It's the storm before the calm at the Supreme Court.
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Read More »October 1, 2018 Comments Off on Supreme Court term starts in shadow of Kavanaugh
It's the storm before the calm at the Supreme Court.
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The UB Law professor once played foil to a de facto comedy routine by Justices Antonin Scalia and David H. Souter.
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Read More »May 2, 2016 Comments Off on University chief defends naming law school for Scalia
George Mason's president defends naming law school for Scalia leads news items including Grim Sleeper trial, $940 million trade-secrets verdict and Miranda under fire.
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Read More »April 8, 2016 Comments Off on GMU faculty, staff denounce renaming of law school after Scalia
Much has been written about the decision to rename George Mason University’s law school after the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia — and particularly about the unfortunate acronym suggested by the proposed name, the Antonin Scalia School of Law (the ...
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Read More »February 18, 2016 Comments Off on C. Fraser Smith: Antonin and Sandy
Could a very liberal Maryland legislator and the nation’s most conservative Supreme Court justice ever find common ground? Why would they bother? Unlikely as it may seem, the answer to question one was an emphatic yes. And to question number ...
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Read More »February 17, 2016 Comments Off on Maryland lawyers recall Scalia as lively, challenging
Though Antonin Scalia never agreed with him, former assistant Maryland public defender George E. Burns Jr. said he enjoyed the legal banter he had with the loquacious justice during Burns’ three arguments before the Supreme Court on behalf of criminal defendants more than a quarter-century ago.
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Read More »November 30, 2015 Comments Off on Texas threatens court action over refugees
Texas threatens to sue over refugees leads news summary that includes juveniles' rights, Antonin Scalia and a White House fence jumper.
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Read More »June 26, 2015 Comments Off on Drawing very different lessons from landmark same-sex ruling
Students in Maryland Sen. Jamin B. “Jamie” Raskin’s constitutional-law class this fall would be well advised to add Obergefell v. Hodges to their summer reading list.
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Read More »April 30, 2014 Comments Off on A supreme slip-up
We all make mistakes but probably none of our errors has led to an 'epic blunder' in a top court opinion.
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Read More »February 17, 2014 Comments Off on Does pizza’s legal definition include ‘deep dish’?
Justice Antonin Scalia's ruling on deep-dish pizza, and more.
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