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“Court rulings wipe out gun laws in wake of Supreme Court decision; Lower court judges express confusion, uncertainty as they interpret June decision”

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Court rulings wipe out gun laws in wake of Supreme Court decision; Lower court judges express confusion, uncertainty as they interpret June decision”: Michael Macagnone of Roll Call has this report.

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Oregon Supreme Court rules criminal convictions from nonunanimous juries can be voided

JURIST

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Friday that all state criminal convictions which resulted from nonunanimous jury verdicts are invalid. The ruling comes after a 2020 US Supreme Court decision that held non-unanimous jury verdicts violate the US Constitution’s Sixth Amendment.

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Iowa high court rules abortion is not a fundamental right under state constitution

JURIST

The decision overturns a 2018 ruling which held there is a fundamental right to abortion in Iowa. Planned Parenthood sued to challenge a 2020 law which requires a 24 hour waiting period before an abortion. After a lower court ruled the law was unconstitutional, Iowa appealed to the state supreme court.

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Supreme Court rules against North Carolina Republicans over election law theory

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Share In a major election-law decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that although the Constitution gives state legislatures the power to regulate federal elections, state courts can supervise the legislature’s exercise of that power. history of state courts invalidating laws that violate state constitutions.

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Trump appeals Colorado Supreme Court decision to remove him from primary ballot

JURIST

Former President Donald Trump filed an appeal Wednesday asking the US Supreme Court to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring him from the state’s ballot. The original decision will now be on hold until the US Supreme Court rules on the appeal.

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Israel dispatch: PM Netanyahu dismisses cabinet ally Aryeh Deri after mass protests and Supreme Court ruling

JURIST

Sharon Basch is an Israeli American who spent the last two years living in Israel before starting her JD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Aryeh Deri from his cabinet Sunday morning, complying with a recent Supreme Court decision demanding he do so.

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Virginia highest court rules city can remove two Confederate statues

JURIST

The Supreme Court of Virginia Thursday ruled that the city of Charlottesville can remove two Confederate statues, including one of General Robert E. The court rejected the plaintiffs’ argument that the removal of the statues would violate a 1997 state law prohibiting localities from removing Confederate war memorials.