I’ll let you in on a little secret: Nobody on either side of this debate actually cares about how big the circuit’s caseload is. What they care about is the court’s ideological balance.
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Read More »I’ll let you in on a little secret: Nobody on either side of this debate actually cares about how big the circuit’s caseload is. What they care about is the court’s ideological balance.
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Read More »President Barack Obama poured cold water on calls for him to invoke the Constitution’s 14th Amendment to skirt Congressional approval for issuing new debt.
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Read More »The suit marks the second time in as many months that the Justice Department has moved to push back against Texas on voting issues.
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Read More »Leslie Caldwell, a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, is in the final stages of the nomination vetting process to become the department's criminal chief.
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Read More »Mark Ficken, the announcer at the Missouri State Fair rodeo, is disputing that he had anything to do with a rodeo clown’s act mocking President Barack Obama.
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Read More »The president for the first time endorsed an approach to remake the housing finance system as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are wound down.
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Read More »The decision applies to spouses of U.S. citizens as well as non-U.S. citizens.
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Read More »A group sued President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in January, claiming the controversial U.S. military-detention law may subject them to detention for acts protected by the U.S. Constitution, including writing and advocacy.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the president had the power to install three of his nominees to the board without Senate approval.
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Read More »Not all its cases are losers, to be sure, but this administration’s pursuit of expansive authority tends to lose big.
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Read More »President Barack Obama announced a series of actions aimed at protecting technology, finance and retail companies from lawsuits and demands for fees by businesses that abuse the patent system.
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