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Mayhem at the Marathon

May 4, 2025October 12, 2022

The Supreme Court addresses jury selection and mitigating evidence in the Boston Marathon bombers case.

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Categories Legal Docket Tags bombing, Boston Marathon, capital punishment, constitutional law, jury bias, jury duty, mitigating evidence, running, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Tsarnaev

A new voice on the court

August 7, 2023October 10, 2022

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the 116th justice in the history of the Supreme Court.

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Categories The World and Everything in It Tags EPA, justices, Ketanji Brown Jackson, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, wetlands

Bitter Pills

August 7, 2023October 4, 2022

The Supreme Court addresses the Controlled Substances Act in a case about pill mill doctors.

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Categories Legal Docket Tags addiction, Controlled Substances Act, grammar, Joel Johnson, Kahn v US, opioids, pill mill doctor, Ruan v US, SCOTUS, statutory interpretation, subordinate conjunction, Supreme Court

Freedom Fighter

August 7, 2023September 13, 2022

An international human rights lawyer talks about growing up in communist Romania and her search for truth.

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Categories Legal Docket Tags communism, international human rights lawyer, Romania, Saving My Assassin, socialism, Virginia Prodan

Drawing the Line

August 7, 2023September 7, 2022

A courtroom artist talks about what he’s learned by sketching court proceedings.

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Categories Legal Docket Tags artist, Bill Hennessy, courtroom art, SCOTUS, Supreme Court

Level Praying Field

August 7, 2023August 30, 2022

The Supreme Court tackles the First Amendment in this case about a praying football coach.

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Categories Legal Docket Tags constitutional law, establishment clause, First Amendment, football, free speech, Kennedy v Bremerton, Moses Hogan singers, religion clause, school prayer, SCOTUS, Supreme Court

Pastoring Pastors

May 15, 2023August 24, 2022

A profile of a retired pastor who now coaches pastors.

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Categories The World and Everything in It Tags Knute Larson, mentor, pastor, pastor burnout, shepherd

Taco ‘Bout Contracts

August 7, 2023August 16, 2022

The Supreme Court resolves a circuit split in a case about a Taco Bell employee who signed an arbitration agreement.

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Categories Legal Docket Tags arbitration, contracts, mediation, Morgan v Sundance, SCOTUS, Solomonic decision, Supreme Court, Taco Bell

Tennis Court Turf

August 7, 2023June 23, 2022

Grass tennis courts appeal to some players but come with unique challenges.

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Categories The World and Everything in It Tags family sport, grass tennis courts, International Tennis Hall of Fame, lawn tennis, Wimbledon

Growing Up, and Up

May 15, 2023May 26, 2022

The trend of vertical farms has pros and cons.

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Categories The World and Everything in It Tags AquaTree, Beanstalk, Grow Local, hydroponic solution, indoor farms, Polyface Farm, soil microbiome, vermicomposting, vertical farms
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