Capital punishment is attracting a great deal of attention these days, ranging from the courtrooms to the White House to the newsrooms.
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The Supreme Court decided not to charge the Catalans with rebellion, which could have landed them in prison for 30 years.
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Once again, Alan Dershowitz, the former Harvard Law School professor, is mounting a defense of President Donald Trump against the threat of impeachment.
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The Minnesota Supreme Court issued an opinion destined to challenge a lot of assumptions surrounding custody and parenting time issues.
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Serving as President Donald Trump’s attorney he appears to have committed several ethical and legal violations.
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A late hour in a dark office. A sleep-deprived lawyer squints at a glowing flatscreen, her keyboard pattering.
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It’s no surprise that a federal judge has held that Harvard University doesn’t discriminate against Asian Americans in its admissions.
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The U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes for its 2019-20 term beginning on the traditional first Monday of October.
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A movement for religious rights is transforming the place of religion in American public life.
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In a recent decision, the Minnesota Supreme Court reiterated what an attorney can or, more importantly, cannot claim as security for unpaid legal services.
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