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Court holds disparate fees in business bankruptcy cases unconstitutional

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Fitzgerald , unanimously agreeing on Monday that a statute that imposes higher fees on bankruptcy filers in 48 states than in the other two states is so far from “uniform” that it transgresses the Constitution’s requirement that Congress provide “uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States.”.

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The last grants of October Term 2022?

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Rahimi , which involves a petition for review by the federal government, strikes me as a particularly likely candidate for review. The federal government now asks the justices to weigh in on the case, arguing that the domestic violence ban is constitutional. Legal Services Alabama, Inc. , That last case, United States v.

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Separation of powers and mental health evidence in capital sentencing

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The court’s grant suggests the court may be poised to narrow the scope of standing for members of Congress to sue to enforce statutes. Somewhat surprisingly, the court took both the case the government recommended, Jackson v. The court also denied review to the state of Alabama in Hamm v. Smith , on its claim that the U.S.