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Louisiana judge reinstates injunction against state’s abortion ban

JURIST

Louisiana Judge Donald Johnson Tuesday granted a petition filed by reproductive health providers against the state’s abortion ban, the latest in a back-and-forth case set in motion after the US Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Johnson granted a temporary restraining order against state laws designed to take effect after Roe v.

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US Supreme Court refuses to move California suit against oil companies to federal court

JURIST

” The public nuisance statute requires the petitioners to prove that parties knowingly marketed and promoted products they knew were dangerous. A coalition of 18 states, including Texas, Louisiana, Alaska and other major fossil fuel producers filed a amici curiae brief in support of the oil companies.

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Disqualified voters challenge Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement provision

JURIST

The plaintiffs allege that this provision violates the Virginia Readmission Act , a law passed in 1870 alongside a series of statutes to readmit representatives from former Confederate states to Congress. The case concerns a provision of the state constitution that automatically disenfranchises a person with any felony conviction.

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How Can We Better Understand Federal Sentencing Through Plea Agreements?

The Crime Report

This statute permits a defendant’s attorney to enter into plea negotiations with the U.S. 3553(a) (imposition of a sentence) requires a federal judge to consider the sentencing factors spelled out in that statute in order to impose a “substantively reasonable sentence.” These negotiations are known as “proffer meetings.”

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Man shot in New Mexico during protest over statue of conquistador

JURIST

A man was shot Thursday in Espanola, New Mexico during a protest over the reinstallation of a statute of the conquistador Juan de Onate , who massacred and enslaved the Acoma Indigenous people in 1599. The removal of controversial statues across the US has been challenged legally with mixed results in Texas , Tennessee and Louisiana.

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Proposing Locations for Southeast Regional Office

Patently O

The statute requires that it be located in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, or Arkansas. The USPTO is now seeking comments on where the office should be located — and the methodology it should use in selecting a location. [ Fed Reg ].

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Why the Dobbs decision won’t imperil pregnancy-related medical care

SCOTUSBlog

The statute at issue in Dobbs did not deal with a prohibition on medical care in such circumstances. The statute also specifically provides an exception where the physician believes a medical emergency exists. The statute also contains an exception for abortions “necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency.”.

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