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US Supreme Court rules that law criminalizing encouragement of illegal immigration is constitutional

JURIST

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, writing for the majority, criticized the lower court ruling , which called the law “overbroad,” saying: Properly interpreted, this provision forbids only the intentional solicitation or facilitation of certain unlawful acts. .”

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US Supreme Court ruling rejects challenges to Indian Child Welfare Act

JURIST

The US Supreme Court declined on Thursday to disturb a federal statute governing the adoption and foster proceedings for Indigenous children in the US. The court issued three findings in its Thursday decision. The court first heard oral arguments in the case back in November 2022.

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Justices will analyze statute of limitations in Quiet Title Act

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Monday morning added one new case to its docket for the 2022-23 term, a technical dispute over the binding nature of the statute of limitations for a federal property law. A lower court ruled that the landowners filed their lawsuit too late and that the statute of limitations is jurisdictional.

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US Supreme Court rules late tax petitions for due process determinations subject to equitable tolling

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Commissioner of Internal Revenue that the 30-day time limit for taxpayers to seek review from the Tax Court of “collection due process” determinations is a nonjurisdictional deadline that can be equitably tolled. On January 12, 2022, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case. Vaello-Madero , Brown v.

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Arizona Supreme Court determines abortion law from 1864 is enforceable

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Arizona’s Supreme Court found on Tuesday that a 159-year-old law banning abortion is enforceable following the US Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn abortion rights case Roe v Wade, sending a 52-year-old case back to trial court. The 2022 ruling Dobbs v. The case, Planned Parenthood v.

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ICC judges allow trial against Uganda rebel Joseph Kony to move forward in his absence

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The court ruled that the prosecution had undertaken extensive efforts to inform Kony of the charges against him, including large-scale media campaigns in Uganda and neighboring countries, as well as engaging with relevant stakeholders and communities.

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Scolding the Legislature for lack of clarity, Supreme Court rules statute can retroactively reduce probation without negating plea deal

At the Lectern

Addressing whether a Stamps -like remand is appropriate, the court today finds ambiguity in determining whether the Legislature in the probation statute amendment “intend[ed] to exercise its own authority to change the terms of an existing plea bargain to reduce the length of an agreed-upon term of probation.”

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