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Federal judge sentences Florida man for conspiring to firebomb Planned Parenthood clinic

JURIST

According to the DOJ’s statement, Batten conspired with Chance Brannon and Tibet Ergul, both from California, to construct a Molotov cocktail which was later detonated in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa, California. The events leading to Batten’s sentence transpired in February and March of 2022.

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Four cases on the February calendar, including one that’s the answer to a trivia question

At the Lectern

Fresno Unified School District : When the court granted review in March 2021 , it limited the issue to: “Is a lease-leaseback arrangement in which construction is financed through bond proceeds rather than by or through the builder a ‘contract’ within the meaning of Government Code section 53511?” (See here and here.) In re F.M. :

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Supreme Court takes three cases and depublishes three opinions; dissenting votes in four review denials

At the Lectern

83 — and where the Attorney General has knowledge of, or is in actual or constructive possession of, such evidence — what duty, if any, does the Attorney General have to acknowledge or disclose that evidence to the petitioner? Division Six concluded an erroneous felony-murder instruction was harmless.

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Court expands government’s ability to deport noncitizens for offenses related to obstruction of justice

SCOTUSBlog

Share Federal immigration law requires the deportation of noncitizens who are convicted of an aggravated felony, which includes offenses “relating to obstruction of justice.” Pugin pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to a felony, while Cordero-Garcia was convicted of dissuading a witness from reporting a crime.

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Truth, Lies and Plea Bargaining

The Crime Report

For example, a collection of evidence about a single felony offense will be broken down into separate misdemeanor offenses labeled as separate “acts.” Even though a judge, prosecutor and defendant agree it was only one criminal act, the multiple misdemeanors would be honored to lessen the penalty, yet still get a semblance of justice.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The federal district court for the Southern District of California rejected challenges to waivers of environmental laws granted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for certain types of border wall construction projects in San Diego County.

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Victimization vs. Criminalization: The Trump Predicament 

The Crime Report

While Trump will in all likelihood be the GOP presidential candidate for 2024, I believe that the fraudster’s very effective culturally constructed persecution schtick and its political narrative of victimhood has already commenced to wane as his co-conspirators have begun to plead guilty.

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