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The art of justice: Re-examining landmark Supreme Court cases through expressionist paintings

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Share Tired of reading jargon-filled law review articles with hundreds of footnotes? The perfect antidote is Painting Constitutional Law: Xavier Cortada’s Images of Constitutional Rights , edited by Professors M.C. Cortada’s painting reminds us that Gideon’s petition started a constitutional debate that is still ongoing.

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SCOTUS Adopts Narrow Interpretation of Computer Fraud Act

Constitutional Law Reporter

Former Georgia police sergeant Nathan Van Buren used his patrol-car computer to access a law enforcement database to retrieve information about a particular license plate number in exchange for money. The post SCOTUS Adopts Narrow Interpretation of Computer Fraud Act appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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US Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Eviction Ban

Constitutional Law Reporter

Realtor associations and rental property managers in Alabama and Georgia sued to enjoin the CDC’s moratorium. Nonetheless, the court concluded that its hands were tied by the law of the case, in light of the D.C. It strains credulity to believe that this statute grants the CDC the sweeping authority that it asserts.”.

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Cherry-picked history and ideology-driven outcomes: Bruen’s originalist distortions

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Saul Cornell is the Paul and Diane Guenther chair in American history at Fordham University and adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School. It is particularly noteworthy that Justice Stephen Breyer called out his colleagues for engaging in the most rank form of law-office history in his dissent.

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Justices will clarify how death-row prisoners can contest a state’s method of execution

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In the past 20 years, the court has announced substantive constitutional law, pleading requirements, and timeliness rules that make it harder to win such arguments. 1983 , the iconic civil rights statute permitting plaintiffs (including prisoners) to sue state officers for infringing constitutional rights.

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Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Journalist Contesting Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law

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We have been discussing the state laws requiring contractors and employees to swear that they do not support the the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (“BDS”) movement against Israel. I have long maintained that the law is unconstitutional as a limitation of free speech and associational rights. 50-5-85(b). O.C.G.A. §

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Divided Supreme Court Limits Review of Factual Issues in Immigration Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

1255 , which would have made Patel and his wife lawful permanent residents. Patel argued before an Immigration Judge that he had mistakenly checked the “citizen” box on the state application and thus lacked the subjective intent necessary to violate the federal statute. The Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed Patel’s appeal.