ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Nonlawyer-owned entities would be allowed to deliver legal services in Washington under a pilot program proposed by the Washington State Bar Association and a board…

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Above The Law

MAY 28, 2024

The post Washington Post Knew About Alito’s Flag Three Years Ago But Just… Didn’t Tell Anybody appeared first on Above the Law. The Post's excuse for not running this story is bad, but it's the inevitable side effect of the Supreme Court's structure.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

“Elon Musk looks beyond Washington toward Wisconsin; Not satisfied with massively remaking Washington, the tech moguls allies look to exert his influence in the states”: Jessica Piper and Liz Crampton of Politico have this report.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

Similar to regulatory reform initiatives in Utah and Arizona, the Washington Supreme Court has entered an order approving a pilot program that will allow companies and nonprofits that are not owned by lawyers to provide legal services under carefully monitored conditions. The court’s order (Order 25700-B-721), entered Dec.

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

“Recess Appointments of Judges: From George Washington forward, quite a history.” ” Ed Whelan recently had this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Has Washington lost its ability to prosecute politicians across party lines?” ” Columnist Charles Lane has this essay online at The Washington Post. “Is the Justice Department constitutional?

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MARCH 3, 2025

Free-speech battles and pressure from Washington threaten Americas oldest university — and the soul of higher education.” “Will Harvard Bend or Break? ” Nathan Heller has this Annals of Higher Education article in the March 10, 2025 issue of The New Yorker.

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MARCH 4, 2025

attorney in Washington, has been blocked so far in seeking a grand jury investigation into remarks made by Senator Chuck Schumer about Supreme Court justices”: Glenn Thrush of The New York Times has this report. “U.S. Attorney Rebuffed by Justice Dept. in Push to Escalate Inquiry Into Schumer; Ed Martin, the acting U.S.

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JURIST

APRIL 7, 2023

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Thursday opened a civil investigation into the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Dalaneo Martin by a US Park Police officer on March 18 in Washington, D.C. The announcement comes two days after the US Park Police released police bodycam footage of the shooting.

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MARCH 14, 2024

Several universities featured disproportionately on the list, including Columbia, with 11 individuals targeted; the University of Washington, with eight; Ohio State University with eight; and Stanford, with seven. Academia was targeted with particular gusto.

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JANUARY 11, 2022

Washington , deals with the federal government’s challenge to a state worker’s compensation law in Washington. The announcement marked the court’s first regularly scheduled order list in almost a month, as the justices returned from their recess for the winter holidays. The first case, United States v.

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JURIST

MARCH 21, 2022

Woods filed a lawsuit alleging that SUGM violated the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD) and that a blanket exemption for non-profit religious organizations was unconstitutional. Alito and Thomas acknowledged that “threshold issues would make it difficult” for the court to take up case.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

“The Supreme Court’s new ethics rules, decoded”: Columnist Alexandra Petri has this essay online at The Washington Post. The post “The Supreme Court’s new ethics rules, decoded” appeared first on How Appealing.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

Last week , he called Washington the “main beneficiary of armed conflicts” and that Washington was “fomenting armed conflicts for its own enrichment.” ” Volodin has been ramping up attacks against the US in recent days. 44 States have ratified the treaty, including Russia.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

” Peter Navarro has this essay online at The Washington Times. “Coming to a Supreme Court near you: Executive privilege on trial; Can a sitting president strip a former president of executive privilege?” ” appeared first on How Appealing.

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

Such statements included: “We need to all come to an agreement … and go armed … and really take back Washington,” and “Tomorrow may very [well] be the day war kicks off ….”. While Florea never traveled to Washington, D.C. Florea posted threatening statements ahead of the Capitol riot on a social media platform known as Parler.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

“Fishermen go to Supreme Court saying they may lose family business over federal regulation; Case challenges 1984 Chevron ruling that requires judges to defer to federal agencies”: Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times have this report.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

” The ordinance was introduced by Councilmember Kshama Sawant , who called this form of discrimination a “ hidden and unreported issue ” in Washington state. Washington is home to over 167,000 people from South Asia, with most of them concentrated in the Greater Seattle area.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

.” The approval order has been met with severe outrage from legal and political commentators and state government officials alike with Judge Drain coming under heavy fire from activist groups. The US Department of Justice had also filed several legal briefs urging the court to reject the settlement agreement.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

” Law professor Steven Lubet has this essay online at Washington Monthly. “What John Roberts Could Learn From Niccolò Machiavelli: Instead of defusing the ethics crisis on the Supreme Court, the chief justice has allowed it to fester, ignoring sage advice from the great authority on power.”

