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US dispatch: SCOTUS set to hear arguments in Harvard case that may end affirmative action in higher education

JURIST

Marisa Wright is a US national staff correspondent for JURIST, and a 2L at Harvard Law School. . Supreme Court is set to hear arguments next Monday in a case that could have major implications for racial equality and college admissions. The Court will consider two questions presented by the case.

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You Can’t Manipulate Venue!

The IP Law Blog

How many of the lawyers out there liked hypotheticals in law school? So, for those of you who enjoy hypotheticals, here it is: Company A, a North Carolina LLC, owns four patents. Company B has the same corporate address in North Carolina and the same five shareholders as Company A.

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Affirmative action appears in jeopardy after marathon arguments

SCOTUSBlog

Share In 2003, a divided Supreme Court ruled in Grutter v. Bollinger that the University of Michigan Law School could consider race in its admissions process as part of its efforts to assemble a diverse student body. How, Alito asked, can a court determine whether the benefits of diversity have been achieved?

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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93

SCOTUSBlog

Share Sandra Day O’Connor, a self-described “Arizona cowgirl” who made history as the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice, died on Friday in Phoenix, Arizona. The cause was complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer’s disease, and a respiratory illness, the Supreme Court announced. She was 93.

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From Affirmative Action to Andy Warhol: Buckle up for a Wild Supreme Court Term

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Hill on the start of the new Term for the Supreme Court. ” Does that make the three liberals justices voting together on the Court the “judicial arm of the Democratic Party”? .” That is, of course, manifestly true for the highest court in the land. University of North Carolina.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

A government lawyer who argued at the Supreme Court more than anyone else in the 20th century. As the year comes to a close, SCOTUSblog looks back at some of the individuals who died in 2020 after living lives that brought them – at different times and for different reasons – to the Supreme Court of the United States.

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The Crimson Tie: Why Judge Jackson May Have An Ethical Problem To Address

JonathanTurley

Here is the column: The first major decision of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson after her Supreme Court nomination may be to recuse herself from one of the most significant cases before the court. For a lower court judge, this would be a no brainer. Judge Jackson’s nomination magnified the controversy in an unexpected way.

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