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A #MeToo Crisis for Incarcerated Girls

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Examining the “severity and normality of state violence,” Thusi, an Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor, argues that such invasive searches violate the Fourth, Thirteenth, and Eighth Amendment rights of incarcerated girls. India Thusi in a Northwestern University Law Review article. It was humiliating,’” she said.

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Colorado Judge Rejects 14th Amendment Disqualification Effort to Bar Trump from Ballot

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Attorney General who announced his intention to pursue such charges. The Supreme Court nevertheless overturned his conviction. We need to put this insidious legal theory to rest with the finality and clarity of a Supreme Court decision. While Judge Wallace reached the right result, I have major qualms with her analysis.

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Trump’s steel tariffs, UNC affirmative action, and Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

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Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed, ruling that the 50% tariff was part of an ongoing plan of action that Trump had properly initiated earlier. The case is Does v. These and other petitions of the week are below: Wright v.

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April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The complaint alleged failure to consider climate change effects on the forest and protected species, but the court’s decisions did not address those issues. Maryland Appellate Court Allowed Redaction of Attorney General’s Application to Participate in Special Assistant AG Program. Frosh , No.

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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

Searches for 911 call analysis in national court dockets come up virtually empty too. Dozens of other defense attorneys had similar reactions. He said he helps defense attorneys and prosecutors alike and “the research is designed to find the truth wherever it goes.”. But Gibbons told someone. It’s my life’s work,” he told me.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Federal Court Stayed Remand Order in Minnesota’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Industry, Denied Attorney Fees. The federal district court for the District of Minnesota stayed its order remanding Minnesota’s climate change lawsuit against the fossil fuel industry. City of Hoboken v. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 2:20-cv-14243 (D.N.J.