JURIST

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine vetoed House Bill 68 on Friday, which would have banned gender-affirming care for minors and transgender athlete participation in girls and women’s sports in high school and college in the state. Other states that have successfully passed bans on gender-affirming care for minors have faced litigation.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Rather, the issue was “the absence in Polish law of any possibility of legal recognition and protection of the relationship of same-sex couples.” The government of Poland argued that the lack of formal recognition under the Polish constitution was an “omission” that should be at the discretion of Polish legislators.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Roughly 20 years ago, I wrote about how we seemed to be moving toward a revival of separate-but-equal in schools, dorms, graduation ceremonies, events, and academic programs that excluded some students on the basis of race. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University Law School.

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 20, 2023

by Todd Spitzer and Greg Totten › Victims’ Rights in California: A Historical Perspective to Modern Day by Nancy O’Malley and Harold Boscovich › The Roots of America’s Crime Victims’ Legal Rights Movement, 1975-2023, A Personal Retrospective and Memoir by George Nicholson › California Without Law: 1846 Though 1850 by Barry Goode and John Caragozian (..)

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 14, 2023

” The petition asked for “recognition of the elephants’ common law right to bodily liberty protected by habeas corpus.” Division One held “enforcement of the forum selection clauses. ” The Supreme Court has a similar forum selection case under review — Gerro v. The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The second case centers on whether a “bump stock” – an attachment that converts a semiautomatic rifle into a fully automatic weapon – qualifies as a “machinegun” under federal law. The post SCOTUS Adds Two Additional Gun Rights Cases to Docket appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Vullo The NRA alleges that Maria T.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Written by Wenliang Zhang (Associate Professor at Renmin University of China Law School), Haoxiang Ruan (PhD Candidate at Renmin University of China Law School), and William S. Ayer Chair in Business Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law). Dodge (the John D.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Two weeks after the funeral for Amerie Jo Garza, 10, the first of the Robb Elementary School students to be interred following the Uvalde mass shooting, I phoned the manager of my local Domino’s to inquire about a delivery job. Frustratingly, the Constitution provides little counsel.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 3, 2023

It is relatively rare for civil damages to trigger constitutional review, and it is still far from clear that this case will rise to that level. The New York law is unique in allowing massive penalties without the loss of a single dollar by a bank.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

JURIST Deputy Editorial Director William Hibbitts and US Bureau Chief JP Leskovich from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law contributed to this report. Trump has already indicated that he will appeal the decision to the US Supreme Court—the final court of appeal in the country.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 26, 2023

They can embrace broad interpretations of criminal provisions and narrow interpretations of constitutional rights. At the time, some of us stated that we were skeptical whether Smith could hold to that date in light of the novel constitutional and evidentiary issues in the case. Even with the expedited review of the D.C.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The controversial former aide to Special Counsel Robert Mueller (and NYU law professor) is being sued after declaring that attorney Stefan Passantino coached former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson to lie before Congress. The allegation that Passantino would not only constitute criminal conduct but also unethical professional conduct.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Moreover, besides the benefits to his family (which would legally constitute benefits in criminal cases ), there are references in Hunter’s emails to giving his father income, paying bills, and using shared accounts and credit cards.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We at the Supreme Court mourn the loss of a beloved colleague, a fiercely independent defender of the rule of law, and an eloquent advocate for civics education.” Also like Ginsburg, O’Connor was unable to find work at a law firm even though she was at the top of her class and an editor of the law review.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Thus, the argument goes, even though he was the subject of the influence peddling, Joe Biden did not legally or constitutionally benefit from the payments to constitute bribery or other crimes. Stripped of the false narratives and faux constitutional claims, what remains are raw politics and utter madness. That is utter nonsense.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Yet, the lack of precedent or clarity did not deter these justices from making new law to block Trump from running. They did so not out of any affinity to Trump but out of their affinity to the Constitution. ” Sometimes that cannot be avoided, but in this case the Colorado Supreme Court steered off the constitutional map.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 17, 2023

If the same law is applied the same way as it was to Bannon, Hunter could find himself indicted within a few weeks. Jonathan Turley, an attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst, is the Shapiro Chair for Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School.

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