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SCOTUS hears oral arguments in bankruptcy amendment, Washington workers’ compensation law cases

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After the Amendment took effect on January 1, 2018, Circuit City, a US chain of electronics retail stores, refused to pay the increased fees and brought suit in the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, claiming that the 2017 Amendment, which creates nonuniform bankruptcy laws, was unconstitutional. United States v.

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In habeas case, the liberal justices try to untangle a complex statute

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Hendrix , a case that exemplifies the Gordian knot that is the federal habeas corpus statute. Under Section 2255(h), a prisoner can bring a second or successive petition based only on facts that clearly demonstrate actual innocence or a new rule of constitutional law that the Supreme Court has made retroactive.

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Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Personal Jurisdiction Laws

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring corporations operating within their borders to consent to personal jurisdiction when they register to do business in those states. According to the Court, such laws do not offend the Constitution’s Due Process Clause. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. ,

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A minor impact on gun laws but a potentially momentous shift in constitutional method

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Barnett is the Patrick Hotung professor of constitutional law at the Georgetown University Law Center and the faculty director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. Bruen can be analyzed at the level of policy or at the level of constitutional method. New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.

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Supreme Court Hears Challenge to EPA’s Good Neighbor Rule

Constitutional Law Reporter

Ohio, Indiana, and West Virginia filed suit, arguing that EPA’s rulemaking process circumvented the Clean Air Act’s cooperative-federalism mandate by forcing its own top-down control over state-level air-pollution reduction, and moved to stay the federal plan pending judicial review. Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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Pornhub Wins Free Speech Challenge to New Verification and Warning Laws

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District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled that a Texas law requiring age-verification and warning labels about the alleged dangers of porn contravenes the First Amendment. The lawsuit challenged the Texas law, which was set to go into effect Sept. I do view this law as containing unconstitutional elements.

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SCOTUS Rules Website Designer Can Refuse Same-Sex Customers

Constitutional Law Reporter

The law defines “public accommodation” broadly to include almost every public-facing business in the State. Either state officials or private citizens may bring actions to enforce the law, and a variety of penalties can follow any violation. 640 (2000), West Virginia Bd. Dale , 530 U.S. Barnette , 319 U.S. 557 (1995).

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