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The morning read for Thursday, September 21

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Here’s the Thursday morning read: Supreme Court can let West Point keep affirmative action (Noah Feldman, Washington Post) I teach constitutional law. Supreme Court arguments have gotten way too long.

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Turley to Speak in Utah on the History of Impeachment

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Today, I will be speaking to lawyers and law students in Utah on the history of impeachment. The event is organized by the Utah State Bar litigation section in conjunction with the University of Utah and Brigham Young University law schools.

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Federal Court Asked to Address 14th Amendment Effort to Bar Trump

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Katherine Fung, Donald Trump’s Lawyers Get Stretched Even Thinner, NEWSWEEK (Sept. ” While there is obviously forum shopping that does occur, I have never seen a lawyer openly discussing the manipulation of filings in search of liberal judges to achieve a particular result. Henderson, No. 2:23-cv-00617 (D. 27, 2023), ECF No.

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Trump’s Liability Or Opportunity? Two Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump Over Capitol Riot

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attorney Patrick Malone, who previously filed ethics complaints against lawyers representing the Trump campaign or the Republican party. Trump lawyers many view this lawsuit as a greater opportunity than a liability for their client. Around 2:26, Trump mistakenly called Utah Sen. The 40-page lawsuit was written by D.C.

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The GW Commencement Controversy: A Response To Rep. Susan Wild

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This weekend, I was unable to attend our law school graduation after traveling to Utah to speak to the Federal Bar Association. A law professor who at one time strenuously advocated that a president need not commit an indictable offense to be impeached and in just this past year argued the opposite for a president more to his liking.

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We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don’t have to

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Three Republican senators – Josh Hawley of Missouri, Mike Lee of Utah, and Ted Cruz of Texas – write that a precedent can be unworkable due to “a history of confusion in the lower courts, an unstable pattern of Supreme Court decisions, and a persistent lack of judicially manageable standards.” 1 in support of that law.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Supreme Court called the appellate court’s conclusion that there are always reasonable legal alternatives to disobeying constitutional laws “untenable,” and held that “reasonable legal alternatives” must be effective. New Zealand Lawyers Challenged Climate Change Commission’s Recommendations. Lawyers for Climate Action NZ v.

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