Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

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. Unlike other abortion laws, S.B. A divided Supreme Court rejected the request for injunctive relief, thereby allowing the Texas abortion law to take effect. Supreme Court.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JANUARY 26, 2023

In the most high-profile case of the week, the Court addressed the scope of the attorney-client privilege when an attorney provides both legal and non-legal advice. The post SCOTUS Kicks Off February Session With Four Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. The Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

OCTOBER 18, 2021

.: Through more than two years of litigation, the Secretary of Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services led the state’s legal defense of its law prohibiting abortions in which an unborn child is dismembered while still alive. Over a dissent, the Sixth Circuit refused to allow the Attorney General to defend Kentucky law.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Supreme Court recently agreed to consider a case that is expected to define the scope of federal identity theft law. The appeals court found that the “plain meaning” of the word “use” is “to employ for the accomplishment of some purpose” or “ ‘to avail oneself of,” (quoting Black’s Law Dictionary 1776 (10th ed. Facts of the Case.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2023

The report found both violations of the US Constitution and US federal law. The report comes as a result of a DOJ investigation into the LMPD and the Metro Government following the death of Breonna Taylor , a Black woman who was killed during a botched no-knock warrant raid. The investigation into the LMPD began in April 2021.

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JURIST

MAY 17, 2022

Williamson, the executive director of the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, stated in a press release : There is a public defense crisis raging across this country… But Oregon is among only a handful of states that is now entirely depriving people of their constitutional right to counsel on a daily basis, leaving countless indigent defendants (..)

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JURIST

AUGUST 22, 2021

In its analysis, the appellate court affirmed the applicability of the Basic Structure Doctrine in the realm of Kenya’s constitutional law. The court expressed that the said doctrine limits the amendment power set out in Articles 255-257 of the Constitution.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The other potential blockbuster of the week, which involves a legal challenge to a Kentucky abortion law, appears likely to be resolved on procedural grounds in favor of the state’s Attorney General. The post SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Four Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Thompson v.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 7, 2023

At issue was the federal “felon-in-possession” law—18 U.S.C. § The federal law makes it “unlawful for any person. When his wife recently bought him a deer-hunting rifle, he learned that he was barred under federal law. See Saul Cornell, A New Paradigm for the Second Amendment , 22 LAW & HIST. 161, 165 (2004).

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Lucky for me, this first visit had one of the legal aid attorneys with me because she had some experience with this kind of stuff, and she prepped me a little on what to expect. That firm had an entire pro bono department where those attorneys only worked on pro bono cases. The result was that I got some great experience.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 28, 2022

Attorney at Work’s “Women in Law” series focuses on successful women lawyers who have carved a path for themselves in the legal industry and beyond. Stetson University College of Law, J.D. It was this experience that first ignited my passion for the law. What was your experience like after graduating from law school?

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

There is an interesting fight brewing in Kentucky between Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Gov. Even under the rational basis test, Cameron’s brief details as much science as law in arguing that there is no basis for closing of schools for young children. Andy Beshear.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Law Clerk – This term is commonly used in Ontario and denotes someone who does a mix of administrative and substantive tasks, but is usually less substantive than that of a paralegal. One website in France calls a Law Clerk a, “Second-in-Command Lawyer.” But, I don’t want to get ahead of myself here.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 29, 2022

We discussed today another free speech controversy at University of Illinois (Urbana Champaign) over the student government seeking to bar former Attorney General Jeff Sessions from campus. Kilborn wrote a Civil Procedure exam based on an employment discrimination hypothetical.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

3 to restrict comments from prosecutors, the defense, law enforcement and other officials. 18, she expanded the scope to include attorneys for the victims and their families from speaking with the media. At the start of the case, Judge Megan Marshall issued the initial gag order Jan. That is fairly common. However, on Jan.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

When meeting with an attorney to determine what she could take to protect herself from Counterman, C.W. She subsequently reported Counterman to law enforcement. The post SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 31, 2021

Jurisdiction is a fundamental aspect of Nigerian procedural law. 1] The concept of jurisdiction in Nigerian conflict of laws (often called “territorial jurisdiction” by many Nigerian judges) is the most confusing aspect of Nigerian conflict of laws. 6] This is wrong.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 20, 2022

The post Arbitration at Center of Last Week’s SCOTUS Oral Arguments appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Decisions in all of the above cases are expected before the Court’s current term ends in June. Please check back for updates.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

And Section 1806(f) establishes special in camera and ex parte procedures to determine the admissibility of such evidence, if the Attorney General attests that a typical adversarial hearing would harm the national security of the United States.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 18, 2022

When I was clerking in Louisiana after graduating law school, there was story of a rather notorious local judge asking counsel in a criminal case if he was ready to present the case of the defendant. That law has been treated as dormant given the 1973 decision in Roe v. Gleicher was appointed by Gov.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 29, 2022

Esther Sanchez-Gomez is the senior litigation attorney with Giffords Law Center. Early in the opinion he tells us that public health research showing the efficacy of a certain law at reducing gun deaths, which could previously be used to defend gun regulations passed to protect public safety, was the government merely “posit[ing].”

