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“‘Hot Pursuit’ Doesn’t Always Justify Entry, Supreme Court Rules; The mere flight of a person suspected of a minor crime, without more, does not allow police officers to enter homes without warrants, the court said”

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“‘Hot Pursuit’ Doesn’t Always Justify Entry, Supreme Court Rules; The mere flight of a person suspected of a minor crime, without more, does not allow police officers to enter homes without warrants, the court said”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. ” David G. .”

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US federal judge blocks request to reinstate abortion ban in Guam

JURIST

Under this rule, the movant has the burden of showing that there has been a “significant change in facts or law [that] warrants revision of the decree.” ” Here, the court ruled that the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , which overturned Roe v.

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California Launches Nation’s First-Ever Anti-Gun-Violence Office

The Crime Report

People with felony or violent misdemeanor convictions, restraining orders, or serious mental illness are all included on the list. The new office will support operations to seize firearms from dangerous people on the state’s database, the Armed and Prohibited Persons System.

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No sentencing enhancements for recklessness convictions under federal Armed Career Criminal Act

SCOTUSBlog

United States , the Supreme Court analyzed the Armed Career Criminal Act ’s force clause or elements clause. Under the ACCA, a person who has three violent felony convictions and is then convicted of possessing a firearm faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years. The case came to the court after Charles Borden Jr.

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Petitions of the week: Three Second Amendment petitions and a Wiretap Act claim against Facebook

SCOTUSBlog

Raymond Holloway cannot possess firearms because of a misdemeanor conviction for driving under the influence. Lisa Folajtar is barred because of a felony conviction for willfully making a materially false statement on her tax returns. Issue : Whether the discretion granted to district courts in 28 U.S.C. Holloway v.

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Was Rittenhouse’s Possession of the AR-15 Unlawful?

JonathanTurley

The statement could effectively knock out the misdemeanor gun possession count — the one count that could still be in play for the jury after the prosecution’s case on the more serious offense appeared to collapse in court. The problem with the Wisconsin statute is not a problem of pluralization but definition. .”

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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.” By a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in Pugin v. Such “redundancies are common in statutory drafting,” Kavanaugh wrote.

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