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Court refuses Florida’s request to reinstate anti-drag law

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Share A divided Supreme Court on Thursday denied Florida’s request to allow it to temporarily enforce a law that makes it a misdemeanor to allow children at drag performances. The brief unsigned order means that the state cannot apply the law anywhere in the state while a Florida restaurant’s challenge to the law continues.

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Court schedules February argument session

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Share A pair of challenges to controversial social media laws in Texas and Florida and a dispute over whether to freeze the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to reduce ozone levels across the United States headline the Supreme Court’s February 2024 argument calendar , which was released on Friday morning. Nealy (Feb.

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Florida asks court to lift CDC restrictions on cruise industry

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Share Less than a month after the Supreme Court refused to disturb a federal moratorium on evictions imposed by the Centers for Disease Control because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of Florida on Friday asked the justices to block the COVID-related restrictions that the CDC has outlined for cruise ships to follow before returning to sea.

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The court’s latest dive into state sovereign immunity pits military veterans against state agencies

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Texas Department of Public Safety , to be argued on Tuesday, the Supreme Court will decide whether a private individual can sue his state-agency employer for violating the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. The Texas supreme court declined to hear the case. Share In Torres v.

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How long do prisoners have to seek DNA evidence?

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The court has granted review in eight cases, six of them relisted, on four different order lists. Of course, the court also denied cert for a couple relists. 21 conference. That’s all for this week.

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Medicaid, Medicare and House representation for the District of Columbia

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Florida’s Medicaid agency paid for the bulk of her treatment. After filing a civil suit against the truck driver and others, her parents recovered $800,000 in a court-approved settlement. The Medicaid agency then sought $300,000 of this amount to cover Gallardo’s past medical expenses. In Gallardo v. In Castañon v.

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Revenge of the rescheduled cases: Congressional proxy voting, the ministerial exception, and more

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. At this Friday’s conference, the Supreme Court will thus begin the process of considering what cases to review next fall during October Term 2022. The district court and U.S.

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