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 8, 2021

Exemption 5 incorporates the privileges available to Government agencies in civil litigation, such as the deliberative process privilege, attorney-client privilege, and attorney work-product privilege. The post SCOTUS Rules FOIA Exception Applies to Environmental Opinion appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JANUARY 3, 2022

When Mr. Patel later sought to adjust his status to lawful permanent resident, a divided panel of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denied him relief, holding that he is inadmissible because he “falsely represented” himself as a U.S. citizen for a benefit under state law.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Last year, the court restricted the ability of state prisoners to develop new evidence to support claims that their attorneys failed to investigate leads that could have shown they were factually innocent. Presuming John in a law-abiding citizen, will John nonetheless be late? But the problem is the law, not the car.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 29, 2022

The trial transcript includes Tyler’s statement to the court: “I wanted to put on the record that my attorneys are using the defense that I don’t agree with. … Vannoy , James Tyler maintains that his lawyer also conceded Tyler’s guilt over his objection in his August 1996 trial and sentencing.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MAY 3, 2022

On August 16, 2021, Ramirez’s attorney inquired whether Ramirez’s pastor would be allowed to pray audibly with him during the execution. The post Supreme Court Favors Religious Liberty in Death Row Case appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Generally there is no duty to rescue or to call police under the common law. The law covers violent crimes, sexual assault, and assault of a child. I am unaware of such a law in Pennsylvania, but these laws are rarely enforced. Some states have moved to penalize those who do not call police.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 22, 2021

Even law professors are largely silent on the implications of a finding that the shooting of an unarmed protester is justified. I fail to see the justified basis under controlling legal standards but I may have the bias of a criminal defense attorney. Will the Babbitt standard now apply.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JANUARY 10, 2022

Jackson that abortion providers may bring a pre-enforcement challenge in federal court as one means to test whether Texas’ s strict abortion law violates the U.S. Constitution, albeit only against certain state medical licensing officials. The justices also ruled that the law (S.B. Facts of the Case. 8 suits.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 30, 2021

Kevin Steele, the Montgomery County district attorney who convicted Cosby, issued a statement that was embarrassing in its evasion of responsibility. We still believe that no one is above the law — including those who are rich, famous and powerful.”. It must be done under common law, which is challenging.

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LexForti

JUNE 2, 2021

It would be pertinent to mention the various issues that were contemplated in the present case, which can be elucidated under the following: Whether there is any nexus with respect to the rights that have been guaranteed under Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Indian Constitution?

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SimplyLawJobs

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In this Simply Law article, our partner’s Lawyer Monthly discusses the 9 things you need to know before choosing a law school. The prospect of going to law school is not only one that requires a lot of hard work and money but also some thorough research. Do you really need a law degree? Business Law.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 19, 2021

The arrest appears to have been made under a state hate crime law that has long been criticized by some of us in the free speech community as dangerously vague. ” The law is similar to the type of vague speech codes that we have addressed on campuses but this is an actual criminal provision under state law.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Three University of Florida political science professors have told a federal court that the university barred them from assisting plaintiffs in a challenge to the state’s new voting laws. As state employees, they were told that litigating against a state law would be “adverse to U.F.’s ’s interests.”

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 14, 2022

I have a newfound respect for the efforts of the attorneys, judges, jurors, and goal in living as an, as giving an accused person a opportunity to have a case heard. The court found that under Ohio law disrespect for the Court is not grounds for an enhancement. For that, I am truly sorry.” That’s all anyone can ask.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Bruen, the Court considered the constitutionality of a New York gun law. Based on oral arguments, it appeared that a majority of the Court could be persuaded that the law runs afoul of the Second Amendment. Jackson are just as controversial, as they involve legal challenges to Texas’s restrictive abortion law. 8, but the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The lawsuit was brought by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) attorney on behalf of three students at Clovis Community College. The college ordered the removal of flyers promoting Freedom Week in November 2021, a week in which student groups oppose socialism and support conservative causes.

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