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Chemerinsky: 2022 contained a week that dramatically changed constitutional law

ABA Journal

There are pivotal years in constitutional law: 1787, when the Constitution was ratified; 1791, when the Bill of Rights was adopted; 1868, when the Fourteenth…

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Russian-installed Donetsk leader issues civilian restrictions under martial law

JURIST

756 of October 19, 2022. The order, signed by Putin, in 2022 instituted martial law in Russian-annexed regions of Ukraine, including Donetsk. The order allowed for a “maximum response level” under Russian Federal Constitutional Law No.1-FCZ. Article 7 of the law governs how martial law is instituted.

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Kansas judge blocks state abortion laws including restrictions on medication

JURIST

Providers requested a temporary injunction, arguing that the abortion restrictions violated state constitutional law and free speech. Defendants in this case say that the restriction constitutes a safeguard to inform women of the risks of abortion. ” Following the US Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v.

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Supreme Court on Patent Law for October 2022

Patently O

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. by Dennis Crouch.

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Roe overturned: What you need to know about the Supreme Court abortion decision

LLRX

Jackson Women’s Health Organization – handed down on June 24, 2022 – has far-reaching consequences. McClain , health law and constitutional law experts at Boston University, explain what just happened, and what happens next. The ruling in Dobbs v. Nicole Huberfeld and Linda C.

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

JURIST

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

JURIST

359 , a 2018 law restricting abortion at about six weeks, once an abdominal ultrasound can detect fetal cardiac activity. ” Gogerty also ruled that there has not been “a change in the law that would warrant dissolving the permanent injunction” under controlling Iowa law. In Dobbs v.

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