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Perspectives: Student loan case revelatory for high court
In addition to the hints at what’s coming, the oral argument in the challenges to the Biden administration's loan forgiveness program was also revelatory in several ways beyond the validity of the big Biden bailout.
Perspectives: Tuition trend recalls two tax tussles here
A unique measure enacted recently in Iowa providing parents public funding to send their children to private schools, including parochial ones, owed much to its neighbor to the north: Minnesota. It comes in the 40th anniversary of a pair of tax tussles that reached rival results before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Perspectives: ‘New’ Saints recall old baseball cases here
As the current version of the Saints heads into its fourth decade, it draws upon a long lore of baseball litigation in this state.
Perspectives: Gideon at 60 recalls defendants’ rights ruling
This is a year of anniversaries of major legal doctrines creating new rights for individuals, particularly here in Minnesota.
Perspectives: Equal Rights Amendment revived here after 5 decades
The amendment is in limbo nationally, but that doesn't impede its progression toward potential state-level adoption as an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution.
Perspectives: Irish have their day — and litigation here, too
As those of Irish descent and many others celebrate St. Patrick's Day, here’s a look at some of the cases affecting the Irish and their heritage here.
Perspectives: Noncompetes, NDAs, nostrums, and nonsense
The Biden administration's probable ban on noncompete agreements in workplaces will precede inevitable litigation, which may well last for years with an outcome that will have substantial impact here in Minnesota.
Perspectives: Redistricting calmer here 30 years after ruling
The practice of gerrymandering is not unknown in Minnesota, but the past election cycle went smoothly and, for the first time in years, without a challenge through the judicial system, which had been prevalent for the past century.
Perspectives: Few lawyers become president, governor lately
The relative paucity of attorneys in the White House and practically none in the governor’s mansion in St. Paul does not mean that lawyers have not tried to reach those abodes.
Perspectives: Intentional infliction ruling marks 40 years here
The anniversary provides an occasion to review the rise, evolution, devolution, and descent of intentional infliction of emotional distress in this state.
Perspectives: President in prison? Debs tried it in 1920
The unfolding legal developments zeroing in in the 45th president lead to questions about his current third run for the White House and whether he could become president again.
Perspectives: Groundhog Day recalls repeat rulings
Federal and state appellate courts in Minnesota occasionally find themselves in a predicament similar to Bill Murray's character in "Groundhog Day," reviewing the same case on multiple occasions.
Top News
- Courtroom outbursts justified exclusion of mother from parental rights trial
- LGBTQ+ group sues over Iowa book, discussion bans
- Justices uphold business tax bill
- Court to weigh social media and First Amendment
- Federal court rules brokerage firm breached 1994 contract
- Court denies revocation of adoption
- UnitedHealth suit alleges faulty AI led to denied claims
- Judge asked to block part of a North Dakota abortion law
Expert Testimony
- Perspectives: Asylum appeals yield 3 denials for immigrants
- Quandaries & Quagmires: Risky business and tips for managing the risk
- Perspectives: JFK assassination: 60 years of litigation here
- Perspectives: Lincoln’s memorable address recalls impact here
