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Brief for Petitioner in Schuette v. Coal. to Defend Affirmative Action, No. 12-682, filed on June 24, 2013 Brief for Petitioner in Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., No. 12-729, filed on June 25, 2013
On Monday, the Supreme Court will announce some opinions, one of which could be Shelby County v. Holder, the case questioning whether the Voting Rights Act is constitutional. This is not a case that I paid great attention to, until I enrolled in a Supreme Court decisionmaking class at my law school. In class I sat [...]
(PLF attorney Timothy Sandefur (L) and client Raleigh Bruner (R) outside the Federal Court building in Lexington, Ky. yesterday) Thursday afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge Danny Reeves issued an order blocking the state from enforcing its Competitor’s Veto law for moving companies, at least until he has the opportunity to decide whether [...]
Brief for Petitioner in Burt v. Titlow, No. 12-414, filed on June 10, 2013
With the final eight episodes of Breaking Bad coming up August 11th, we here at the CockleBur have been spending our days drifting through clouds of the crystal meth cooking in the basement, pondering the fate of our beloved master chefs, Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. When Breaking Bad first aired back [...]