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Ghost guns, six-person juries, and discretionary visa decisions

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The solicitor general now seeks review , supported by the District of Columbia and 20 states , which have filed a friend-of-the-court brief. All raise the same question: whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when a criminal defendant is charged with a felony. citizen children.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. In re: Border Infrastructure Environmental Litigation , No. and non-U.S. 17cv1215, 17cv1873, 17cv1911 (S.D.

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Can We Bet on Trump Sticking Around for Prosecution?

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This bargain had apparently involved dropping two of three felonies, but had not included an agreement on the sentence. Donald Trump will be convicted on numerous felony charges. A District of Columbia jury, properly instructed, will return at least one guilty verdict, and Trump will face sentencing. The Georgia R.I.C.O

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Profile of a potential nominee: Leondra Kruger

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Her mother hails from Jamaica, while her late father was the son of Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2002 to 2003. Early life and career. A native of southern California, Kruger is the daughter of two physicians. Kruger went from the D.C. Following the U.S.

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