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The Court’s revised Rules will go into effect on July 1st. (See the revisions here, and the new complete rule book here.) There are no blockbuster changes, but certain key aspects of Supreme Court practice will change. I will be discussing some of the changes over at Cockle Legal Briefs website. My first post previews the [...]
The headline from the Court’s revisions to Rule 12.6 is that respondents who support the petition have a little more time to file their briefs in support, so long as they provide early notice to the other parties. But the changes go further than that, classifying respondents into three different groups, subject to three distinct sets [...]
Brief on the Merits for Appellant Republican National Committee in McCutcheon v. FEC, No. 12-536, filed on May 6, 2013
On July 1st, certain revisions of the Court's rules will go into effect. We will post more on the changes in coming days, but you can review the amendments here, and see the entire 2013 Rule Book here.
I recently learned about a new book on how prisoners can write grievances complaining about their conditions in prison. The book, written by Terri LeClercq, is called "Prison Grievances: When to Write, How to Write." The reason why this book is so good for prisoners is because it is written in a simple, and easy [...]
What is the worst form of torture? I’ve been thinking about this subject for the past two weeks after reading an article written by William Blake, a New York State prisoner who has been housed in solitary confinement for the past 26 years because he murdered a sheriff’s deputy. Although I read [...]
Reply Brief in Metrish v. Lancaster, No. 12-547, filed on April 16, 2013