By Cogan Schneier | November 3, 2017
The Solicitor General filed a petition with the high court Friday to vacate the D.C. Circuit's en banc decision that allowed the teen to get her abortion last month.
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By Jackie Ford | November 1, 2017
On Jan. 1, 2016, Texas became the 45th state to allow some form of open carrying of firearms. The Texas statute allows licensed handgun owners…
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St. Mary's Law School professor Bill Piatt and his son Bob Piatt, a San Antonio attorney, completed a San Francisco swim that has claimed…
By Scott Graham | October 31, 2017
The U.S. solicitor general, law professors, nonprofits and even one pharma company make the case for saving the Patent and Trial Appeal Board as a cost-effective mechanism for challenging patents.
By Marcia Coyle | October 26, 2017
The D.C. Circuit's blockbuster ruling that allowed an undocumented immigrant to leave federal custody to have an abortion marked the court's rare foray into hot-button social issues. It's an open question just how far-reaching the ruling will be either to the underlying purported class of pregnant undocumented minors or to immigration litigation at large. Judge Brett Kavanaugh, writing in dissent, said any precedential value of the court's decision will be debated.
By John Council | October 25, 2017
A high school student has filed a free speech case against her school district in Houston federal court, alleging she was harassed and bullied by both…
By Cogan Schneier | October 24, 2017
The court reversed an order it issued Friday that blocked the 17-year-old from getting the procedure until a sponsor could be found for her.
By Marcia Coyle | October 23, 2017
"J.D. came to the United States without legal documentation. That is not disputed. But the government cannot make a forced pregnancy the sanction for that action. J.D. retains her basic rights to personhood," Judge Patricia Millett wrote in her dissent. Here's a snapshot of the foundation of Millett's writing.
By Cogan Schneier | National Law Journal | October 20, 2017
The government argues it should not be required to facilitate an abortion for a pregnant undocumented minor, while the ACLU contends the government is violating her constitutional rights.
By Cogan Schneier | September 26, 2017
A group of law professors testified before Congress on Tuesday on how to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from removal and separation of powers issues.
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