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Supreme Court will hear case about public entity liability for dangerous property conditions

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Jaimes , but it granted the Attorney General’s request to depublish the Fifth District’s divided, partially published opinion that held the superior court erroneously responded to a jury question about the meaning of a charged sentence enhancement for a person “convicted of a felony committed. Renteria , below.).

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International arbitration, McGirt retroactivity, and anti-discrimination laws

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Oklahoma , the Supreme Court ruled that the eastern half of Oklahoma remains “Indian country” for purposes of the Major Crimes Act , meaning that the federal government, not the state, has authority for prosecuting Native Americans for major crimes committed on reservations. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit upheld the CADA.

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Justices take up challenge to purported racial gerrymander in South Carolina’s congressional map

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Share The court will hear oral argument next term in a challenge to the congressional redistricting plan that South Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature enacted in the wake of the 2020 census. The justices added Alexander v. and two cases involving the Armed Career Criminal Act. United States and Jackson v. Last year the U.S.

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Indianapolis Police Officer Sues NFL For Defamation in Anti-Racism Campaign

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He also livestreamed his encounter with police on May 6, 2020 with the gun visible. to prevent the commission of a forcible felony; ?or. 11, 2020, the NFL published a video a part of its “Say Their Stories” campaign featuring Reed. Reed had been driving recklessly and hit a couple of vehicles.

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Profile of a potential nominee: Leondra Kruger

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Share During a 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate, then-candidate Joe Biden pledged that, if elected, he would nominate a Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Kruger left WilmerHale for the University of Chicago Law School, where she taught a class in transnational litigation as a visiting assistant professor.

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