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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

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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. The CDC has imposed a nationwide moratorium on evictions in reliance on a decades-old statute that authorizes it to implement measures like fumigation and pest extermination,” the Court wrote. “It

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

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But the Texas statute, and the rationales set forth in English and Duke , are outliers.” Graphic courtesy of Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Saul Cornell, “History and Tradition or Fantasy and Fiction: Which Version of the Past Will the Supreme Court Choose in NYSRPA v. June, 2022).

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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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I have long maintained that the law is unconstitutional as a limitation of free speech and associational rights. This week, a court in Georgia became the latest to declare such laws unconstitutional. The opposition to these laws is not driven by the merits of the BDS movement or its opposition. O.C.G.A. § ” O.C.G.A.

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Divided Supreme Court Limits Review of Factual Issues in Immigration Cases

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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.