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Judicial Palindrome: How Sarah Palin was Left with Losing by Jury or by Judge

JonathanTurley

Rakoff came up with a curious legal version of a palindrome in the defamation trial of former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin v. That issue would have to be decided by the Supreme Court however given the prior ruling in New York Times v. Here is the column: In a trial in New York, federal judge Jed S.

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Federal Judge Rejects Palin Motion For New Trial

JonathanTurley

District Judge Jed Rakoff has issued a stinging rebuke to former Alaska Gov. “Although the Final Judgment ultimately rests on the Court’s dismissal of the action under Rule 50, that legal conclusion is reinforced by the jury’s verdict that defendants are not-liable. Senior U.S. Sarah Palin in seeking a new trial.

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Amendments by Acclamation: Democrats Move to Simply Declare the Equal Rights Amendment as Ratified

JonathanTurley

Yet, in the end, the Office of the Federal Register must confirm the “facial legal sufficiency and an authenticating signature” of the state documents and confirm that they are “in good order.” The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued an opinion on Jan.

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Supreme Court to hear “nondelegation” challenge to telecom access program

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The group is funded in part by Leonard Leo, the Federalist Society co-chair who has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for conservative legal campaigns and helped pick or confirm each of the courts six conservative justices.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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During an illustrious career as a constitutional law scholar and a top Supreme Court advocate, Walter Dellinger argued 24 times before the court, including in some of the biggest cases of the past 30 years. In 1948, Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat took a job as a legal secretary at the NAACP in New York City. Board of Education.

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

Appeals of ballot decisions are pending in Arizona; ballot challenges are in process in Alaska, Maine , New York, New Jersey, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. At the time, another rising star in Republican legal circles was getting her start as a young law firm associate.

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