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Biden to create bipartisan commission on Supreme Court reform

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The announcement fulfilled a campaign promise by the president, who last fall proposed the idea of a commission after he declined to endorse efforts by liberals to expand the Supreme Court – efforts that Justice Stephen Breyer criticized in a speech on Tuesday at Harvard Law School. Elise Boddie, professor of law and Judge Robert L.

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The Curious Fraud Case Against Trump Just Got ‘Curiouser’

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The testimony put the controversial demands of New York Attorney General James into sharp relief. The charges brought by New York State Attorney General Letitia James were curious from the start. Even though the Alabama Supreme Court previously reduced the punitive award by half, the U.S.

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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

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He is also a graduate of Columbia Law School. James Harlan served in Congress and as Kentucky’s attorney general, and was a devoted follower of Henry Clay, to the point that Clay’s politics and James’ were almost interchangeable. Instead, Lincoln put Kentucky under martial law. I corresponded with Canellos about his book.

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Trumpunity: Sunstein Calls For Broader Use Of Defamation Lawsuit To Curtail “Fake News”

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Sullivan, sued for defamation and won under Alabama law. Sullivan’s lawsuit was one of a number of civil actions brought under state laws that targeted Northern media covering the violence against freedom marchers. First, he is discussing not the lawsuit that I raised against the attorneys making these claims outside of court.

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