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Supreme Court on Patent Law for October 2022

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It is time to pick-up our consideration of Supreme Court patent cases for the 2022-2023 term. A quick recap: Despite dozens of interesting and important cases, the Supreme Court denied all petitions for writ of certiorari for the 2021-2022 term. Wade was good law before being overturned by the Court last term.

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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments over ban on firearms for people subject to domestic-violence restraining orders

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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in a case challenging a federal law that prohibits individuals subject to a domestic violence court order from owning a gun. The new framework was established by the court in its 2022 decision from New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. The case, US v.

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Iowa court upholds permanent injunction on state abortion ban

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The Iowa District Court for Polk County Monday upheld a permanent injunction on S.F. 359 , a 2018 law restricting abortion at about six weeks, once an abdominal ultrasound can detect fetal cardiac activity. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. In Dobbs v.

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US appeals court throws out Mississippi Jim Crow era felon disenfranchisement law

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The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that an 1890 state constitutional provision permanently preventing people convicted of certain felonies from voting, Section 241, is unconstitutional. This end-justifies-means analysis has no place in constitutional law.”

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US Supreme Court grants certiorari for two cases regarding federal district courts’ jurisdiction

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The US Supreme Court Monday granted both Jones v. Both of these cases were added to the 2022-2023 docket. The Supreme Court previously denied Jones certiorari but granted it after the Eighth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of his habeas petition in August 2021. ” Jones v. Cochran is.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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Share At the end of each year, SCOTUSblog remembers some of the people whose lives and work left an imprint on the Supreme Court. From legendary lawyers to lesser-known activists, journalists, and plaintiffs, the following individuals who died in 2022 all shaped the court and the law in their own ways. 30, 1942 – Oct.

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Brazil dispatch: ‘Brazil today witnessed the most serious attack on State institutions since redemocratization in 1985’

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João Carlos Souto (@soutojc) is Professor of Constitutional Law at the Centro Universitário UDF and the President of the United States-Brazil Comparative Law Institute. The Federal Supreme Court, the most important Court of Justice in the country, has been fundamental to the defense of Democracy in Brazil.