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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. Trump also appealed the Maine decision.

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Federal court rejects challenge to Michigan’s State Bar membership mandate

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected Thursday a challenge to the mandatory membership requirements imposed by the State Bar of Michigan. Lucille Taylor, a lawyer from Michigan, challenged the state bar membership mandate on the grounds that it violates her freedom of association.

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US Supreme Court asked to hear case on removal of Trump from Colorado primary ballot

JURIST

.” Former Colorado Republican state senator and lead plaintiff Norma Anderson reacted after the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling, stating, “I was surprised and delighted. I’m very happy with the ruling. I felt they read the Constitution. I sat and watched January 6 all day long, and I cried.”

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Supreme Court Clarifies When Public Officials Can Be held Liable for Social Media Activity

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court ruled that public officials may be held liable for their social media activity in certain circumstances. In 2014, Freed updated his Facebook page to reflect his position as city manager of Port Huron, Michigan. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. In Lindke v. Freed , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S.

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The rise of certiorari before judgment

SCOTUSBlog

Thus, starting in 1988 (when, as part of broader reforms to the court’s docket, Congress eliminated the ability to directly appeal to the Supreme Court district court decisions striking down state or federal statutes), the practice became all but moribund.

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Colorado Judge Rejects 14th Amendment Disqualification Effort to Bar Trump from Ballot

JonathanTurley

While I am a critic of Trump’s speech and actions on that day, I still believe that the the court is completely wrong on the First Amendment. ” The decision comes just days after another defeat in Michigan for advocates of this theory. In Brandenburg v. I hope that she does. Here is the opinion: Anderson v.

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They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.

The Crime Report

He once hosted a former student from Florida at his lakeside vacation house in Michigan, where he claimed on his Facebook page that they “solved a murder.” A police chief in Michigan said Harpster’s class paid off immediately after a man called 911 and said he had just found his mother and sister dead. “He He did it!!”.