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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. ” David G. .”

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

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A new Office of Gun Violence Prevention in California will reduce gun violence by keeping guns away from “dangerous individuals” and promoting research and data collection, the Washington Post reports. 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. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit disagreed, determining that Holloway’s DUI was “serious” enough to consider him an “unvirtuous citizen.” Yakima County, Washington. Holloway v. Servotronics Inc. Rolls-Royce PLC.

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Police Suggest Possible Charges for Those Who Filmed Rape on Train

JonathanTurley

For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. In 2009, the New York courts ruled that Metro workers were not legally required to assist a woman being raped at a station. In torts, there is no duty to rescue rule. That was the holding in the famous ruling in Yania v.

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Policing Pronouns: How “Misgendering” is Becoming the New Battleground Over Discrimination

JonathanTurley

The courts, including the state supreme court , ruled for Cross, noting that he could keep his job, adhere to his faith and satisfy the policy by avoiding pronouns altogether. Recently, a California court ruled that misgendering patients is protected despite a landmark LGBTQ+ rights bill.

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Fourth Circuit Overturns Conviction Of Retired Air Force Colonel For Using Racial Slur

JonathanTurley

This includes Virginia state court rulings that the statute must be confined to speech that has “a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person to whom, individually, [the language is] addressed.” As the United States Supreme Court ruled in National Ass’n for the Advancement of Colored People v.

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Can More Jury Trials Save the Justice System?

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justice system and reduce mass incarceration, argues a Washington and Lee University law professor. ” Expanding jury trials to include lower offenses would have to be carefully calibrated according with 1989 Supreme Court ruling in Blanton v. Morefield Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law.