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Kicking Iqbal To The Curb


— October 26, 2009

Perhaps Congress will do just that.  Considering that Iqbal allows judges to determine which cases have merit based on their own subjective opinion, I hope Congress gets rid of this decision. 

The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold the first congressional hearing on the far-reaching May ruling, which raised the pleading standard for most civil complaints, making it more difficult to keep cases from being thrown out.

Source: Law.com – Supreme Court’s ‘Iqbal’ Ruling to Get Congressional Hearing



Perhaps Congress will do just that.  Considering that Iqbal allows judges to determine which cases have merit based on their own subjective opinion, I hope Congress gets rid of this decision. 

The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold the first congressional hearing on the far-reaching May ruling, which raised the pleading standard for most civil complaints, making it more difficult to keep cases from being thrown out.

Source: Law.com – Supreme Court’s ‘Iqbal’ Ruling to Get Congressional Hearing


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