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Labor board to appeal recess case to Supreme Court

POSTED: Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 at 9:06 am

BY: Associated Press

The National Labor Relations Board said Tuesday it plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a far-reaching decision that invalidated President Barack Obama’s recess appointments to the agency.

Justice Thomas: Americans still arguing over government limits

POSTED: Thursday, September 13th, 2012 at 12:20 pm

BY: Associated Press

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says the same arguments the Founding Fathers fought over during the creation of the United States are still raging today.

THE DARK SIDE: Medicaid case fails test for jury

POSTED: Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 at 2:07 pm

BY: David Ziemer, david.ziemer@wislawjournal.com

Last month, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the state is entitled to a jury trial when suing a private actor for Medicaid fraud under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (State v. Abbott Laboratories, 2012 WI 62).

THE DARK SIDE: I love ‘not guilty’ verdicts

POSTED: Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 at 1:09 pm

BY: David Ziemer, david.ziemer@wislawjournal.com

I recently spent a little downtime scouring Article I of the U.S. Constitution. What I was looking for was the provision saying that Congress has authority to hold investigations into steroid use by baseball players.

Court considers age limit for life imprisonment (access required)

The question of whether the Constitution imposes an age limit on being sentenced to life in prison has left the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court struggling over where to draw difficult lines.

THE DARK SIDE: The Constitution is a lot like Dorian Gray

POSTED: Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 at 11:40 am

BY: David Ziemer, david.ziemer@wislawjournal.com

“The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde is not just one of the most extraordinary novels ever written, but an allegory of the history of the U.S. Constitution.

On cheesecakes and Constitutions

POSTED: Monday, November 22nd, 2010 at 11:03 am

BY: David Ziemer, david.ziemer@wislawjournal.com

Thanksgiving is this week, which means I’m being heavily badgered by folks who want me to make them pumpkin cheesecakes for the holiday, or at least give them my recipe.

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