WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court kicked off its new nine-month term on Monday with arguments in two cases and important disputes lined up for the coming days, weeks and months on ...

It’s the age-old question: Does the Supreme Court decide its cases based on rank partisanship rather than legal principles? Of course, this raises the obvious follow-up: Which cases are the important ...

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Department of Justice leadership directed federal prosecutors to give them examples by Friday of hurdles they have encountered with judges when working on cases about attacks on law enforcement and ...

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The justices have all but stopped issuing summary reversals, which are unsigned decisions used to correct clear errors by lower courts. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington When the Supreme Court ...

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De novo judicial review describes a review of a trial court’s decision by a court of appeals and is used in questions of how ...

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It’s the age-old question: Does the Supreme Court decide its cases based on rank partisanship rather than legal principles? Many scholars and commentators unhesitatingly answer in the affirmative.