU

Many people fought and bled for that right. [read post]

American Civil Liberties Union Blog of Rights - https://www.aclu.org/blog

Are Domestic Partners in New Jersey “Separate But Equal” after the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in United States v. Windsor?

1 Jul 2013, 8:52 am by James P. Yudes, Esq.

Finally in 2006, the Supreme Court of New Jersey rendered its decision in the seminal case of Lewis v. [read post]

New Jersey Divorce and Family Lawyer Blog - http://www.newjerseydivorcelawyer-blog.com/

Future of voting rights up in the air: In Plain English

7 Jun 2013, 9:46 am by Amy Howe

Notables of the civil rights movement seated in the Supreme Court to hear challenge to Section V of the Voting Rights Act including John Lewis, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Tuesday round-up

14 May 2013, 7:19 am by Cormac Early

Friedman remembers Anthony Lewis, who died in March. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

SEARCH AND SEIZURE

3 May 2013, 3:29 pm by CAPTAIN

Coolidge v. [read post]

Justice Building Blog - http://justicebuilding.blogspot.com/

Social Networking From an Employment Law Perspective – a CCCA Spring Conference Panel

30 Apr 2013, 6:09 am by Connie Crosby

Some people in certain demographics are more comfortable with this than others. [read post]