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Why the ‘Machinery of Death’ Keeps Running

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The state of Oklahoma put James Coddington to death on Aug. It marks the beginning of a busy period at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary’s execution chamber. Photo courtesy Oklahoma Dept. Today, fewer jurisdictions are using the death penalty, but some – like Oklahoma – seem to be doubling down. James Coddingon.

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Divided court rejects Texas’ bid to control gambling in tribal casinos

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The answer the court gave was a stern rebuke, vitiating the plenary control that lower-court decisions had granted the state for more than a quarter of a century. The most controversial provisions of that statute, addressed in Ysleta , are the provisions that govern the tribes’ subjection to Texas gambling regulations.

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The long conference’s relists

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Several of them are sequels to earlier high court decisions. First Amendment The current court is very solicitous of First Amendment rights. Justin Sneed murdered Barry Van Treese, owner of an Oklahoma City motel, in one of the guest rooms. Below we briefly discuss those 14 cases. relisted after the Sept.

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Are Alaska Native corporations Indian tribes? A multimillion-dollar question

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Oklahoma last term, the court confronted the complex past of Oklahoma’s Native nations, Chehalis turns on the unique legal history of Alaskan Natives. Immediately at stake in the answer is billions of dollars in federal CARES Act funding. First, some background. Just as, in McGirt v.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Oklahoma Federal Court Allowed Landowner to Proceed with NEPA Challenge of Osage Nation Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the Northern District of Oklahoma denied non-federal defendants’ motion to dismiss a landowner’s lawsuit claiming that the U.S. Optimus Steel, LLC v. Army Corps of Engineers , No.

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Blockbuster watch: Affirmative action, same-sex weddings, and other big relists

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The court has an unusual number of relists this week, including an unusual number of cases that would be blockbusters if the court decides to take them. Oklahoma cases as a single case — that I have to be extremely summary. The court faced but did not decide the issue of whether to overrule Smith in last term’s Fulton v.

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Returning regulation to the states, and predictable harms to health

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Additionally, travel distance is a known barrier to care that jeopardizes health, which the court recognized in 2016 in Whole Woman’s Health v. People from states with restrictive regimes, like Oklahoma , already are traveling to states that protect access. Hellerstedt.

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