Minnesota Lawyer

For nearly a quarter century, she was the definitive swing vote on a court that decided almost all major issues by a 5-4 vote.

A South Carolina foster-care agency has asked the Trump administration to rule that it has a constitutional right to discriminate against non-Protestant and gay parents under the religious-freedom guarantee of the First Amendment.

Were vacancies more common, each would be less valuable, and there would be less reason to spend political and other capital fighting over them.

The legal profession is the most hazardous of all professions to our health, research shows.

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Fall is a time for renewed sense of purpose. The nip in the air reminds me to focus. The snow this past weekend makes me want to throw on a giant sweater and write a brief. Perhaps other folks feel ...

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In theory, taking a DNA test to reveal your ancestry is optional. But it’s on its way to becoming obligatory.

Can Kavanaugh sue his accusers for defamation or, conversely, can they pursue litigation against him or others who publicly condemned them for their mendacity?

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Litigants often find themselves with some version of this conundrum: You’ve received an adverse interlocutory order, you want to appeal before the case proceeds further, but appellate jurisdiction is lacking because you don’t have finality. You may wonder, is there ...

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Political gloating is normal; mocking human suffering is not

What was remarkable about Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s first day of public work at the U.S. Supreme Court was … that there was nothing remarkable about it.