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Supreme Court Will Hear Government’s Bid to Shield DOGE From Discovery
The justices will review a lower court’s decision subjecting the now-defunct Department of Government Efficiency Service to extensive document production and a deposition of its former head in an ongoing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
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Supreme Court to Consider Deference to Sentencing ‘Commentary’
This edition of Supreme Court Brief previews Tuesday’s oral arguments in a sentencing dispute at the Supreme Court and links to last week’s podcast deep dive into this term’s major climate change case.
The Execution of Willie Francis
Judge J. Skelly Wright’s failure to save Willie Francis haunted him for the rest of his life and he spoke of it often when I worked for him, always shaking his head and saying sadly, “Poor Willie Francis.”
A Free Exercise Precedent Appears To Be in Jeopardy
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2004 that states may deny tuition assistance to college students planning to major in theology or other religious-based discipline. Now, 22 years later, the high court will consider whether to review—and potentially overturn—its decision in Locke v. Davey.
NFL Urges US Supreme Court to Take Up Case Over Regulation of Prediction Markets
Represented by former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr and other attorneys from his firm, Torridon Law, the NFL argued that states are better-equipped than the federal government to police prediction markets.
Trump Administration Slams Fourth Circuit for Urgent Deadline on FCC’s Political Ads Policy
The federal government’s emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court concerns the legality of the Federal Communications Commission’s latest policy on TV political ad rates.
