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Marcia Coyle, based in Washington, covers the U.S. Supreme Court. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @MarciaCoyle
September 2, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief
More than 30 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the First Amendment rights of those who sought to demonstrate on the sidewalks around the high court. Could the justices soon confront a First Amendment challenge to the prohibition on demonstrations on their marble plaza?
By Marcia Coyle
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September 1, 2015 | National Law Journal
A federal judge in Ashland, Kentucky, has summoned a county clerk who continues to defy a court order to issue same-sex marriage licenses, and her entire staff to appear Thursday to explain why she should not be held in contempt.
By Marcia Coyle
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August 31, 2015 | National Law Journal
A federal appellate panel on Aug. 31 will begin to determine whether California's "dysfunctional" death penalty system is unconstitutional.
By Marcia Coyle
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August 30, 2015 | National Law Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court this term will decide whether its 2012 ban on mandatory life without parole sentences for juvenile murderers is retroactive. But some of those offenders and their lawyers hope for more from the justices.
By Marcia Coyle
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August 28, 2015 | Legal Times
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday denied a request by three Oklahoma death row inmates for a rehearing of their case in order to re-examine the constitutionality of capital punishment. The high court's order denying the rehearing petition was issued without comment or dissent.
By Marcia Coyle
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August 28, 2015 | National Law Journal
The elevated, white marble plaza in front of the U.S. Supreme Court's home is a nonpublic forum where demonstrations and displays are constitutionally prohibited, a Washington federal appeals panel ruled Friday. In 'Hodge v. Talkin,' the unanimous three-judge panel, led by Judge Sri Srinivasan, upheld the constitutionality of the federal law barring assemblages and displays as it applied to the high court's plaza. The court reversed a trial judge.
By Marcia Coyle
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August 26, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief
The U.S. Supreme Court this term will decide whether its 2012 ban on mandatory life without parole sentences for juvenile murderers is retroactive. But some of those offenders and their lawyers hope for more from the justices.
By Marcia Coyle
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August 19, 2015 | National Law Journal
A federal appellate panel on Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of a federal law prohibiting citizens from engaging in non-commercial, illicit sexual conduct after traveling to a foreign country. In United States v. Bollinger, the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit rejected a minister's claim that the law was unconstitutional because it criminalized non-commercial activity and thus exceeded Congress' authority to regulate commerce under the Foreign Commerce Clause.
By Marcia Coyle
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August 19, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief
Religion is the new battleground following U.S. Supreme Court decisions on contraceptive health insurance and same-sex marriages, but it doesn't have to be, says the director of a new four-year project on religious freedom at Emory University School of Law.
By Marcia Coyle
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August 17, 2015 | National Law Journal
The right to marry includes the right to select one's spouse, the U.S. Supreme Court said in its landmark same-sex marriage decision. And that right to choose your spouse applies to prison inmates too, a federal appellate panel says in a ruling that points to the high court's landmark decision on gay marriage.
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