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                            Judge Kavanaugh's jurisprudence
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Justice Ginsburg dies at 87
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Justice Scalia passes away
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Rights and Responsibilities
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Same-Sex Marriage
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Summer symposium on Carpenter v. United States
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Summer symposium on Christie v. NCAA
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Summer symposium on Gill v. Whitford
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Summer symposium on Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Summer symposium on Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Summer symposium on Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project and Trump v. Hawaii
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Supreme Court history
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposia before oral arguments of the 2021-22 term
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposia on rulings of the 2021-22 term
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral argument in Bostock v. Clayton County and Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral argument in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral argument in California v. Texas
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral argument in Chiafalo v. Washington and Colorado Department of State v. Baca
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral argument in DHS v. UC Regents, Trump v. NAACP and McAleenan v. Vidal
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral argument in Dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health Organization
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral argument in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral argument in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral argument in June Medical Services v. Russo
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral argument in Kelly v. United States
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral argument in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral argument in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral argument in Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral argument in Trump v. New York
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral argument in Trump v. Vance and Trump v. Mazars
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral arguments in Biden v. Nebraska & Dept. of Education v. Brown
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before oral arguments in SFFA v. UNC and SFFA v. Harvard
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before the oral argument in Department of Commerce v. New York
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before the oral argument in Janus v. AFSCME
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before the oral argument in Kisor v. Wilkie
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before the oral argument in Lee v. Tam
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before the oral argument in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before the oral argument in NIFLA v. Becerra
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before the oral argument in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before the oral argument in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Pauley
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before the oral argument in United States v. Microsoft
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium before the oral arguments in Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on campaign finance
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on immigration
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on Judge Barrett's jurisprudence
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on Justice Breyer's Jurisprudence
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on Justice Ginsburg's jurisprudence
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on lethal injections and Glossip v. Gross
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on October Term 2016s death-penalty decisions
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on October Term 2016s immigration decisions
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on October Term 2016s racial-gerrymandering decisions
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on October Term 2017s separation-of-powers and administrative-law decisions
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on one person, one vote and Evenwel
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on recess appointments
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the court's ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County and Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the court's ruling in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the court's ruling in DHS v. Regents of the University of California, Trump v. NAACP and Wolf v. Vidal
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the court's ruling in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the Court's ruling in Fisher II
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the court's ruling in Fulton v. Philadelphia
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the court's ruling in Janus v. AFSCME
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the court's ruling in June Medical Services v. Russo
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the court's ruling in Matal v. Tam
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the Court's ruling in McDonnell v. United States
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the court's ruling in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the court's ruling in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the court's ruling in Trump v. Hawaii
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the Court's ruling in United States v. Texas
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the Court's ruling in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the court's ruling inDobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the court's rulings in Trump v. Mazars and Trump v. Vance
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the courts ruling in Department of Commerce v. New York
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the courts ruling in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the courts ruling in Kisor v. Wilkie
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the courts ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the courts ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the courts ruling in Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the Courts ruling in Zubik v. Burwell
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the courts rulings in Gill v. Whitford and Benisek v. Lamone
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the Fair Housing Act
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the post-COVID court
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the Roberts Court after Kennedy
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the Roberts court and the religion clauses
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on the Supreme Court's "shadow docket"
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Symposium on whats next in June Medical Services, LLC v. Gee
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Term in Review
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Texas Dept. of Housing v. The Inclusive Communities Project symposium
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            The Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            The Court after Scalia
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            The Court and the Voting Rights Act
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            This Week at the Court
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Tributes to Ed Kneedler
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Tributes to Justice Anthony Kennedy
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Tributes to Justice Antonin Scalia
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Tributes to Justice Breyer
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Tributes to Justice David Souter
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Tributes to Justice John Paul Stevens
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Tributes to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Tributes to retiring Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Uncategorized
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            United States v. Texas symposium
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            View from the Court
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            What's Happening Now
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Whole Woman's Health v. Cole symposium
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar symposium
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Zivotofsky v. Kerry symposium
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
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                            Zubik v. Burwell symposium
                            
                            
                                
                            
                        
 
         
     
 
         
                    
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