JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Federal judge Kristine Baker of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas issued Tuesday a temporary restraining order that halted four Arkansas anti-abortion regulations from taking effect. On December 15, the appeals court declined to reconsider its decision. Thanks for your support! DONATE NOW.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The first trial challenging a state ban on gender-affirming care for children and teens starts this week in Arkansas. Starting Monday, a U.S.

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Monday that Missouri is not barred from enforcing a state law that criminalizes misleading advertisements of vegan food products as containing meat. ” The plaintiffs failed to show irreparable harm.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 17, 2021

“North Dakota judge invites Supreme Court to reverse his ruling, cites ‘master race’ concerns; Judge Ralph Erickson, a federal appeals judge based in Fargo, said he was forced by precedent to find an Arkansas law banning abortions of unborn children with Down syndrome unconstitutional; He wants the Supreme Court to overturn the 1992 (..)

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A southwest Arkansas sheriff has been ordered by a federal judge to give up all his law enforcement duties and stay away from the sheriff’s office following his indictment and arrest on charges of obstruction of justice and concealing a crime, the Associated Press reports.

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JURIST

MARCH 29, 2021

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Goldman Sachs Group v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System. This securities class action relies on the “fraud-on-the-market” theory, which was validated in the 1988 Supreme Court decision, Basic Inc.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2021

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassaid to consider a California agricultural union organizing law. ” Under California law, agricultural businesses must allow labor organizations onto their property up to three times a day over a 30-day period, up to 120 days per year.

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JURIST

MARCH 25, 2024

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors into law on Monday. The law bans social media accounts for children under the age of 14 and requires parental permission for accounts for children between the ages of 14 and 15. This is government overreach.”

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JURIST

JANUARY 2, 2023

US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Saturday released his Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary and highlighted the vital link between the safety of judges and the rule of law. Roberts’ comments follow a year of controversial decisions by US courts and an increase of threats against members of the judiciary.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

District Court Judge Jason Marks found that SB 99 would most likely have the “opposite effect” when it comes to protecting minors and that the “purported purpose…is disingenuous.” We’ll continue to fight this law until all transgender Montanans have the health care they need.”

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of an Arkansas law banning gender-affirming healthcare.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 4, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place a federal appeals court ruling that bars the city of Tulsa from enforcing municipal ordinances against Native Americans. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit on hold to give the city time to appeal. But two years later, the Supreme Court ruled in McGirt v.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 6, 2022

.” Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law reports that “ Pryor Confirmed to Seventh Circuit as Schumer Tees Up More Votes.” ” And Max Brantley of Arkansas Times reports that “ Boozman, Cotton oppose historic confirmation of Arkansas native to circuit court judgeship.”

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The state attorneys generals of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina alleged in a federal Missouri court that Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan is unauthorized and poses economic harm to working class individuals. Both lawsuits ask the court to immediately halt implementation of the plan.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The US Supreme Court Monday heard the case of Delaware v. The court is asked to interpret “money order” as used in 12 USC §§ 2501-03 and Disposition of Abandoned Money Orders and Travelers Checks Act of 1974. The case, consolidated with Arkansas v. The case, consolidated with Arkansas v.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Share 2022 was a turbulent year for the Supreme Court. In May, a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito was leaked to the press , revealing that a majority of the court was poised to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion. Less than two months later, a divided court made that decision official, in Dobbs v.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Colorado courts have a dedicated page for "Efiling for Non-Attorneys" at: [link] There are links to forms and video/written tutorials listed. We share what we found below.

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Above The Law

MARCH 22, 2023

* Can we all take a second and register how wildly corrupt it is that the Supreme Court just gives millions of dollars to Michael Chertoff? Bloomberg ] * Arkansas has now yanked child labor protections and introduced anti-trans bathroom laws if you want to know how things are going down there. appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 3, 2023

Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. who oversees the federal judiciary in addition to leading the nation’s highest court, released the federal judiciary’s year end report for 2022 on Friday. . Despite the Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. The law was very clear that the schools had to be integrated.” .

