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Marcia Coyle, based in Washington, covers the U.S. Supreme Court. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @MarciaCoyle
February 25, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared reluctant to give employers greater protection from lawsuits by employees and job applicants who claim discrimination based on their religious beliefs.
By Marcia Coyle
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February 24, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief
Take two law clerks—one liberal, the other conservative. Place them inside the chambers of Justice Antonin Scalia during some of the most polarizing cases to reach the U.S. Supreme Court and watch what happens.
By Marcia Coyle
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February 23, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief
The scope of the right to marry appeared to divide the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday—not in the familiar context of same-sex marriage, but in the long struggle of an American citizen to bring her Afghan husband to the United States.
By Marcia Coyle
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February 19, 2015 | Legal Times
A federal rule proposal to reduce the word limit for main appellate briefs prepared on a computer from 14,000 words to 12,500 words has triggered a wealth of opinions. Mostly negative.
By Marcia Coyle
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February 18, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief
In a series of Sixth Amendment rulings during the past decade, Justice Antonin Scalia has led an often-divided court in reinvigorating a criminal defendant's right "to be confronted with the witnesses against him." But what if the witness is 3 years old?
By Marcia Coyle
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February 17, 2015 | National Law Journal
In a U.S. Supreme Court term remarkable for the number and variety of emergency requests by states and groups seeking to delay federal court orders, one more is likely in the near future, thanks to a federal judge in Brownsville, Texas.
By Marcia Coyle
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February 16, 2015 | National Law Journal
Challenges by religious nonprofits to the contraceptive coverage requirement in the Affordable Care Act have reached the U.S. Supreme Court, and more are expected as federal appellate courts soon will rule on a wave of pending cases.
By Marcia Coyle
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February 12, 2015 | National Law Journal
An Alabama federal judge on Thursday, attempting to end days of confusion over whether the state's probate judges were required to issue same-sex marriage licenses, ordered a Mobile County judge to move forward with the licenses.
By Marcia Coyle
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February 11, 2015 | Legal Times
Boies, Schiller & Flexner has added two recent U.S. Supreme Court clerks to its roster of trial lawyers in Washington. Greg Dubinsky clerked last term for Justice Anthony Kennedy, and Ryan Park was a clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and retired Justice David Souter.
By Marcia Coyle
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February 10, 2015 | National Law Journal
If he were alive today, one of the most important federal judges during the civil rights era might offer some wisdom to the federal judge who struck down Alabama's bans on same-sex marriage and is now at the center of Alabama's resistance to her ruling.
By Marcia Coyle
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