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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Four Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP : The case involves a legal challenge to North Carolina’s voter-identification law, specifically whether two Republican members of the North Carolina legislature should be able to intervene in the suit. Sundance, Inc.: 1782 , which allow a U.S. Please check back for updates.

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Justice or Just Desserts? Trump, Cosby and Georgia cases show rising cost of political litigation

JonathanTurley

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , the court found that Cosby was trapped by a “bait-and-switch” after a prior prosecutor assured that he would not be prosecuted if he testified in four civil depositions. Cosby proceeded to incriminate himself and admitted giving drugs to women who alleged sexual assaults.

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The Case For and Against The Appointment Of A Special Counsel In The Hunter Biden Investigation

JonathanTurley

One of the reasons Biden has not called Bobulinski a liar is that it likely would trigger a defamation lawsuit with sworn depositions and discovery. Biden is well aware of the perils from such civil litigation. The case for a special counsel. Clear conflicts are present in this investigation for Joe Biden.

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Project Veritas Wins Victory Against New York Times In Defamation Action

JonathanTurley

Note that this is not a finding of actual malice but it will allow the Project to plunge into discovery, including depositions, and possible a trial. The Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the case because it “consider[ed] as a matter of law that appellant is, for purposes of this case, libel-proof.”.

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Lessons Learned In Law School

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Our Panelist: Karina Perez Ilić (KPI) [link] Silvia Amador Brett (SAB) [link] Annabelle Bichler (AB) [link] Jenna Sutter (JS) [link] Brian Mickelsen (BM) is a founding partner of Mickelsen Dalton and a dynamic trial lawyer who has litigated in 12 states. In that sense regardless of our age or experience we will always be in law school.

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The Withdrawal Of The Lee Claim Of The House Managers Has “Much To Do” With Their Case

JonathanTurley

However, such problems arise when you chose to litigate a case based on news reports as opposed to actual testimony. After all, such witnesses were denied in the first trial and even with Clinton (with the Republicans in control) only a couple of depositions were allowed by the Senate. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)