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The “great chief” and the “super chief”: A final showdown in Supreme Court March Madness

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Ask any constitutional law student to name the most iconic Supreme Court decision, and they’ll probably answer Marbury v. Those two landmark rulings stand as the most celebrated decisions the court has ever issued. Maryland : “[W]e must never forget that it is a constitution we are expounding.”

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United States Supreme Court Affirms Denial of Voting Rights For D.C.

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Under my proposal, the mall and core federal buildings would remain the District of Columbia (as is the case in this legislation) but the remainder of the District would retrocede back to Maryland (as did the other half of the original District to Virginia). Again, that constitutional option has never been in doubt and never debated.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The intermediate appellate court held that the defendant was not entitled to present the defense because he had “reasonable legal alternatives” to trespass and obstruction even if those alternatives were not effective. July 8, 2021). BP p.l.c. , Two amicus briefs were filed in support of the companies, one by the U.S.

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“We Have Never Had This Moment Before”: The Jackson Confirmation Shows Striking Differences From Prior Confirmations

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Yet, there is virtually no mention of Jackson’s position on an advisory board for the now-defunct Montrose Christian School in Rockville, Maryland. Her trial court decisions shed little light on that question, and she previously refused to discuss her philosophy.

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