Supreme Court Attorney Carson J. Tucker of Lex Fori PLLC filed a petition in the United States Supreme Court seeking to overturn Georgia's dismissal of a military servicemember's suit in the county of his official "home of record", even though the servicemember was never domiciled or living anywhere else. Upon a change of duty station [...]
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Lex Fori PLLC and Trinity Advocates file Pro Bono Petition in United States Supreme Court to Pursue Civil Rights Claims on Behalf of Disabled Veterans
Lex Fori PLLC filed another Petition in the United States Supreme Court asserting veterans' rights to file civil rights actions against the state for the unlawful taking of their disability pay. This case arises out of a split of authority among the Circuit Courts over whether a viable cause of action exists under the Civil [...]
Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar, Secretary of State (Summary)
This is the docket in the first case challenging the judicial branch of Pennsylvania's approval allowing the state law to be "violated" or "changed" through the relaxation (or judicial abrogation) of the statutes regarding deadlines for voting on November 3, 2020. The state legislature (in October of 2019) passed a law that "for the first [...]
United States Supreme Court Amicus Curiae Brief on Behalf of Over 60 Current and Former State Legislators submitted by Lex Fori PLLC and Carson J. Tucker in Merits Case of Sharonell Fulton, et al. v. City of Philadelphia, Case No. 19-123
Attorney Carson J. Tucker, Counsel of Record for nearly 70 Current and Former State Legislators from Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and Texas has submitted an amicus curiae brief in the case of Sharonell Fulton, et al. v. City of Philadelphia, Case No. 19-123. The case has garnered national attention as it relates to [...]
Law Offices of Carson J. Tucker to Bring Constitutional Challenge to Alabama Department of Human Resources in Veterans’ Benefits Takings Case in United States Supreme Court
Summary We have engaged to file a petition in the United States Supreme Court to challenge the 1987 decision in Rose v. Rose, 481 U.S. 619 (1987), in which the Supreme Court held that all veterans’ disability pay could be diverted and otherwise taken by state courts and state agencies to satisfy the veteran’s child support [...]