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Alabama governor signs bill aimed at protecting IVF following state supreme court ruling that embryos are children

JURIST

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill into law Wednesday night shielding in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers from legal liability, moments after it was passed by the legislature. The legislative effort to protect IVF providers from litigation followed criticism resulting from the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling.

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Judge panel tosses out Alabama congressional map again

JURIST

A US District Court Northern District of Alabama three judge panel Tuesday tossed out the Alabama legislature’s proposed congressional map, holding that the current map is still racially gerrymandered and likely violates Section Two of the Voting Rights Act. The case, Allen v.

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They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.

The Crime Report

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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In 5-4 vote, justices reinstate Alabama voting map despite lower court’s ruling that it dilutes Black votes

SCOTUSBlog

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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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

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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Project Veritas Wins Victory Against New York Times In Defamation Action

JonathanTurley

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. These are extremely rare rulings and, in my view, the use the defense in this case was a mistake. seven times.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

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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