JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

If it had chosen to hear the case, the court could have decided whether it is inherent within the Constitution that criminal defendants are entitled to a trial by a jury of 12 or more members of the community. This deviation from the standard 12-person jury was permitted by the 1970 US Supreme Court ruling in Williams v.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The court further concluded that the amendment also violated Article XXIII, § 2 because it should have been submitted to voters through a constitutional convention. On appeal, the South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed. We are still governed by the rule of law.”

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Jones regularly repeated false information about the Sandy Hook shooting and refused to follow court rules. He failed to produce records that would have shown if InfoWars profited from Sandy Hook coverage. That resulted in a finding of liability that disqualified him from making an argument on freedom of speech grounds.

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Law 360

JANUARY 23, 2023

s Pratt & Whitney division and several of its aerospace subcontractors can continue, a Connecticut federal court ruled, rejecting the companies' bid to toss out allegations that they worked together to restrict hiring and suppress salaries. A proposed antitrust class action against Raytheon Technologies Corp.'s

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday in Dobbs v. ” He called on the court to reconsider decisions in Griswold v. Connecticut , which protects the right to contraception, Lawrence v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Texas , the right to same-sex intimacy, and Obergefell v. Hodges , the right to same-sex marriage.

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JURIST

MAY 23, 2021

However, in 2017 a federal appeals court ruled that the FCC did not have the authority to do so because intrastate calls are not within the FCC’s jurisdiction. A bill that would allow incarcerated individuals to make free phone calls is pending in the Connecticut state legislature.

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Ramblings of a Connecticut Paralegal

APRIL 29, 2021

It is extremely important you review the rules relevant to your state, or frequently familiarize yourself with Federal rules if you handle those types of matters. Personally, even when I "know" the rules, I find it helpful to review periodically. Again, this may be different in different courts throughout the country.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 1, 2021

The question before the Supreme Court was what effect, if any, the unaccepted pardon had. The court ruled that a pardon becomes effective only if it is accepted. The court also compared immunity, granted by Congress, and a pardon, explaining that the differences are “substantial.” And in Connecticut Board of Pardons v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 14, 2022

New York, Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey filed suit, arguing that the new law violated the Constitution — specifically, Article I, Section 8 , and the 10th and 16th Amendments — because it interfered with states’ sovereign taxing authority by unduly coercing them to change their sovereign tax policies and by denying them equal sovereignty.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 30, 2022

On the other hand, 16 states protect access to abortion through various methods, such as state constitutional amendments and laws that protect the right to privacy, state supreme court decisions interpreting equal protection to include reproductive care, and statutes that protect access to reproductive care.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Kevin Kelly and his girlfriend Regina Jones went to a Halloween party at the Rustic Café in Old Lyme, Connecticut in 2018. Tangle over Trump In an election year, there is arguably no case that more captures our time than Kelly v. They were dressed as Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

The Supreme Court, the groups stress, has never applied that doctrine to a rule that is no longer in effect and would not impose any real costs even if it were revived. Connecticut , the Supreme Court ruled that Section 7411 gives the EPA the power to decide how to regulate carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Arizona he asks the Supreme Court to overrule a 1970 precedent holding that states can use juries as small as six jurors to try defendants for felonies. Currently, six states provide for criminal juries of six or eight jurors: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Utah.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 19, 2021

Richard Ashby Wilson, associate law school dean at the University of Connecticut, said “Trump crossed the Rubicon and incited a mob to attack the U.S. These civil lawsuits actually raise claims like the infliction of emotional distress that were directly and unequivocally rejected by the Supreme Court.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Connecticut Federal Court Granted State’s Motion to Remand Unfair Trade Practices Lawsuit Against Exxon. Connecticut v. District Court Stayed Briefing of Motion to Remand in Annapolis’s Climate Case. May 24, 2021). Exxon Mobil Corp. , 3:20-cv-01555 (D. June 2, 2021).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a West Virginia federal district court had erred in concluding that it had jurisdiction to consider the coal company Murray Energy Corporation’s and its affiliates’ lawsuit that sought to compel EPA to conduct evaluations of the Clean Air Act’s employment effects. S241948 (Cal.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Federal Court Denied Oakland and San Francisco Motions to Return Climate Change Nuisance Cases to State Court; Found Federal Common Law of Nuisance Could Apply, Despite AEP v. Connecticut ; Requested “Tutorial” on Climate Change. Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp. appeal Feb.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The appellate court also found that even if the trial court erred, the error was harmless because the State proved both acts beyond a reasonable doubt. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review. Connecticut filed a motion for remand to state court (December 2).

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Kevin Kelly and his girlfriend Regina Jones went to a Halloween party at the Rustic Café in Old Lyme, Connecticut into 2018. ” __ Another case in the court is a cautionary tale about those creating their own haunted houses. That is the allegation of Waterbury, Connecticut police who say that Jason A.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. Two New Citizen Suits Asserted Failure to Prepare Fuel Terminals for Climate Change.

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