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US appeals court partially revives lawsuit claiming viewpoint discrimination against anti-abortion protesters

JURIST

To successfully plead this cause of action, a plaintiff must demonstrate that (1) they were similarly situated in material respects to other individuals against whom the law was not enforced and (2) the selective enforcement infringed on a constitutional right.

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Supreme Court Rules Federal Agencies Can Be Sued Under Fair Credit Reporting Act

Constitutional Law Reporter

1681n and 1681oauthorize suits for damages against “any person” who violates the FCRA, and §1681a expressly defines “person” to include “any” government agency. The second is when a statute creates a cause of action and explicitly authorizes suit against a government on that claim. government. government.

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Supreme Court Clarifies When Public Officials Can Be held Liable for Social Media Activity

Constitutional Law Reporter

The justices unanimously held that speech by a government official about job-related topics on social media is attributable to the state only if the official had actual power to speak on the state’s behalf and purported to exercise that authority when he spoke on social media. . _ (2024), the U.S.

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SCOTUS Poised to Decide Fate of Chevron Doctrine

Constitutional Law Reporter

Natural Resources Defense Council , or at least clarify that statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted elsewhere in the statute does not constitute an ambiguity requiring deference to the agency.” Texas : The Fifth Amendment government taking case involves when property owners can sue for compensation.

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A Critique On The Territorial Jurisdiction Of Courts In India

LexForti

The sheer origin of Jurisdiction can be claimed to draw its essence from Public International Law, Constitutional law, the conflict of laws and the powers stipulated in the legislative and executive branches of the government to allocate resources in order to adequately serve the needs of the society.

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Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Personal Jurisdiction Laws

Constitutional Law Reporter

Mallory also cited that Pennsylvania requires out-of-state companies that register to do business in the Commonwealth to agree to appear in its courts on “any cause of action” against them. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court sided with Norfolk Southern, holding that the Pennsylvania law violated Due Process.

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Supreme Court to consider multi-pronged constitutional attack on SEC

SCOTUSBlog

To leave the decision unreviewed would force Congress to revise substantially the affected portions of the securities laws solely based on the opinion of one divided lower court panel – hence, the Supreme Court’s buffet of constitutional law topics on Wednesday morning.