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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.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the Southern District of California rejected challenges to waivers of environmental laws granted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for certain types of border wall construction projects in San Diego County. In re: Border Infrastructure Environmental Litigation , No.

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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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