JURIST

APRIL 21, 2024

That statute criminalizes “the unlawful killing of a human being without malice … in the commission of a lawful act which might product death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and circumspection.”

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At the Lectern

APRIL 25, 2024

5th 993, 1015 [‘The assertion that a special relationship is required misapprehends our case law’].” The statute provides a 25-years-to-life sentence for various sexual offenses during the commission of certain burglaries. Criminal case grant-and-holds. Victory Woodworks, Inc. 2023) 14 Cal.5th

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 26, 2024

They alleged violation of Missouri’s antitrust and consumer-protection laws, and that defendants had been unjustly enriched, among other things. Royal Canin and Purina, the pet-food makers, removed the case to federal court, arguing that the antitrust and unjust enrichment claims implicated federal law issues. Last up is Bufkin v.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 26, 2024

Nixon, the court ruled a president is not immune from a criminal subpoena. Since then, the court has avoided any significant ruling on the extension of immunity to a criminal case — until now. It would leave a president largely unaccountable under the criminal code for any criminal acts.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2024

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the case concerning whether a 1986 federal law preempts Idaho’s near-total abortion ban. The Idaho statute criminalizes performing or attempting to perform an abortion unless not doing so would result in the mother’s death.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 24, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday was divided over whether a federal law requiring hospitals that participate in Medicare to provide “necessary stabilizing treatment” in an emergency overrides an Idaho law that bars most abortions. The federal law at the center of the case is known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 25, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared skeptical of a ruling by a federal appeals court that rejected former President Donald Trump’s claim that he has absolute immunity from criminal charges based on his official acts as president. Why, she asked, would the president not be required to follow the law when performing his official acts?

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