JURIST

MAY 16, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear an appeal from the state of Alabama regarding a death row inmate’s request for an alternative execution method. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a dissent to the court’s denial, claiming that the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit was wrong.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2023

Gentry in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama with the assistance of the Alabama ACLU, Civil Rights Corps and the Southern Poverty Law Center. The lower court ruled in favor of Hester, enjoining the county from imposing cash bail amounts on defendants who could not afford them.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Alabama to implement a redistricting plan that is being challenged as illegal racial gerrymandering. A lower court ruled last month that the state’s new congressional map likely violates the Voting Rights Act, and it ordered the state to draw a new map.

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JURIST

APRIL 8, 2024

. “Many people have asked me what my position is on abortion and abortion rights, especially since I was proudly the person responsible for the ending of something that all legal scholars — both sides wanted and, in fact, demanded, be ended. Wade, a landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion across the US.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Jones v. Jones argued that under two of the court’s recent decisions, 2012’s Miller v. Jones argued that under two of the court’s recent decisions, 2012’s Miller v. Alabama and 2016’s Montgomery v. … For most, the answer is yes.

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L4SB

MARCH 12, 2024

The first of what we anticipate to be many court rulings on the CTA and FinCEN's enforcement ability, this case only enjoins FinCEN from enforcing as against the plaintiffs in this case.

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Intelligize Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

A constitutional ruling by an Alabama judicial body has the rest of the country wondering about its potentially widespread implications. We’re not talking about the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created through IVF are children , but another recent decision. Sound familiar? One such case in the U.S.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

at a time when AI continues to hallucinate like a romantic poet on a laudanum bender some company actually thought "let's use this to see if applicants are lying!" [ Law.com ] * As expected , Alabama fertility providers are shutting off access to hopeful families after court ruling. [

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JURIST

JULY 2, 2023

” This question is a narrowing of the original scope of the ruling proposed by Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow in her petition for a grant of certiorari. ” The court has yet to decide on whether it will hear a similar case, Davis v. Legal Services Alabama, Inc.

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The Crime Report

MAY 4, 2022

Even as Americans anticipate a Supreme Court ruling striking down Roe v. In Alabama, in 2019, a woman was charged with manslaughter after she was shot in the stomach during a fight while she was pregnant. We can expect things to get worse if the Court rules as t he leak this week suggested it will. If the U.S.

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The Crime Report

MAY 24, 2022

This month, the Washington State Supreme Court took a bold step toward protecting children in the legal system. With a few tweaks to existing court rules, the justices created a new requirement that children faced with criminal charges be identified in court documents by their initials and birthday rather than full name. [1].

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

At least 75 of the lethal injection executed were terribly botched —most notably in Oklahoma and Alabama. . This past August it took Alabama prison officials, from start to finish, three gruesome, painful hours to execute Joe Nathan James. . This past June the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 15, 2023

When the GSA declined to turn over some of the requested documents, the members went to federal court. He agreed with the government that the members lacked standing – that is, a legal right to bring the case. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed. District Judge Amit Mehta dismissed the case.

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The Crime Report

MAY 18, 2021

The decision follows multiple previous precedents set by the Court over the past decade that sharply limited courts’ ability to sentence a juvenile offender to life in prison without parole, the lawyers wrote. The court is fooling no one,”” Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in her dissent. In Miller v.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Reasonableness of a Fee When Are Legal Fees Earned? The ‘Reasonable Test’ Remains Universal Resources About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. They provide the client with some certainty about the cost of legal services and lawyers with more financial stability and consistency in taking on client matters.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents , the Supreme Court ruled that a private individual could sue an FBI agent for violating his Fourth Amendment rights, even when there was not a specific law authorizing a claim for damages. The district court ruled that Boule’s claims would impermissibly extend Bivens , but the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 22, 2021

In an opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch , the justices unanimously ruled that the National Collegiate Athletic Association cannot prohibit its member schools from providing athletes with certain forms of education-related benefits, such as paid post-graduate internships, scholarships for graduate school, or free laptops or musical instruments.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 17, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Over 40 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Baker v. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. The officers sought review by the full 11th Circuit, which disagreed with the panel. Ferguson v.

