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Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of State Social Media Laws

Constitutional Law Reporter

Both laws also require platforms to provide individualized explanations for certain forms of content moderation and mandate that platforms provider general disclosures about their content-moderation practices. In the Florida case, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a preliminary injunction in part.

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SCOTUS Sides With Death Row Inmate in DNA-Testing Case

Constitutional Law Reporter

Goertz , 598 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that death row inmate Rodney Reed did not wait too long to seek DNA testing of the evidence in his case. 1983 procedural due process claim begins to run at the end of the state-court litigation. Supreme Court’s Decision The Supreme Court reversed by a vote of 6-3.

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SCOTUS Issues First Opinion of the Term

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court issued its first opinion of the 2022-2023 Term. S. _ (2023), a unanimous Court held that the effective date of an award of service-related disability compensation to a veteran of the United States military determined pursuant to 38 U.S.C. §§ 5110(a)(1) and 5110(b)(1) is not subject to equitable tolling.

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SCOTUS Upholds Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Alabama Redistricting Case

Constitutional Law Reporter

Milligan , 599 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that challengers showed a reasonable likelihood of success on their claim that an Alabama Congressional redistricting plan likely violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Alabama’s congressional map has remained remarkably similar since that litigation. In Allen v.

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SCOTUS Rules Quiet Title Act’s Time Bar Is Claim-Processing Rule

Constitutional Law Reporter

United States , 598 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Quiet Title Act’s statute of limitations is a claim-processing rule rather than a bright-line rule that constrains a court’s jurisdiction. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote on behalf of the Court. In Wilkins v. Fort Bend County v. Davis , 587 U.S.

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Supreme Court Rules States Can’t Challenge Federal Immigration Policy

Constitutional Law Reporter

Texas , 599 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to challenge a Biden Administration immigration enforcement policy. The majority also emphasized that there are good reasons why federal courts have not traditionally entertained such lawsuits. “The In United States v.