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The Myth Of The Modern Swing Vote

Above The Law

Supreme Court could be pinpointed to a single seat. With his retirement, and the appointments of Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, the Court adopted a solid 63 conservative majority. With his retirement, and the appointments of Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, the Court adopted a solid 63 conservative majority.

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What We’ve Learned from Senators and Justices on Legal Talk Network

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Over the years, our Legal Talk Network podcasters have been honored to host conversations with senators, justices, and other remarkable leaders shaping the legal and political landscape. Too many people, particularly the poorest people in America, dont have legal representation. North Dakota Senator Byron L. Dorgan Former U.S.

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The Real A.C.B.

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(Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, once celebrated as a stalwart conservative and a crowning achievement of the Trump presidency, now finds herself under fire from the very base that championed her confirmation. Her recent vote in Department of State v.

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Montana asks justices to revive parental-consent law for minors to get an abortion

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Since the Supreme Court overruled a federal constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health Organization , the fight over reproductive rights has shifted to state courts.

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Morning Docket: 10.06.23

Above The Law

* Missouri asks Supreme Court to revive law banning local police from enforcing federal gun laws, which is. Publicly elected sheriffs shouldn't be deputized into enforcing federal immigration laws so why should they be enforcing federal gun laws? [ Law360 ] * Bigot brigade takes aim at the Naval Academy.

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US Supreme Court hears arguments on California agricultural union organizing law

JURIST

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Cedar Point Nursery v. The states of Oklahoma, Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas also filed a brief in support , citing “a longstanding commitment to protecting private property rights.”

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Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill

SCOTUSBlog

The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a lawsuit seeking to roll back access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in medication abortions. Three states with Republican attorneys general – Idaho, Missouri, and Kansas – joined the dispute in the lower court earlier this year.

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