One of the many facets of the draft opinion of the Supreme Court eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion is the evisceration of the notion that judges are impartial adjudicators.
Read More »Perspectives: It’s Congress, not Court, that needs ‘packing’
The issue of "court packing," at least as a partisan political matter, probably is not going to go away, though Supreme Court justices prefer to not address the topic.
Read More »Perspectives: Retaliation rising, recent rulings regretted
Retaliation is the most rapidly rising genre of workplace claims by employees at both national and Minnesota levels, but its increasing volume is not necessarily correlated with validation or vindication for claimants in litigation.
Read More »Perspectives: Supreme Court casts ‘shadow’ over Earth Day
With impeccable timing, the U.S. Supreme Court has cast a shadow over environmental concerns throughout the country and here in Minnesota as well.
Read More »Perspectives: Court considers changing ‘constructive’ claims
The Minnesota Supreme Court is now considering the potential to broaden the concept of discrimination claims including those for ‘constructive’ discharge.
Read More »Perspectives: Putin’s new ‘gag’ law recalls history here
An anti-hooliganism law Vladimir Putin has pushed through might seem unimaginable here, but it has happened in the U.S. and Minnesota in times of war and peace.
Read More »Perspectives: ‘Marshall’ play recalls role he played here, too
A recent play at St. Paul's Penumbra Theatre about Thurgood Marshall paired with the hearings on Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination recall the role Marshall played in Minnesota courts.
Read More »Perspectives: Women’s Final Four here recalls past litigation
The upcoming games offer an occasion to look at some of the case law that has shaped — and been shaped by — those games the women play.
Read More »Perspectives: Slip-and-fall cases rise and fall here
A review of cases that Minnesota appellate courts have adjudicated and where they fall in the annals of state slip-and-fall law.
Read More »Perspectives: Roberts regrets restrictive redistricting ruling
Some Court observers and other savants found it sardonic that Supreme Court Chief John Roberts joined the outvoted minority in the Supreme Court’s hurried decision in early February.
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