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Photo of Marylee Jenkins by Len Irish
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Photo of Justice Clarence Thomas by Alex Wong/Getty Images
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A former commercial real estate lawyer-turned environmental activist who came up with a novel legal theory to slow and stymie the advancement of fracking in New York has won the…
Apr 28, 2014 10:58 PM CDT
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Cecilia Abadie and her lawyer, William Concidine, won dismissal of the first Glass-related citation in January. Reuters/Mike Blake
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Jeffrey Fisher, who represents Riley in the Supreme Court: “The police shouldn’t have any access to a cellphone’s digital content.” Photo courtesy of Fisher.
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A trial judge’s ruling earlier this month in a New Jersey school bullying case has the potential to change the legal landscape in such cases nationwide, if other jurists find…
Mar 31, 2014 10:30 PM CDT
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The complaint is oft repeated: The rich can afford more justice than the poor.
Now a New Republic essay by senior editor Noam Scheiber offers a solution:…
Feb 5, 2014 11:50 AM CST
On Jan. 17, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases that hopefully will force it to bring the Fourth Amendment into the 21st century. In United States v.…
Feb 4, 2014 2:45 PM CST
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Kristin Sverchek: “What we’re really doing is acting as an intermediary, allowing two individuals to connect.” Photo by Norbert Von der Groben.
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Few houses remain in Mount Holly Gardens, which is being replaced by a new development that is the subject of a fair housing case coming before the Supreme Court this month. Photo by Colin M. Lenton.
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At their best, trials provide insight into the human condition while they illuminate principles of the law. And sometimes they even change the course of history.
Is it any wonder…
Nov 1, 2013 2:51 PM CDT
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Clockwise from top left: Clarence Darrow by Photoquest/Getty Images, Adolf Eichmann by Gjon Mili/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images, Students in Brown v. Board by Carl Iwasaki/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images, Slobodan Milosevic courtesy of Wikia.com, Ellis Island courtesy of Library of Congress, Beheading of Charles I courtesy of Wikipedia, Trial of Karl Brandt courtesy of Wikipedia, Nelson Mandela by Jurgen Schadeberg/Getty Images, Susan B. Anthony courtesy of the Library of Congress, Adam and Eve courtesy of Wikipedia.
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Hollie Toups—“I felt like my life was over. …In public, people were approaching me. They had seen me naked.” Photo by Josh Huskin.
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