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June 29, 2011 |

Sharply Divided Court Strikes Down Arizona Campaign-Finance Law

Campaign finance reform advocates suffered another major blow in the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday when a narrow majority rejected Arizona's public financing system for state elections.
4 minute read
July 21, 2010 |

Brief of the Week: A fight for Holocaust victims

Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California-Irvine School of Law, has filed a petition for certiorari in Weiss v. Assicurazoni Generali on behalf of Holocaust survivors and the families of victims who are fighting for insurance benefits.
5 minute read
July 21, 2010 |

When Kagan recuses, how often will decisions end in a tie?

Elena Kagan told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she would recuse herself, if confirmed, from 11 cases in which she was counsel of record in the coming Supreme Court term. What are those cases and what is the potential for 4-4 splits if she is not involved in the decisions?
6 minute read
June 09, 2000 |

Privacy Unveiled

Privacy these days is a little like old underwear: ragged and torn, with rips and holes that leave you feeling kind of exposed even when no one can see. In "The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America," Jeffrey Rosen suggests that you have every reason to worry. What is less clear is whether he thinks you can restore your privacy with a few good stitches or whether you need to get whole new drawers.
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March 23, 2012 |

Legal community mourns passing of John Payton, a 'true champion of equality'

Celebrated civil rights attorney John Payton, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, died late March 22 following a brief illness, the organization confirmed. Payton's career spanned more than three decades in private practice, where he was one of the first African-American partners at a major law firm in Washington, and public service.
6 minute read
March 23, 2012 |

Legal community mourns passing of John Payton, a 'true champion of equality'

Celebrated civil rights attorney John Payton, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, died late March 22 following a brief illness. Payton's career spanned more than three decades in private practice, where he was one of the first African-American partners at a major law firm in Washington, and public service.
6 minute read
June 29, 2012 |

A Defining Moment For A Chief Justice

Before John Roberts became chief justice, he was known as one of the most nimble oral advocates to argue before the Supreme Court. To prepare for his cases, he would write hundreds of potential questions on index cards, and then shuffle them so he could be ready to answer them in any order.
4 minute read
December 21, 2012 |

Critics riled over banks escaping criminal prosecution

Some former federal prosecutors insist British bank HSBC got off lightly with a $1.9 billion settlement in another example of bankers who are "too big to jail."
5 minute read
October 04, 2010 |

On Day One: Kagan's first questions, and the Court issues orders

The first argument of the Oct. 2010 Supreme Court term offered all the excitement one would expect in an hour spent with the federal bankruptcy code. But a new justice was on the bench, and she didn't hesitate to leap into the intricacies of calculating "projected disposable income" in Chapter 13 bankruptcies.
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