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Recent Court Decisions Add to Uncertainty for Businesses

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A constitutional ruling by an Alabama judicial body has the rest of the country wondering about its potentially widespread implications. We’re not talking about the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created through IVF are children , but another recent decision. Sound familiar? Earlier this month , the U.S.

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Virginia highest court rules city can remove two Confederate statues

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The Supreme Court of Virginia Thursday ruled that the city of Charlottesville can remove two Confederate statues, including one of General Robert E. The court rejected the plaintiffs’ argument that the removal of the statues would violate a 1997 state law prohibiting localities from removing Confederate war memorials.

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India high court rules ban on online card game unconstitutional

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The Kerala High Court ruled Monday that the Kerala Government’s notification banning online rummy played for stakes is unconstitutional. Relying upon the Supreme Court decisions K. Moreover, the court held that the same reasoning applies to online rummy. .” Satyanarayana and K.R. However, Justice T.R.

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Federal appeals court rules Nevada COVID-19 cap on church gatherings is unconstitutional

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that Nevada’s 50-person cap on religious gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic is unconstitutional because it places harsher attendance limits on religious gatherings than on casinos and other secular businesses. Thanks for your support! DONATE NOW.

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US Supreme Court rules Boston may not refuse religious flags in public forum

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The US Supreme Court Monday unanimously ruled in Shurtleff v. The Court first determined that the flagpole is a public forum and not a channel for government speech. ” Next, the Court examined whether city officials’ refusal to grant Shurtleff’s request “amounted to impermissible viewpoint discrimination.

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US Supreme Court declines to take up cash bail constitutionality case

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The US Supreme Court declined Monday to take up the question of whether states can impose schedule-based cash bail on an indigent defendant before allowing their pre-trial release from jail. The lower court ruled in favor of Hester, enjoining the county from imposing cash bail amounts on defendants who could not afford them.

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High Court Decision Called ‘Alarming Reversal’ in  Youth Justice

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Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in Jones v. Mississippi ruled judges do not need to make a factual finding of “permanent incorrigibility” when deciding to sentence a juvenile offender to life in prison without the possibility of parole. But the majority of the court unraveled this holding. In Miller v.