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U.S. Law Schools - New York
State Bar & Other Associations 07/06/2021New York Law School Information Albany Law School Columbia Law School New York Law School New York University School of Law University at Buffalo Law School
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U.S. Law schools - Texas
State Bar & Other Associations 07/02/2021Texas Law School Information Baylor Law School Southern Methodist University Dedman School Of Law South Texas College Of Law Houston University Of Houston Law Center University Of Texas School Of Law
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U.S. Law schools - California
State Bar & Other Associations 06/30/2021The following schools are accredited by the American Bar Association and by such approval are deemed accredited by the State Bar's Committee of Bar Examiners. Law Schools in California California Western School of Law Loyola Law School Pepperdine Uni...
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Lawsuit seeks Confederate statue’s removal from courthouse
United States Courts 05/05/2021Civil rights advocates sued a Maryland county on Wednesday to seek the court-ordered removal of a Confederate monument from a courthouse lawn on the state’s Eastern Shore, calling it a racist symbol of oppression.In their federal lawsuit, an NA...
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European court rejects case vs Germany over Afghan airstrike
United States Courts 02/16/2021The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected a complaint against Germany’s refusal to prosecute an officer who ordered the deadly bombing in 2009 of two fuel tankers in northern Afghanistan.Scores of people died when U.S. Air Force je...
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Blind justice: No visual cues in high court phone cases
Verdicts & Settlements 04/23/2020On the evening before he was to argue a case before the Supreme Court years ago, Jeffrey Fisher broke his glasses. That left the very nearsighted lawyer with an unappealing choice. He could wear contacts and clearly see the justices but not his notes...
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Appeals court agrees to hear case involving Trump DC hotel
United States Courts 12/20/2018A federal appeals court agreed Thursday to take up a case accusing Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency in violation of the U.S. Constitution, giving the president's legal team its first major victory in the case.The order issued by the U.S. ...
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Mixed rulings for Republicans from Kentucky Supreme Court
Paralegal Resources 11/14/2018In a pair of mixed rulings for Kentucky Republicans, the state Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law requiring a panel of doctors to review medical malpractice cases before they go to court while upholding the state's law banning mandatory unio...
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Court to hear case over ID of Texas execution drug supplier
United States Courts 10/20/2018The Texas Supreme Court has reversed itself and granted the state's request to review a case dealing with the disclosure of an execution drug supplier that officials have fought for years to keep secret.The Texas Supreme Court on Friday approved the ...
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Stand-ins to decide who sits on West Virginia Supreme Court
United States Courts 09/25/2018A group of judicial stand-ins representing West Virginia's Supreme Court was hearing challenges Monday to GOP Gov. Jim Justice's appointments of two Republican politicians to replace two departed justices.Democrats have called the impeachments that i...
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U.S. Courts of Appeals
United States Courts 07/30/2017There are 13 appellate courts that sit below the U.S. Supreme Court, and they are called the U.S. Courts of Appeals. The 94 federal judicial districts are organized into 12 regional circuits, each of which has a court of appeals. The appellate ...
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U.S. Supreme Court
United States Courts 07/30/2017U.S. Supreme Court The Supreme Court is the final judge in all cases involving laws of Congress, and the highest law of all — the Constitution. The Supreme Court, however, is far from all-powerful. Its power is limited by the other two branches...