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SCOTUS Sides With Deaf Student in ADA Suit

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that a deaf student seeking compensatory damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for the denial of a free and appropriate education may proceed without exhausting the administrative processes of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) because the remedy sought is not one IDEA provides.

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Abortion Rights Took Center Stage During Busy Week for Supreme Court

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the term’s most closely-watched cases. However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. Board of Education, in which the Court overruled precedent and established new constitutional law.

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Abortion Rights Took Center Stage During Busy Week for Supreme Court

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the term’s most closely-watched cases. However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. Board of Education, in which the Court overruled precedent and established new constitutional law.

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Stern Rebuke: Auburn University Hit With Punitive Damages in Free Speech Case

JonathanTurley

In its earlier summary judgment ruling , the court began with a discussion of the highly analogous case of Pickering v. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of public high school teacher Marvin Pickering, who wrote a letter to the local newspaper criticizing a school board’s allocation of funding for athletic programs.

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

Free speech has always held a precarious position in Australia which does not have an equivalent to the First Amendment in guaranteeing free speech as a constitutional right. Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech. punitive damages.

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SCOTUS Rules Students Have Standing to Bring Free Speech Suit

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that two students had standing to sue their college for violating their free speech rights, even though their suit sought only nominal damages. Supreme Court’s Decision. By a vote of 8-1, the Supreme Court reversed. In Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski , 592 U.S. _ (2021), the U.S.

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The Curious Fraud Case Against Trump Just Got ‘Curiouser’

JonathanTurley

That eagerness could prove the court’s undoing, however. However, James wants dissolution and crippling damages, and that could trigger a higher-court review. Supreme Court decided a case, BMW of North America v. Gore , striking down a punitive damage award. In 1996, the U.S.