JURIST
AUGUST 3, 2023
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction that enjoined the enforcement of a Guam law requiring in-person consultations before obtaining an abortion. The case is an appeal from the US District Court for the District of Guam. Circuit Judge Kenneth K.
JURIST
MARCH 26, 2023
A federal court in Guam Friday denied a request to reinstate a total abortion ban on the island of Guam. The Attorney General of Guam Douglas Moylan filed the motion to reinstate the ban. ” Here, the court ruled that the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Public Law No.
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SCOTUSBlog
MAY 13, 2022
Bidwell , which excluded Puerto Rico from Article I tax law, refers to “an uncivilized race” and the danger of “incorporat[ing] an alien and hostile people into the United States.”. They deserve no place in our law.”. Fitisemanu writes that courts look to English common law to interpret terms not defined in the Constitution.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
APRIL 18, 2023
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down a decision in California Restaurant Association v. The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. O n Monday, April 17, 2023, the U.S. City of Berkeley.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Under a series of cases the Supreme Court decided over 100 ago, known as the Insular Cases, people born in unincorporated U.S. People born in the other territories — Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. territories, such as American Samoa, are not entitled to all constitutional protections, including U.S.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 1, 2021
As we await important and likely divided decisions on issues like abortion, Chief Justice John Roberts and his colleagues seem to be sending a message that the Court is not so rigidly ideological as Democratic members and activists suggest. Palomar-Santiago , an immigration decision that ruled for the government and against an immigrant.
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 9, 2021
Becerra and Thomas More Law Center v. Becerra , which the court consolidated for one hour of argument, the justices will hear a pair of challenges to a policy of the California attorney general’s office that requires charities to disclose the names and addresses of their major donors. In Americans for Prosperity Foundation v.
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