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Oklahoma House approves bill banning abortions except in medical emergencies

JURIST

The Oklahoma House of Representatives voted Tuesday to enact a law that makes it a felony to perform or attempt to perform an abortion, except to save the life of the pregnant woman in a medical emergency. Since the Supreme Court refused to enjoin the Texas law in December 2021 in Whole Women’s Health v.

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The morning read for Thursday, September 21

SCOTUSBlog

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Supreme Court can let West Point keep affirmative action (Noah Feldman, Washington Post) I teach constitutional law.

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Comstocking Sexting: Oklahoma Bill Seeks to Criminalize Sending Lewd Images Outside of Marriage

JonathanTurley

It appears that Anthony Comstock is having something of a revival in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Senate Bill 1976 would also make posing or exhibiting such images. Supreme Court ruled against a provision of federal law that banned computer simulations and virtual pornography under the first amendment. In a 2002 ruling, the U.S.

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Arizona dispatch: student delegates to Model Constitutional Convention pass proposed amendments on equal rights, tribal sovereignty, gerrymandering and eminent domain limits

JURIST

JP Leskovich is a rising 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and JURIST’s News Managing Editor. This is the third in a series of dispatches he’s filed as an embedded reporter for JURIST at the Model Constitutional Convention sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Design at ASU Law.

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SCOTUS Limits Foreign Reach of Trademark Law

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that the trademark infringement provisions of the Lanham Act do not apply extraterritorially, but rather extend only to claims where the infringing use in commerce is domestic. The District Court also entered a permanent injunction preventing Abitron from using Hetronic’s marks anywhere in the world.

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Court blocks pathway for federal prisoners to raise legal innocence claims

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Share On Thursday, the Supreme Court held that a federal prisoner cannot raise a claim of legal innocence if he has already challenged his conviction – even if that claim was unavailable at the time he filed his challenge. The court’s decision in Jones v. Nearly two decades later, the Supreme Court decided in Rehaif v.

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The morning read for Friday, Sept. 10

SCOTUSBlog

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. God Has No Place in Supreme Court Opinions (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times). God Has No Place in Supreme Court Opinions (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times). His Response?