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Nevada Supreme Court upholds state ban on ghost guns, reversing lower-court decision

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The Nevada Supreme Court upheld a 2021 state ban on ghost guns Thursday, overturning a lower-court decision that declared the law unconstitutional for being vague. Stiglich authored the opinion of the court. That year, a US District Court also upheld the law, ruling that it did not violate the Second Amendment.

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Supreme Court takes Clean Water Act case

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On the same day that closing arguments began in the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump, who is accused of falsifying business records to hide “hush money” payments made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels, the Supreme Court declined to take up the case of Daniels’ former attorney, Michael Avenatti.

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A search for coherence in the interplay between AEDPA and Brecht

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Under AEPDA, habeas relief is only available to a prisoner whose claims were adjudicated on the merits in state court if the prisoner can show that the last reasoned state court decision was contrary to or involved an unreasonable application of Supreme Court precedent. Many of the justices seemed to agree. California.

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Justices will revisit whether certain noncitizens in lengthy detention are entitled to bond hearings

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The INA permits detention beyond the 90-day removal period for certain inadmissible noncitizens or those “determined by the Attorney General to be a risk to the community or unlikely to comply with the order of removal.” The Supreme Court previously held that the post-removal statute contains an implicit time limit.

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First Amendment questions and California arbitration battles

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Hill , the Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed a district court ruling that struck down two state statutes — one requiring sex offenders to obtain specialized identification cards (with the words “SEX OFFENDER” in all caps) and the other prohibiting alteration of such identification documents. In Viking River Cruises, Inc.

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Patent Law at the Supreme Court February 2022

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Qualcomm , a case focusing on appellate standing following an IPR final written decision favoring the patentee. The statute indicates that any party to an IPR final-written-decision has a right to appeal. Rather, an appellant must show concrete injury caused by the PTAB decision and redressability of that injury.

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Arthrex on Remand: Commissioner of Patents Drew Hirshfeld and the Problem of Shadow Acting Officials

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Hirshfeld has the legal power to fulfill the expanded job as required by the Supreme Court’s decision. Guest post by Nina Mendelson , Following one Supreme Court decision posing dangers for the integrity of all sorts of agency adjudication, the ongoing litigation in Arthrex v. 1) The litigation background.

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