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Notably, Gomez through his Complaint, is requesting declaration from the court that SB8 is unconstitutional. SB8 has resulted in severe legal controversy, with the Supreme Court denying an emergency request to block the ban earlier this month—a decision in which four justices dissented.

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Mondaq

JUNE 7, 2022

The Court of Appeals of Arkansas, applying Arkansas law, has affirmed a trial court's decision that an insurer had no duty to defend where the insured received a demand letter constituting a claim.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Rutledge involves an Arkansas statute of that sort, which has three salient provisions. Tracking the Supreme Court’s standard framework for ERISA pre-emption cases, Sotomayor separately considers whether the Arkansas statute has an “impermissible connection” with ERISA plans and whether it “refers to” ERISA.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 13, 2022

The law, scheduled to take effect in the summer if it is not blocked, only makes an exception if the life of the woman is in danger and has no exception for rape or incest.

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The Crime Report

MAY 17, 2021

are listening to advocates’ calls to consider resentencing laws in an attempt to decrease mass incarceration and address the over-imprisonment of people of color. Under the law, people who committed crimes when they were under 25-years-old can petition courts to reduce their sentences after serving 15 years.

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JURIST

JULY 23, 2023

Additionally, the law includes provisions that limit a trans adult’s access to care. The injunction, issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, blocked SB 254’s provisions relating to gender-affirming care for minors. The amended complaint builds on a previous injunction issued in June.

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MARCH 11, 2024

The other is the continuing lack of public access to the law. We can never fully resolve the access to justice crisis unless we also resolve the lack of free and open access to the law. For many with legal problems, simply knowing the law and their rights is the first step toward achieving a resolution.

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JURIST

JUNE 20, 2023

A federal court in Arkansas struck down an Arkansas law on Tuesday that banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth, finding the ban was unconstitutional. The law, Act 626 , banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth and punished doctors that referred patients to such care.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 25, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of two controversial abortion laws – and, more broadly, to clarify how lower courts analyzing abortion restrictions should apply last year’s fractured decision in June Medical Services v. These two new petitions join Dobbs v.

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JURIST

AUGUST 26, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Thursday that Arkansas may not prohibit doctors from providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth in the state. ” A federal judge granted plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction last year, and Arkansas appealed. .'”

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APRIL 11, 2024

“Arkansas Trans-Care Ban for Minors Reaches Full Eighth Circuit; State says lower court imposed own policy preferences; Plaintiffs say factual record shows treatments help kids”: Christopher Brown of Bloomberg Law has this report. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit via this link.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

that develop into adult trauma and often lead to trouble with the law, writes andré douglas pond cummings in an excerpt posted online from his forthcoming book, “ Fight the Power: Hip Hop Law & Policy.”. andré douglas pond cummings is the interim dean and professor of law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Arkansas Thursday filed a petition with the US Supreme Court challenging an Arkansas law requiring state contractors to sign a pledges stating they will not boycott Israel.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Federal law bars housing discrimination against a person with a disability. A federal district court in Iowa agreed that IADU had violated the FHA and ordered IADU to begin accepting her housing vouchers.

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JURIST

JULY 1, 2022

The US Supreme Court on Thursday vacated three orders issued by lower courts in Arizona, Indiana, and Arkansas that had invalidated state-level abortion on the grounds of Roe v. This follows the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe last Friday. This law was challenged in Brnovich v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 16, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, another case involving state abortion restrictions, as well as a constitutional challenge to limits placed on the repayment of “personal loans” made by political candidates to their own election campaigns. Planned Parenthood of the St.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 23, 2021

In 1998, the Supreme Court held that high-speed police chases resulting in death, due to “deliberate or reckless indifference to life,” do not violate substantive due process rights unless the officer intended to cause harm unrelated to the legitimate object of arrest. While the U.S. Next, in Frasier v.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 22, 2022

“Arkansas Times loses challenge of state’s Israel boycott law”: Max Brantley of Arkansas Times has this report on an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

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