No legal case applies in a vacuum, and in this case the FBI needs the precedent more than the evidence.
Source: Why the FBI’s request to Apple will affect civil rights for a generation | Macworld
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Why the FBI’s request to Apple will affect civil rights for a generation | Macworld
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An eight-member court could split on all of those issues.
Source: These are the key cases facing the Supreme Court after Scalia’s death – The Washington Post
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The debate over who should replace Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court created a complicated calculus for both the Senate and President Obama.
Source: After Antonin Scalia’s Death, Fierce Battle Lines Emerge – The New York Times
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Scalia’s Absence Is Likely to Alter Court’s Major Decisions This Term – The New York Times
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Antonin Scalia’s death will complicate the work of the remaining justices, as some cases could result in 4-to-4 deadlocks, and strengthen the Supreme Court’s liberal wing.
Source: Scalia’s Absence Is Likely to Alter Court’s Major Decisions This Term – The New York Times
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Coates, IV, John C., Corporate Speech and the First Amendment: History, Data, and Implications (February 27, 2015). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2566785 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2566785
This Article draws on empirical analysis of court decisions, history, and economic theory (a) to show that corporations have begun to displace individuals as the direct beneficiaries of the First Amendment, a shift from individual to business First Amendment cases is recent but accelerating, and (b) to ...
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First Amendment Embraced by Corporations
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Force Prosecutors to Play Fair – NYTimes
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Roberts’s Picks Reshaping FISA Court
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Supreme Court Takes On Gay Marriage
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