SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2024

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Supreme Court weighs Oregon city’s power to punish the homeless (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News) The miscarriage was inevitable. Could she have had an ER abortion?

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2024

Though the platform has complied with the order, pending a legal challenge, X believes the order was beyond the scope of Australian law: “While X respects the right of a country to enforce its laws within its jurisdiction, the eSafety Commissioner does not have the authority to dictate what content X’s users can see globally.

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2024

The court learned about Haq’s association with groups like Extinction Rebellion, Stop Fracking Around, and Save Old Growth, the latter being one he helped establish. Haq’s upbringing was in Pakistan before he arrived in Canada on a student visa.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2024

Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act says that if the court refers the case to arbitration, it “shall on application of one of the parties stay the trial of the action until such arbitration has been had.” The question is whether the trial court, instead of staying the action, can go ahead and dismiss it entirely.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2024

Share Union organizing efforts at Starbucks probably are the most protracted labor dispute of the decade, and on Tuesday the Supreme Court will hear argument in a closely watched case arising from the company’s firing of seven employees at a Memphis branch. The district court agreed with the NLRB and granted the injunction.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 22, 2024

Answering a question from the Ninth Circuit, the Supreme Court in Ruelas v. County of Alameda today holds that “nonconvicted incarcerated individuals working in a county jail for a private company [do not] have a claim for minimum wage and overtime under California law.”

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Law 360

APRIL 22, 2024

The California Supreme Court on Monday ruled that pretrial detainees who work while in jail are not entitled to minimum wage and overtime claims under California's labor law, finding the state's penal code permitting such work covers nonconvicted individuals.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Monday was divided over a challenge to the constitutionality of ordinances in a southwest Oregon town that fines people who are homeless from using blankets, pillows, or cardboard boxes for protection from the elements while sleeping within the city limits. After the U.S.

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2024

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on whether enforcing public camping ordinances against unhoused people without adequate shelter is cruel and unusual punishment and, therefore, prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. In 2020, the district court ruled that the city’s homelessness-related ordinances were unconstitutional.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2024

Share Though still far behind the number of cases granted for the next term this time last year, the court on Monday added two new cases to its docket for the 2024-2025 term. This article was originally published at Howe on the Court. When the U.S. The justices heard two cases in the 2023-2024 term involving guns: United States v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 22, 2024

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in six cases last week, with two potential First Amendment blockbusters before the Court. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the free speech claims , determining that Vullo is entitled to qualified immunity. Supreme Court granted certiorari on November 3, 2023.

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2024

” The charges follow recent legislative reform proposals designed to broaden the scope of espionage activities addressed by the law. These reforms seek to equip law enforcement agencies and the courts with more effective tools to counter state threats.

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Above The Law

APRIL 22, 2024

Reuters ] * Washington Post editorial board pushes for Supreme Court to protect laws to punish the homeless as a means to encourage using shelters. Bloomberg Law News ] * Self-immolation incident prompts security review. Bloomberg Law News ] * Self-immolation incident prompts security review.

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Above The Law

APRIL 22, 2024

The post The Trump Hush Money Case Has Turned Into A Mob Trial appeared first on Above the Law. The former president's reputation for bullying precedes him.

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