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SCOTUS Tackles Key Constitutional Issues as It Kicks Off November Session

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court resumed oral arguments on October 30, as it begins its November session. The cases before the justices this session involve significant issues of constitutional law including due process, free speech, and gun rights. Below is a brief summary of the cases before the Court: Culley v. 8,850 and Barker v.

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US Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Eviction Ban

Constitutional Law Reporter

In Alabama Association of Realtors v. Supreme Court struck down the federal government’s ban on evictions, which was scheduled to last until October 3, 2021. If a federally imposed eviction moratorium is to continue, Congress must specifically authorize it,” the Court wrote. However, the court stayed its order pending appeal.

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The court is poised to set jurisprudence on race for generations — and not just in affirmative action

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Share Last term at the Supreme Court teemed with culture-war issues: guns , religion , climate change , COVID vaccines , and of course abortion. In 1978 , 2003 , and 2016 , the court affirmed that universities may consider applicants’ race as part of an effort to foster diversity on campus. 9, another remedial statute is at risk.

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Federal Judge Suggests Abortion May Be Protected Under 13th Amendment’s Ban on Involuntary Servitude

JonathanTurley

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in the District Court for the District of Columbia has caused a bit of a stir after a hearing in a criminal case where she called for briefing on the alternative grounds for the right to an abortion. The theory runs against the text, history, and case law of the Thirteenth Amendment. Alabama , 219 U.S.

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Trump’s Liability Or Opportunity? Two Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump Over Capitol Riot

JonathanTurley

In my view, the lawsuit contravenes free speech as well as controlling case law from the Supreme Court. COUNT FOUR (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. COUNT FIVE (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. That claim runs directly counter to the controlling case law. Code § 22-1322 – Incitement to Riot).

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Our Crisis of Faith on Constitution Day

JonathanTurley

For example, in terminating policies like Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, the Supreme Court ruled that Biden acted in violation of the federal law. During the Trump Administration, Democrats denounced the failure by Trump to satisfy the same statute. In its 5-4 decision in Alabama Association of Realtors v.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. The Supreme Court reversed an intermediate appellate court’s decision affirming a superior court determination that the defendant could not present a necessity defense.

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