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Capital defendant whose lawyer conceded guilt despite his objection seeks relief from Supreme Court

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, a capital defendant’s request for habeas relief on the ground that his lawyer conceded guilt over his objection, as in 2018’s McCoy v. After McCoy , Tyler unsuccessfully sought relief in Louisiana state courts. In Tyler v.

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Justices take up cases on veterans’ education benefits and 16th Amendment

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Share The Supreme Court on Monday added two new cases to its docket for the 2023-24 term, involving educational benefits for veterans and a rare appearance by the 16th Amendment. A Washington state couple, Charles and Kathleen Moore, went to federal court to challenge the tax. In Moore v. In the second case, Rudisill v.

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Biden’s ‘Orwellian Ministry of Truth’: Court Finds a ‘Massive Attack’ on Free Speech in Government Censorship Efforts

JonathanTurley

Others are only focusing on the injunctive relief rather than the court’s finding that these states are substantially likely to prevail on the merits in showing that the government use social media companies as surrogates for censorship. criticized me for offering “legal opinions” without working at Twitter.

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Biden: “I Don’t Want to Emulate Trump’s Abuse of the Constitution” Despite Losing a Series of Court Fights

JonathanTurley

.” It was an ironic statement from a president who has racked up an impressive array of losses in the courts which have found that he has repeatedly disregarded constitutional limits. There was no push back from Kimmel on a statement that is dramatically at odds with the President’s actual record in the courts.

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Biden’s Bad Run: Is The Biden Administration Doing Worse Than The Trump Administration In The Courts?

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Hill on the growing number of losses by the Biden Administration in courts around the country, including a particularly embarrassing loss before the United States Supreme Court. Yet, many previously outspoken legal experts have either blamed conservative judges or simply ignored the losses all together.

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The Vaccine Mandate: The Supreme Court Considers a Trip To “Major-Questions-Land”

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Hill on the vaccine mandate cases before the Supreme Court. Businesses and groups are still waiting to see if the Supreme Court will issue an injunction in the OSHA case. If the Biden administration loses on the OSHA case, it would constitute a major political and legal blow.

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What to Expect in a Post-Roe World

JonathanTurley

That world is already taking shape with states crafting their laws reflecting the values of their citizens from Colorado passing a law protecting the right to abortion up to the moment of birth to Louisiana banning all abortions except in limited circumstances. Here is the column: In their historic ruling in Dobbs v.

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