lawyers

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The situation was so odd that she ordered a team of nonpartisan, outside lawyers to brief the case, and they raised more questions than they answered.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Many of them have been allegedly pushed across the border at gunpoint, according to activists and lawyers who have challenged the measures in court.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Brown’s lawyers, in their bail request, said he has health issues—including a heart aneurysm, as well as poor eyesight and hearing—that meant “he cannot get behind the steering wheel of a plane ever again.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Conducted between mid-February and early March, the poll anonymously surveyed 21 federal judges, 113 lawyers, 193 law professors, 652 political scientists and a nationally representative sample of 2,750 Americans.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

Union lawyers argued to free Fannie and the men, but they lost the case.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell