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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

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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.”. Animal Legal Defense Fund. Animal Legal Defense Fund , 21-760. New Relists.

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Private rights of action, overtime pay, and the constitutionality of a billboard tax

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To begin with the unhappy news (at least for petitioners), the court denied review without comment in one-time relist Kelly v. Animal Legal Defense Fund , involving the constitutionality of a Kansas statute criminalizing trespass by deception at animal facilities with intent to damage the enterprise.

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We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don’t have to

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Three physicians and the Catholic Association Foundation write that advances in science have “painted an intimate portrait of the fetus and its humanity” and therefore the court’s viability framework is outdated. Against stare decisis. State abortion restrictions, they say, should be subject only to rational-basis review.