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sincerely held religious beliefs); Carpenter
v. United States (No. 16-402) (whether the
warrantless seizure and search of historical
cell phone data in order to track the location
and movements of a cell phone user over an
extended period (here, 127 days) is permissible
under the Fourth Amendment); and New
Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association
v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
(No. 16-477) (whether a federal law barring
virtually all states from legalizing sports
betting violates the Tenth Amendment’s anticommandeering
clause).
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the week the argument was held. Listen
here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_
arguments/argu ment_audio/2017.
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Sarah R. Coats, MPS, RP®, is a registered
paralegal and teaching assistant for George
Washington University’s Paralegal Studies
program of which she is an alumna. Sarah’s
career has taken her from small boutique and
large K Street firms to nonprofit legal services
and government organizations, including, most
notably, the Supreme Court of the United States.
She is currently a paralegal at Gutterman
Griffiths PC in Denver, Colorado. When Sarah was growing up, her heroes were Sandra Day
O’Connor, Thurgood Marshall, and Indiana Jones, and even in adulthood, she has never lost
her fascination with the Court (or Indiana Jones).
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