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Marcia Coyle, based in Washington, covers the U.S. Supreme Court. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @MarciaCoyle
April 1, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief
There are briefs by first responders, 303 former and sitting Republican government officials and activists, major churches and a former clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia who argues that "originalism" supports the right to same-sex marriage.
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
March 31, 2015 | National Law Journal
Veteran U.S. Supreme Court practitioners and lawyers making their debuts before the justices will make the landmark arguments over same-sex marriage before the high court on April 28.
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
March 31, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief
Health care providers cannot sue states over Medicaid reimbursement rates that they contend are too low to ensure delivery of services under the federal-state program for poor and low-income individuals, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
March 30, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struggled with whether state courts violate the Constitution when they decide a death row inmate is intellectually disabled based solely on evidence produced during the sentencing phase of the inmate's trial.
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
March 27, 2015 | National Law Journal
The four states defending their bans on same-sex marriage in the U.S. Supreme Court told the justices on Friday to leave the decision where the Constitution places it—in the hands of the states.
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
March 25, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief
A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, citing a federal district court's multiple legal errors, directed that court to reconsider its decision upholding Alabama's redistricting plan after it was challenged as an unconstitutional "racial gerrymander."
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
March 25, 2015 | Legal Times
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, divided 5-4, ruled in favor of challengers to Alabama's new district boundaries, which critics said created a "racial gerrymander" that violated the equal protection clause. The challengers, including the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus and Alabama Democratic Conference, won a second chance in the district court.
By Zoe Tillman and Marcia Coyle
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March 25, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief
Employers are not required to give pregnant workers the same accommodations that they offer workers with other disabilities, but need to establish a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for any difference to avoid liability for pregnancy discrimination, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
March 24, 2015 | Corporate Counsel
Nothing energizes an appellate brief writer like a proposal to shorten the length of appellate briefs.
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
March 24, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief
Fallout from the 2008 collapse of the nation's housing bubble played out in the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday as the justices struggled over whether homeowners could wipe out a completely underwater mortgage in bankruptcy.
By Marcia Coyle
1 minute read
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