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NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL Supreme Court Brief POWERED BY  LAW.COM Tony Mauro Marcia Coyle Jan 16, 2018 Hearing the siren call of their long February break and vacant argument slots, the justices rolled out grants of review Friday in 12 cases. With another nine already awaiting argument dates, the latest dozen will help to fill out March and April argument calendars. BUT still no decisions expected this week.  Meanwhile, the justices wrap up their January argument session by hearing a rare trio of servicemembers' cases—first in 21 years!—from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Even rarer is the grant of argument time in those cases to a UVA law professor who challenges the justices' right to hear them. How rare? We let you know. We also look under the cover of Bryan Garner's new "biography" of his friendship with the late Justice Antonin Scalia and reveal how a solo appellate litigator captured Chief Justice John Robert...

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****Even as the MERCERS run attack ads against Senator Elizabeth Warren and the Chamber of Commerce targets the Senator, voters in Massachusetts are funding her campaign.  Senator Warren created the CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU [CFPB], the only federal agency that protects CONSUMERS.  CFPB investigated and pursued the outrageous conduct of WELLS FARGO, among others.  Wealthy Wall Street Weasel Steve Mnuchin, known as the Foreclosure King,  has neutered it.  Massachusetts Voters: Beware of the PROPAGANDA from wealthy sources.  01/16/2018 06:52 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Rebecca Morin ( rmorin@politico.com ; @RebeccaMorin_) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. SMALL DONORS BOOST WARREN'S WAR CHEST -  Elizabeth Warren, the Senate's most prolific fundraiser, closed out 2017 with another strong fundraising haul - $2.88 million over the final three months of the year. Once again...