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The Increasing Demand For Lawyers

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Time Is A Flat Circle — See Also

Part I: How a 50s suspense show still perfectly captures 2022 Alabama. Part II: Still arresting people for marijuana because... reasons. Part III: Biglaw associates overworked. Part IV: Donald Trump's numbers don't seem to be adding up. Part V: Lawyers fl

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Justices will weigh district courts’ discretion under major 2018 sentencing-reform law

Four years ago, Congress passed the First Step Act, a bipartisan criminal-justice law that aimed to reduce overly severe sentences. Last year, the Supreme Court trimmed the scope of that law, unanimously ruling that one of its reforms does not apply to ce

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The morning read for Wednesday, Jan. 19

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at [email protected]. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Gorsuch declines

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