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The Supreme Court: 229 Years, 163 Nominations

Congress is readying itself for a partisan confirmation fight over President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy...

Deadline Looms for Family Separation Cases

During the past two months, the U.S. government has transferred approximately 100 asylum seekers, the majority of whom are from Central America’s violent northern...
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Colorado Supreme Court Adopts Lawyer Self-Assessment Program

A program to help lawyers spot gaps in their own practices has just been made official by the state Supreme Court. Effective June 28, the...

Clery Act Experts Offer Compliance Perspectives

As the year inches toward October 1, when federally funded colleges and universities will release their annual security reports about campus crime statistics and...

Scotus Pick Announced; Confirmation Battle Ensues

President Donald Trump last week announced his selection of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, his second selection to the nation’s highest court...

Race for Colorado’s Next Attorney General Heats Up

Both major political parties are targeting Colorado’s attorney general race as a must-win election. With 35 state attorneys general offices in play across the...

SCOTUS: Immigration Notices Faulty

In an 8-1 decision in Pereira v. Sessions released June 21, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a strong rebuke of a longstanding Department of...

The Future of Long-Standing Precedents After Kennedy

Justice Anthony Kennedy’s June 27 announcement that he will retire from the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of July has left little doubt...

Masterpiece Cakeshop, One Month Later

Within a month of the U.S. Supreme Court issuing its decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the ruling had already drawn...

U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Agency Fees in Public Sector Unions

In its last week of term, the U.S. Supreme Court released a firestorm of highly anticipated and controversial opinions. Among them came Janus v....