The title of this post is the headline of this new AP piece explaining why former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is unlikely to be sentenced until after prosecutors retry ...
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In separation and divorce, death of a spouse can have a major effect on estate division and if agreements will be honored. Get answers from the legal expert here....
Well, it depends. In this case, the offender had 2 previous drug offenses. He also had hidden over a pound of weed in a washing machine ......
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is drawing on public discontent with Washington as he makes an argument for a more conservative Supreme Court. Sessions, in an opening stateme...
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The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee followed through today on plans to press Elena Kagan about her handling of military recruiting while dean of Harvard ...
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As they debate whether to confirm Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, senators are once again revisiting whether she has enough legal experience to serve as a justice....
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Just as the the jury was deliberating in the wrongful death trial Thursday, lawyers on both sides reached a settlement and avoided a jury verdict....
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The Seventh Circuit in US v. Brown, No. 09-1028 (7th Cir. June 22, 2010) (available here), provides district judges with yet another important reminder that they need to ...
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