Constitutional Law Reporter
JUNE 1, 2023
According to the Court majority, when a prisoner pursues state post-conviction DNA testing through the state-provided litigation process, the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C. 1983 procedural due process claim begins to run at the end of the state-court litigation. Reed then sued in federal court under 42 U.S.C.
Constitutional Law Reporter
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The justices recently granted certiorari in two cases challenging state laws that restrict social media companies’ ability to moderate content on their platforms. The key issue before the Court is whether the Texas and Florida laws violate the First Amendment. Meanwhile, the Texas law, H.B. The court held that S.B.
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Constitutional Law Reporter
MARCH 10, 2022
Texas : The case involves gaming activities on Native American land in Texas. Texas , 36 F.3d 1994) (“Ysleta I”) granted Texas regulatory jurisdiction over non-prohibited gaming activities on the Tribes’ lands. Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. 3d 1325 (5th Cir. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians , 480 U.S.
Constitutional Law Reporter
MAY 3, 2022
Supreme Court held that Texas can’t execute a man death row unless it allows his pastor to pray and lay hands on him while he is executed. A Texas jury sentenced John Ramirez to death after he brutally murdered Pablo Castro in 2004. In Ramirez v. Collier , 595 U. S. _ (2022), the U.S. Facts of the Case.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 27, 2022
Bruen invokes the authority of history but presents a version of the past that is little more than an ideological fantasy, much of it invented by gun-rights advocates and their libertarian allies in the legal academy with the express purpose of bolstering litigation such as Bruen. June, 2022).
Constitutional Law Reporter
JANUARY 10, 2022
Jackson that abortion providers may bring a pre-enforcement challenge in federal court as one means to test whether Texas’ s strict abortion law violates the U.S. Constitution, albeit only against certain state medical licensing officials. The justices also ruled that the law (S.B. 8 violates the Constitution.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Brian Frazelle of the Constitutional Accountability Center, which filed a brief on behalf of constitutional law professors , said that the challengers are seeking a “dramatic expansion” of the law that would call many other kinds of laws into question.
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