Legal News
Justices get imaginative in dispute over attempted robbery and “crimes of violence”
Mind-reading police officers, guns made of marshmallows, and a Woody Allen mockumentary all made rhetorical appearances during Tuesday’s argument in United States v. Taylor, a case about how to define a violent crime. But after 90 minutes of debate, none
By IG
Dec 9, 2021
Conservative justices scoff at Maine’s exclusion of religious schools from tuition-assistance program
The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Wednesday in a challenge to a Maine program that pays tuition for some students to attend private school when their own school district does not operate a public secondary school. Two Maine couples argue that the s
By IG
Dec 9, 2021