Justiceline: July 18, 2012

post from ThinkProgress on 18 July 2012 08:00:04 AM. © ThinkProgress

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GOP Rep. Michael Grimm (N.Y.) has been cleared by the independent watchdog Office of Congressional Ethics of any fundraising violations.
Lyle Denniston, who has reported on the Supreme Court for 54 years, explains that the Constitution does not grant the President the power to unilaterally repeal a law.
A surprise one-day strike by court clerks and support staff closed down many San Francisco courtrooms yesterday.
Judge Frederic Block has the inside story on Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor in his new book Disrobed.
Above the Law has an infographic depicting America’s obsession with lawsuits.

–Alex Brown

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