SCOTUS backs cop in shooting | Immigration judges get quotas | Defendant performs CPR on potential juror

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From the ABA Journal

Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'spiritual confrontation of injustice' still inspires, ABA president says

April 3, 2018, 8:18 am CDT

Your Voice: Frame those onerous tasks in order to motivate you to act

April 3, 2018, 8:00 am CDT

Avvo founder and CEO Mark Britton stepping down

April 3, 2018, 7:30 am CDT

Lawyers rank highest on 'loneliness scale,' study finds

April 3, 2018, 7:00 am CDT

Justice Department imposes quotas on immigration judges, provoking independence concerns

April 2, 2018, 6:31 pm CDT

Justice Department sues California over 'extreme' law restricting federal land transfers

April 2, 2018, 3:39 pm CDT

Pacer fees shouldn't have been spent on courtroom technology, federal judge says

April 2, 2018, 2:43 pm CDT

Older Americans facing job discrimination can't rely on courts as much as earlier generations

April 2, 2018, 2:00 pm CDT

Punk rock drummer-turned-doctor performs CPR on potential juror in his med-mal trial

April 2, 2018, 12:51 pm CDT

Supreme Court sends signal that police 'can shoot first and think later,' Sotomayor dissent says

April 2, 2018, 12:13 pm CDT

Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Peeps in Law diorama contest

April 2, 2018, 12:00 pm CDT

Courts have power to review travel ban, enforce limits on executive power, ABA says in SCOTUS brief

April 2, 2018, 11:10 am CDT

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How would you amend the Constitution?

On March 27, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens suggested that students and others who participated in March for Our Lives rallies should demand more than just gun-control legislation—they should demand that the Second Amendment be repealed.

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Posted by GLS: "I represented a plaintiff in an auto accident case. After the attorney for the defendant gave his closing argument accusing the plaintiff of lying, malingering, etc. she stood up and yelled that she said didn't want their money and forget the whole thing!"

In the Magazine

From the April 2018 issue

Imbalance of power

Executive branch pushes the boundaries of separation of powers

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Adequate to Compensate

Posts review dockets for damages-related cases and opinions (mainly intellectual property) and offer brief commentary of relevance. The bloggers seek to know where courts establish the boundaries of acceptable damages analysis.