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Citing Religious Freedom, Supreme Court Backs Church In Discriminatory Discharge Case

January 31, 2012

On January 11, the United States Supreme Court held for the first time that federal discrimination laws do not protect church employees who perform religious duties. In Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical [...]

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    Michael Serota’s Washington Post Article Addresses Comprehension of Supreme Court’s Ruling on Constitutionality of Obamacare

    January 31, 2012

    While many people passionately debate the merits and faults of the Court’s recent decision in ideological terms, few understand the issues from a constitutional perspective. Truthfully, not many [...]

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      Holiday Displays On Public Property and the First Amendment

      January 31, 2012

      Each holiday season brings festivities, family time and a welcome break from the daily grind. For local government attorneys and officials, the holiday season also involves important issues of [...]

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        Freshman Senator Marco Rubio Renounces Support for Senate Version of SOPA

        January 31, 2012

        Backers of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) were dealt a major blow when freshman Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released a statement withdrawing his support for Protect Intellectual Property Act [...]

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          Supreme Court Tackles Health Care: Day 2 of Oral Arguments

          January 31, 2012

          The second day of oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court concerning the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”) addressed the substantive question of whether or not [...]

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            Mandatory Contribution by Public Employees of 3% Earnings to FRS Declared Unconstitutional

            January 31, 2012

            In a long awaited opinion, Judge Jackie Fulford issued a decision on March 6, 2012, in which shedeclared unconstitutional a requirement that government employees in Florida contribute 3% of their [...]

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              U.S. Supreme Court Slaps Down EPA for “Strong Arming” and Denial of Due Process to Citizens It Regulates in a Decision Under the Clean Water Act

              January 31, 2012

              Michael and Chantell Sackett were the victims of EPA’s “strong arming” according to Justice Scalia’s scathing opinion in the case of Sackett v.  Environmental Protection Agency, 566 [...]

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                Supreme Court Gives Death Row Inmate Relief Due to Big Law Firm Mailroom Screwup

                January 31, 2012

                On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Maples v. Thomas that a death row inmate in Alabama must be given another chance to file an appeal after his attorneys abandoned their [...]

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                  U.S. Supreme Court Revisits Affirmative Action in Higher Education

                  January 31, 2012

                  A new case tackling affirmative action in higher education is set to be argued before the Supreme Court this fall. The case, Fisher v. University of Texas, was brought by a white student alleging [...]

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                    Supreme Court Tackles Health Care: Day 3 of Oral Arguments

                    January 31, 2012

                    On the third and final day of oral arguments before the Supreme Court, the central issue was whether the individual mandate portion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”) [...]

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