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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

And I had their ear, explaining Supreme Court decisions on a regular basis over many years. In June, the court ruled in R.G. & Before becoming clerk of the Supreme Court, Stevas was the clerk of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and worked as an assistant U.S. Harris Funder Homes v.

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Trump’s Surprise Witness: Rep. Waters Becomes A Possible Witness Against Her Own Lawsuit

JonathanTurley

While it is possible that members could find a trial judge to rule in their favor, these lawsuits should fail on appeal, if they get that far. Moreover, they would fail under a lower standard of proof than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard in criminal law. If we don’t, we cannot go away.”.