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She Was Convicted of Killing Her Mother. Prosecutors Withheld the Evidence That Would Have Freed Her.
By the time Noura Jackson’s conviction was overturned, she had spent nine years in prison. This type of prosecutorial error is almost never punished.
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Ray Spencer Didn't Molest His Kids. So Why Did He Spend 20 Years in Prison for It?
Matt and Katie accused their father of sexual abuse. Then they started to question their memories.
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Opinion | Female Lawyers Can Talk, Too
Too many are relegated to the courtroom sidelines. That needs to change.
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A Judge Wants a Bigger Role for Female Lawyers. So He Made a Rule.
After a report showed a low percentage of women as lead lawyers, Judge Jack Weinstein has urged for more substantive roles for junior female lawyers in his courtroom.
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How Badly Is Neil Gorsuch Annoying the Other Supreme Court Justices?
There is a strong internal culture based on the idea that no Justice should embarrass the Court.
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Ginsburg Slaps Gorsuch in Gerrymandering Case
The newest Justice tried to give a lecture about the Constitution. His colleague had other ideas.
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Why Rumors of a Gorsuch–Kagan Clash at the Supreme Court Are Such a Bombshell
If rumors leak about a justice’s behavior in conference, it is almost certainly a justice who leaked them.
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Trump Is Rapidly Reshaping the Judiciary. Here’s How.
Republican lawyers and lawmakers are working together to install conservative judges on the influential federal appeals courts at a clip not seen in decades.
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The most respected Supreme Court reporter of her generation slams media "objectivity"
Linda Greenhouse on why "the opposite of objectivity isn’t partisanship."
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Prosecutors Less Than Impressed With Paul Manafort’s ‘Letters From A Posh House Arrest’
Judge gives Paul Manafort's lawyers until Thursday to save his bail agreement.
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Prominent appeals court Judge Alex Kozinski accused of sexual misconduct
Two women said he had them watch porn in his chambers. Four others said they were subjected to inappropriate comments or other actions.
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Law Student Worries That Roy Moore Vote Will ‘Haunt’ Him. Guess I’m The Ghost Of Christmas Present.
Of course, the idiot candidate is the one who "doxxed" him.
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Above The Law’s Top 10 Most Popular Posts Of 2017
All the best stories from 2017.
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Why courts could rein in executive power – after decades of allowing it
The legal pushback to President Trump's travel ban is part of a growing number of legal challenges in recent years to the expansion of presidential power.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg shows Trump she isn't going anywhere, hiring a full slate of law clerks for the 2019 term
So much for speculation that the notorious RBG was ready to pack up her law books.
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Neil Gorsuch Is a Terrible Writer
The Supreme Court justice’s prose is exhausting to read and impossible to take seriously.
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On Tour With Notorious R.B.G., Judicial Rock Star
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s off-the-court schedule is full, with at least nine public appearances over three weeks.
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N.Y. landlord obliterated dozens of graffiti murals. Now he owes the artists $6.75 million.
From the elevated 7-train, millions of people passing through Long Island City, Queens, could spot the massive warehouses....Virtually overnight, nearly all of it was destroyed.
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The Case for Impeaching Clarence Thomas
With new evidence that he lied to get onto the Supreme Court, it’s time to take the idea seriously.
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We All Must Live With Mitch McConnell’s Proudest Moment
A Supreme Court case on public-sector unions is a reminder of why it matters how Justice Neil Gorsuch landed on the court.
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