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DOJ Backs DC AG's Bid To Revive Amazon Antitrust Suit

Law 360

Department of Justice threw its weight behind the District of Columbia on Wednesday as the D.C. Superior Court decision tossing antitrust claims over Amazon rules that allegedly prohibit merchants and suppliers from selling for cheaper prices elsewhere. attorney general seeks reconsideration on a D.C.

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High Court Decision Called ‘Alarming Reversal’ in  Youth Justice

The Crime Report

Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia have banned life in prison without parole for children under state law. Under the Jones decision, states will still maintain the ability to set their own sentencing standards and now bear the job of deciding how those standards will look.

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2023 is the Year of New Consumer Rights

Diane Drain

The Preamble We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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Guantanamo detainee loses bid to dismiss charges and disqualify judge over conflicts of interest

JURIST

In 2019, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that “a military judge’s application for an immigration judge position created an appearance of bias requiring recusal.” He had applied to other positions while still in his role overseeing the commission as well.

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DC Circuit rules Dish Network must defend itself against whistleblower lawsuit

JURIST

US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Tuesday ordered that Dish Network Corp. The court found that a lower court decision to dismiss the case against Dish was wrong. Dish) must defend itself in a whistleblower False Claims Act lawsuit. The suit against Dish was brought by Vermont National Telephone Co.

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Restoring the Founders’ right to bear arms

SCOTUSBlog

By the time Bruen was decided, with few exceptions, the lower courts had essentially limited the Second Amendment to protecting the possession of handguns in the home — the narrowest possible reading of District of Columbia v. Heller , which struck down prohibitions on handguns and functional firearms in the home.

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United States Supreme Court Affirms Denial of Voting Rights For D.C.

JonathanTurley

The United States Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (and the later denial of a motion for consideration ) in rejecting the much touted lawsuit to give residents a vote in Congress. Absent retrocession, there remains only statehood.

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