SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Share On Tuesday, the court heard argument in Jones v. Hendrix , a case that exemplifies the Gordian knot that is the federal habeas corpus statute. Two decades into his prison term, the Supreme Court decided in Rehaif v. 922(g) and sentenced to more than 27 years’ incarceration. In 1948, Congress passed 28 U.S.C.

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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 specific issue before the Court in Dubin v. After a district court upheld the convictions, Dubin appealed. Issues Before the Supreme Court. Facts of the Case.

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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. In the Supreme Court’s habeas corpus jurisprudence, the answer is never simple. In 2019, the court ruled in Rehaif v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JUNE 29, 2021

Supreme Court held that an individual “exceeds authorized access” when he accesses a computer with authorization but then obtains information located in particular areas of the computer—such as files, folders, or databases— that are off-limits to him. A jury convicted Van Buren, and the District Court sentenced him to 18 months in prison.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 7, 2023

Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit handed down a major ruling in favor of the Second Amendment rights of ex-felons. At issue was the federal “felon-in-possession” law—18 U.S.C. § The federal law makes it “unlawful for any person. 922(g)(1), which bars ex-felons from possession of firearms.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The statement could effectively knock out the misdemeanor gun possession count — the one count that could still be in play for the jury after the prosecution’s case on the more serious offense appeared to collapse in court. It is also hard to instruct a jury on an ambiguous statute. I have a legal education.”

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

There is a major ruling this week in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit where a three-judge panel ruled unanimously in United States v. 922(g)(8), a specific statute that does so, is constitutional under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.”

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