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“‘Hot Pursuit’ Doesn’t Always Justify Entry, Supreme Court Rules; The mere flight of a person suspected of a minor crime, without more, does not allow police officers to enter homes without warrants, the court said”

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“‘Hot Pursuit’ Doesn’t Always Justify Entry, Supreme Court Rules; The mere flight of a person suspected of a minor crime, without more, does not allow police officers to enter homes without warrants, the court said”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

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California Launches Nation’s First-Ever Anti-Gun-Violence Office

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The new office will support operations to seize firearms from dangerous people on the state’s database, the Armed and Prohibited Persons System. People with felony or violent misdemeanor convictions, restraining orders, or serious mental illness are all included on the list.

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Petitions of the week: Three Second Amendment petitions and a Wiretap Act claim against Facebook

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Raymond Holloway cannot possess firearms because of a misdemeanor conviction for driving under the influence. Lisa Folajtar is barred because of a felony conviction for willfully making a materially false statement on her tax returns. In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. Holloway v. Servotronics Inc.

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Supreme Court Justices Weigh Constitutionality of Disarming Domestic Abusers

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The 2022 SCOTUS case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. In Bruen , the Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that New York State’s Sullivan Act, passed in 1911—which required anyone applying for a pistol concealed carry license to show “proper cause”—was unconstitutional.

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A Reform DA Fights Back

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The troubles of more well-known figures like George Gascón in Los Angeles, Chesa Boudin in San Francisco, or Alvin Bragg in New York have made headlines. Becton’s office filed felony charges against Andrew Hall, a white Danville police officer and sheriff’s deputy, for the on-duty killing of Laudemer Arboleda. Photo by Davey D.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the Eastern District of California held that more analysis of the impacts climate change would have on a water transfer program for the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta was required under NEPA. Based Fossil Fuel Companies Filed Motions to Dismiss New York City’s Climate Change Lawsuit. The three U.S.-based

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