The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Besides Minnesota, the area includes Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas. In effect, this means that nearly 60 million Americans live in states where the courts offer absolute immunity to federal officers who violate someone’s constitutional rights.
JURIST
JANUARY 31, 2024
The US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals declined Tuesday to rehear with the full Eighth Circuit panel of judges a prior appeals court decision curtailing private organizations’ ability to sue under section two of the Voting Rights Act for alleged racial gerrymandering in redistricting decisions.
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HowAppealing
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Mariana Alfaro of The Washington Post reports that “ Appeals court decision could limit enforcement of Voting Rights Act.” ” Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal reports that “ Appeals Court Curbs Voting Lawsuits Claiming Discrimination; If it stands, the 2-1 decision would mark a sea change in the law.”
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 20, 2020
The court distinguished this case from other cases in which consideration of emissions was required, indicating that in those cases “the significance of emissions was often beyond doubt.” Court Denied Injunction in Challenge to Highway Project in Arkansas. Attorney General of Ontario (Ontario Superior Court of Justice).
The Crime Report
JUNE 27, 2022
Some of these states had inactive preexisting laws banning abortion that have returned to effect in the wake of Roe, while others intentional passed “trigger laws” with language enacting their provisions the moment a court decision overturning Roe or an amendment or legislation codifying a state’s right to restrict abortion went into effect.
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