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Fibbing to Get a Lawyer: Circuits Split on Punishment
The lower federal appellate courts do not agree on whether a defendant’s sentence may be increased because he lied in order to become eligible for a court-appointed attorney. The United States Court o...
The Federal Government’s Plenary Immigration Power Collides with the Constitutional Right to an Abortion (Part I)
This Sidebar is the first in a two-part series discussing Garza v. Hargan, a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit involving a detained unaccompanied alien minor and the right to ...
The Federal Government’s Plenary Immigration Power Collides with the Constitutional Right to an Abortion (Part II)
This Sidebar is the second in a two-part series discussing the en banc decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (D.C. Circuit) in Garza v. Hargan, affirming a district court’s order ...