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13 Jul 2023, 10:15 am by Shea Denning
Four years after a plurality of the United States Supreme Court in Mitchell v. [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 8:01 am by Kelvin Lawrence
Posted by Kelvin LawrenceIn a 6-3 opinion penned by Justice Breyer, the United States Supreme Court ruled on June 4 that the City of Indianapolis did not violate the 14th Amendment's guarantee of Equal Protection by denying refunds to taxpayers who paid a special sewer assessment in a lump sum, while discharging the future obligations of taxpayers who would have paid the assessment by installments. [read post]
25 Aug 2014, 12:24 pm by Stephen Bilkis
In 1979, the United States Supreme Court in Addington v Texas held that constitutional due process required the government to prove two statutory preconditions by clear and convincing evidence before a court could commit an individual to a mental institution: (1) that the person sought to be committed is mentally ill; and (2) that such person requires hospitalization for his own welfare and protection of others. [read post]
29 Apr 2022, 8:50 am by Tess Bridgeman
” The battlespace in Syria was messy before the United States intervened. [read post]