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Another separation-of-powers case, press access to trials, and maritime insurance

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. There were no new cert grants from our last installment of relisted cases. But in one of t

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From precarious to dire: The financial state of student-loan borrowers following the COVID-19 pandemic

This article is part of a symposium on the upcoming arguments in Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown. A preview of the cases is here. Randi Weingarten is president of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO. At the heart of the Sup

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When the president takes lawmaking matters into his own hands, the court must step in

This article is part of a symposium on the upcoming arguments in Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown. A preview of the cases is here. Elizabeth Slattery is a senior legal fellow at Pacific Legal Foundation, a nonprofit legal organizatio

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Justices narrow bankruptcy relief from debts incurred by fraud

Wednesday’s unanimous decision in Bartenwerfer v. Buckley took a straightforward and matter-of-fact approach, holding that the text of the Bankruptcy Code bars a discharge of Kate Bartenwerfer’s obligation to pay a debt incurred by the fraud of another. T

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