Kavanaugh isn’t ready to give Trump what he wants

Bloomberg Opinion January 23, 2019 Leave a comment

Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh takes the oath of office Oct. 8, 2018, during a ceremonial swearing-in event in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Bloomberg photo: Andrew Harrer)

In two separate but similar cases this week, the Supreme Court has handed President Donald Trump a setback on immigration and a victory on transgender troops.

Briefly: Using data to assess past and plan future

Andy Crowder and Eric J. Magnuson January 22, 2019 Leave a comment

Lawyers are now using data about judges’ past decisions, and why those decisions were rendered, to chart a preferred course and advance the most promising positions for their clients.

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Perspectives: 8th Circuit shoots down FIP appeals

Marshall H. Tanick January 21, 2019 Leave a comment

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals passed upon a multitude of Felon-In-Possession cases in the past couple of months

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Why it took 277 pages to cut census question

Bloomberg Opinion January 17, 2019 Leave a comment

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, pictured, broke the legal rules when he ordered the citizenship question to be added to the census, according to an opinion issued Tuesday by Judge Jesse Furman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. (AP file photo)

There’s no such thing as a perfectly bulletproof judicial opinion. But the 277-page decision blocking the Trump administration from asking about citizenship on the 2020 census comes close.

Take Barr’s opening statement seriously

Bloomberg Opinion January 16, 2019 Leave a comment

Attorney General nominee William Barr testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP photo: Andrew Harnik)

Yet Barr’s commitment to following the law also makes it likely that, if there is credible, solid evidence against Trump in the Mueller report, he isn’t going to paper over it or suppress it.

All in the Family: Reversal in modification of spousal maintenance

Jason Brown and Cynthia Brown January 15, 2019 Leave a comment

The decision in Wells v. Wells, although unpublished, has some interesting twists.

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Senators should ask Barr about pardon strategy

Bloomberg Opinion January 10, 2019 Leave a comment

Attorney General William Barr, left, attends a White House meeting with President George H.W. Bush on May 4, 1992. Barr advised Bush to pardon six officials from Ronald Reagan’s administration for crimes associated with the Iran-contra affair. (AP file photo)

The key question should be something different: Under what circumstances would Barr advise the president to pardon the targets of Mueller’s investigation?

Legal Writing Notebook: What to get the legal writer who has everything

Karin Ciano January 8, 2019 Leave a comment

Testing out some technological assists for busy writers.

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Perspectives: Same-sex video is focus in Telescope case

Marshall H. Tanick January 7, 2019 Leave a comment

Can individuals or businesses refuse to provide goods or services because a same-sex relationship offends the religious beliefs of the reluctant providers?

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