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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in cases involving Renewable Fuel Standards Program and noncitizen re-entry

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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC v Renewable Fuels Association , a case regarding exemptions for small refineries from the Renewable Fuel Standards Program, and United States v Palomar-Santiago , which involves immigration law and noncitizen re-entry.

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A second look at a death-row prisoner’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court granted review on a case raising the question whether Andy Warhol paintings made using a copyrighted photograph were so “transformative” as to be a non-infringing “fair use.” Case in point: Texas v.

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Arbery Trial Judge Delivers Massive Blow to the Defense on the Eve of Closing Statements

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The court ruled that Georgia’s prior citizen’s arrest law is only applicable if a person sees a felony committed and acts without delay. The ruling could be “outcome determinative” in the case by stripping away the core defense that these men were chasing a person suspected of a series of crimes over the last year.

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Supreme Court Justices Weigh Constitutionality of Disarming Domestic Abusers

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The Supreme Court appears poised to uphold a federal law which bans domestic abusers from owning guns In one of the most high-profile cases of this year. Last month on November 7, Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments in United States v. The respondent, Zachey Rahimi, was represented by federal public defender Matthew Wright.

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Texas city council member argues retaliatory arrest

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Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of a 76-year-old Texas woman , Sylvia Gonzalez, who was arrested on charges that she had violated a state law that prohibits tampering with government records. Gonzalez filed a federal civil rights claim in Sept. In 2019, in Nieves v. Senior U.S. A divided U.S.

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Georgia judge drops several charges pending against Trump in election interference case

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On Wednesday, Judge Scott McAfee of the Fulton County Superior Court ruled that six of the charges should be dropped for a “lack of detail concerning an essential legal element,” an oversight the judge described as “fatal.” Kimbrough, 300 Ga.

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Court won’t hear Trump immunity dispute now

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Share The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request from Special Counsel Jack Smith to decide, without waiting for a federal appeals court to weigh in, whether former President Donald Trump can be tried on criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election. 20, Trump lawyer D. 6 attacks on the U.S.

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