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Supreme Court Allows Controversial Texas Abortion Law to Take Effect

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court recently declined to block enforcement of a Texas law that prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The Texas law at issue, S.B. The plaintiffs also sued Mark Lee Dickson, an individual who they allege has threatened to file private enforcement actions against them utilizing SB 8’s cause of action.

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Arbitration at Center of Last Week’s SCOTUS Oral Arguments

Constitutional Law Reporter

USERRA’s cause of action against state employers may be pursued only in state courts, which a Texas court found to be unconstitutional because Congress lacks the power to authorize lawsuits against nonconsenting states pursuant to its War Powers. Please check back for updates.

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Former Rep. Hill Files Lawsuit Against Former Husband And Media Over Public Disclosures

JonathanTurley

However, this is about the media and a public officials. If that were true, pictures in scandals like the Julian Epstein case could be withheld by the accused individuals. Johnson, 491 U. 397, 414 (1989). Indeed, “the point of all speech protection. is to shield just those choices of content that in someone’s eyes are misguided, or even hurtful.”

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