JURIST
OCTOBER 25, 2023
The Georgia Supreme Court upheld the state’s six-week abortion ban on Tuesday, voiding certain provisions of the Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act. The LIFE Act established certain limitations and provisions surrounding access to abortion within the state of Georgia.
JURIST
APRIL 25, 2022
.” Kennedy brought the case to the district court claiming the school district violated his First Amendment right of free speech. The district court ruled in favor of the that the school district. Kennedy appealed the district court decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the decision.
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SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 20, 2022
Some older Supreme Court decisions support that theory of consent. Some courts read [Supreme Court precedent] as effectively foreclosing [this consent-by-registration theory of jurisdiction], while others insist it remains viable.”. In Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. By contrast, the petition in Mallory v.
JonathanTurley
MAY 25, 2021
This week, a court in Georgia became the latest to declare such laws unconstitutional. The case was brought by journalist Abby Martin who was denied a contract as a keynote speaker at Georgia Southern University due to her support of the BDS movement. In a 2-1 panel decision, the court also found that the was overly broad.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JULY 6, 2017
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a West Virginia federal district court had erred in concluding that it had jurisdiction to consider the coal company Murray Energy Corporation’s and its affiliates’ lawsuit that sought to compel EPA to conduct evaluations of the Clean Air Act’s employment effects.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 19, 2021
The court rejected a petition for review filed by Frederick Whatley , who was convicted of murder in connection with an armed robbery in Georgia. There is no deadline for the acting solicitor general to file her brief. Whatley argued that U.S.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 31, 2020
In an article for Woodward Academy, a private school in Georgia that O’Brien attended, he reflected on his early days as a Supreme Court reporter: There was no internet in those days, nor even cable television. And I had their ear, explaining Supreme Court decisions on a regular basis over many years. EEOC that it does.
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