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Parasec

APRIL 4, 2024

We have a team with over 63 years of combined corporate governance experience, and we retain legal counsel that we can engage with quickly if necessary. Federal: Federal Court Rules CTA Unconstitutional On March 1, 2024, a federal court in Alabama ruled in National Small Business United (NSBU) v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 29, 2023

Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit that the lack of venue was found. In 1978, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Burks v. As I predicted in my preview , several justices tested the legal character of venue by asking whether it could be decided by a judge and not presented to the jury at all.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 27, 2021

While most Administrations tend to minimize such test cases to avoid creating bad precedent, the Biden Administration has litigated with an utter abandon — elevating political over legal considerations in litigation. In the prior decision, the Court ruled 5-4 decision in Alabama Association of Realtors v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 7, 2022

Gore , the 2000 case that halted the recount in Florida in the presidential election, then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote a concurring opinion (joined by Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas) in which he explained that, in his view, the state court’s recount conflicted with the deadlines set by the state legislature for the election.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 26, 2023

The case had been on hold for nearly a year, waiting for the court to issue its ruling in Allen v. Milligan , an Alabama voting-rights case involving similar issues. The issue came to the court in a dispute arising from environmental contamination from a wood-treatment plant operated by Kerr-McGee in Avoca, Pennsylvania.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

For example, in terminating policies like Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, the Supreme Court ruled that Biden acted in violation of the federal law. In its 5-4 decision in Alabama Association of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Services , the Supreme Court kept the CDC moratorium in place.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 9, 2021

Below is my column in the Hill on the extension of the eviction moratorium — a move that his White House Counsel and most legal experts told him was unconstitutional. In its 5-4 decision in Alabama Association of Realtors v. Some of us criticized the CDC order as unconstitutional.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

Eric Swalwell against former President Donald Trump as a serious miscalculation that could result in a legal vindication for Trump either on the trial or appellate levels. In my view, the lawsuit contravenes free speech as well as controlling case law from the Supreme Court. Mike Lee instead of Alabama Sen. In Brandenburg v.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The bills are the latest examples of “gotcha legislation,” though the Florida bill could raise some interesting legal questions if Gov. Both proposals face serious legal challenges and likely could not survive as codified soundbites. Nevertheless, some legal experts are applauding Newsom for his cleverness and chutzpah.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 21, 2021

Sullivan, sued for defamation and won under Alabama law. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. The cost of the changing view of journalism may not only be in the loss of core trust but of core legal protections. seven times.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It is not exactly the context that counsel would want when seeking to hold CNN liable for defamatory comments in a difficult legal action. In a 5-4 decision, Chief Justice Warren wrote a concurrence that extended the ruling in New York Times v. The Court ruled in favor of Butts, and The Saturday Evening Post was ordered to pay $3.06

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Legal experts on CNN and MSNBC seemed to appear like crisis counselors after the acquittal to assure viewers that all was well because Trump can be clearly prosecuted and convicted. For weeks, the airwaves have been packed with legal experts assuring hosts that Trump clearly committed not just impeachable but criminal incitement.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Boynton’s victory inspired civil rights activists, known as the Freedom Riders, to travel on interstate buses in the South to test the Supreme Court’s ruling. Days was a member of the Yale Law faculty for more than three decades and led the Supreme Court and appellate practice at Morrison & Foerster from 1997 to 2011.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Sullivan, sued for defamation and won under Alabama law. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. However, there are many such controversies with a mixed of legal, political, and technical elements. seven times.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

One California-based firm, Gibson Dunn, did offer O’Connor a job – as a legal secretary. For the next five years, O’Connor juggled caring for her children with a hodgepodge of legal jobs, ranging from grading bar exams to bankruptcy appointments.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Last May, in an ongoing legal challenge to Becton’s authority first filed in 2020, five white female prosecutors — Mary Knox, Alison Chandler, Mary Blumberg, Rachel Piersig and Jill Henderson — filed a federal lawsuit against Contra Costa County and its DA’s office. She was this little tiny girl, but she had this sense of courage about her.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

But that hasn’t stopped some from promoting his methods and even deploying 911 call analysis in court to win convictions. In 2016, Missouri prosecutor Leah Askey wrote Harpster an effusive email, bluntly detailing how she skirted legal rules to exploit his methods against unwitting defendants. “Of

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. Landmark Legal Foundation filed a motion for leave to file an amicus brief in support of the preliminary injunction motion. FEATURED CASE. Biden , No. 3:21-cv-00065 (S.D.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The court ruled against her and found that the park’s duty was only to “make conditions as safe as they appear to be” and that Munoz “ was aware of the risk she encountered, and expected to be surprised, startled, and scared.” She blamed the kid as “old enough to … follow the rules.”

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