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Remember when Thomas Washington crossed the Delaware on a cherry tree? The post Dedicated Originalist Aileen Cannon Can’t Be Bothered To Learn Who These Founding Fathers People Are appeared first on Above the Law.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

And earlier, Julian Mark of The Washington Post had an article headlined “ Supreme Court case could spark rush of reverse-discrimination claims; Muldrow v. “Justices Signal Expanded Shield Against Biased Job Transfers”: Robert Iafolla of Bloomberg Law has this report. City of St.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Joan Biskupic of CNN has a news analysis headlined “ Why the Supreme Court says ethics controversies are just a ‘misunderstanding.’ ” In commentary, The Washington Post has published an editorial titled “ Supreme Court’s new ethics code is a bigger deal than the critics claim.”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As has become the norm, Putin then suggested Ukraine is a US puppet state, and that it will ultimately be up to Washington to push Kyiv to the negotiating table. “It It is true that the final word [on peace talks] belongs to those who implement this policy in Washington.

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Above The Law

MARCH 18, 2024

The post Washington’s Supreme Court Green-Lights Three Ways To Skip The Bar Exam appeared first on Above the Law. Three cheers to razing the bar!

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JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2023

Washington became the first state to legalize human composting in 2019, followed by Colorado and Oregon in 2021, and Vermont and California in 2022. Such an arrangement provides conducive environment for natural microbes to act efficiently and quickly. The body disintegrates into natural elements in about a month.

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LawSites

JANUARY 6, 2025

5, in a move to enhance access to justice, the Supreme Court of the state of Washington issued a historic order authorizing a regulatory reform pilot program by which entities not owned by lawyers will be able to deliver legal services. The move makes Washington only the third state, after Utah and Arizona, […]

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JURIST

MAY 6, 2023

A Washington DC federal jury Thursday convicted four members of the far-right Proud Boys on seditious conspiracy charges for their roles in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Among the members were the group’s former president, Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl.

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Above The Law

MARCH 28, 2024

Two US officials exclusively tell Breaking Defense the details of new international 'working groups' that are the next step in Washington's campaign for ethical and safety standards for military AI and automation - without prohibiting their use entirely.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Citing new space-based threats, Rome and Washington pledge to work more closely in orbit and are paving the way for US space launches from Italian soil. The post Italy, US Space Cooperation Plan Includes Launch, Domain Awareness appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

On Tuesday, Washington, D.C.-based A new study has found that most legal professionals are not yet using artificial intelligence to address increasing workload challenges. based legal…

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JURIST

JUNE 13, 2022

Washington. After his conviction and sentence were affirmed by the state appellate courts, Andrus filed a habeas application and alleged that his trial counsel was ineffective “for failing to investigate or present available evidence at the penalty phase.”

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JULY 23, 2024

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the Kamalmaz family by law firm Miller & Chevalier in collaboration with the Syrian Emergency Task Force , was submitted to the US District Court in Washington, DC under the state sponsor of terrorism exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), a human rights organization, has echoed the similar criticism of protesters, warning that electing judicial officials through popular vote could allow the ruling party to exert undue influence, potentially leading to bias and a lack of impartiality in the judiciary.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 6, 2025

Washington, 541 U.S. The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment provides that "[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right.to be confronted with the witnesses against him." Moreover, in Crawford v. 36 (2004), the Supreme Court found that.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned the killings of the journalists, with its interim MENA program coordinator, in Washington, D.C., As a result, tensions have risen between Türkiye and Iraq, with concerns about violations of its sovereignty while also adopting a stricter stance toward the PKK.

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JUNE 11, 2022

The three Proud Boys members pleaded not guilty during a virtual court hearing in Washington on Thursday, and the two others indicted on Monday were not present and are expected to be arraigned on a future date. Capitol on Jan. Their trial is set to begin on August 8.

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