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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. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit disagreed, determining that Holloway’s DUI was “serious” enough to consider him an “unvirtuous citizen.” Issue : Whether the discretion granted to district courts in 28 U.S.C.

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Police Suggest Possible Charges for Those Who Filmed Rape on Train

JonathanTurley

The recent rape of a woman on a train in Pennsylvania has shocked and disgusted the nation, particularly after passengers did nothing to help the woman as she was allegedly attacked by Fiston Ngoy, 35. For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. In torts, there is no duty to rescue rule.

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Can More Jury Trials Save the Justice System?

The Crime Report

King in a paper published in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. percent of federal criminal cases in 1962, but just over 2 percent in 2015, effectively turning trials into what former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy called “a system of pleas, not a system of trials.” justice system.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the Eastern District of California held that more analysis of the impacts climate change would have on a water transfer program for the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta was required under NEPA. In a letter to the court on March 2, the parties asked the court to defer further briefing on the U.S.-based

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