Conservative 5th Circuit judge takes helm at key US appeals court
Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, who authored major rulings against abortion rights, gun ...
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'Nobody Else Knows': These Federal Appeals Courts Have Unique Local Rules
When law professor Marin Levy clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, she learned for the first time about the court's "non-argument calendar" used for certain immigration cases.
Three Trump appeals court judges consider a case that could limit mail-in voting
A conservative appeals court raised concerns that Republicans’ arguments for forbidding the counting of mail ballots that ...
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U.S. appeals court hears arguments over hold on Iowa immigration law
A federal appeals court heard arguments Thursday over a halted Iowa law that would allow the arrest of immigrants if they had previously been denied entry into the country.
America is getting ready to make a big gamble on the future of democracy
Gambling has already taken over American lives. Americans spend an estimated $100 billion a year on lotteries, as tickets are ...
Marcellus Williams' fate in hands of Missouri Supreme Court after Monday's oral arguments
Marcellus Williams' lawyer focused on what he said was a prosecutor's admission that he illegally struck at least one juror ...
Three Trump appeals court judges will consider a case that could limit mail-in voting
Republicans are suing over the mail ballot policies of Mississippi – a non-battleground with limited, excuse-only absentee ...
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Iowa's immigration law brought before U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday
Iowa's immigration law was discussed in court on Thursday at the U.S. Court of Appeals. The law, which is yet to go into ...
Social Studies: Partisanship on the courts; how COVID helped incumbents; local pubs keep populism in check
Partisanship and Politics in the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals,” National Bureau of Economic Research (September 2024). A ...
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Ninth Circuit Holds Salary Basis Test Requires Courts to Analyze How Public Employees Are “Actually Paid”
Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressed whether staff nurses for the City and County of San Francisco (the ...
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Iowa makes case for blocked 'illegal reentry' immigration law before 8th Circuit Court
She noted that similar laws also have been blocked by federal courts in Texas and Oklahoma, and that the states likewise have filed appeals. "I do think ultimately, this question of whether states ...