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The Crime Report
AUGUST 25, 2022
Texas’ trigger law has officially gone into effect, making performing an abortion a felony punishable by up to life in prison and a civil penalty of not less than $100,000, plus attorney fees, with only narrow exceptions to save the life of a pregnant patient, reports the Texas Tribune.
JURIST
APRIL 6, 2023
million settlement with families of those injured and killed in the 2017 mass shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas. In 2021 a federal district court ruled that the government was partially responsible for the deaths due to negligence. The US Department of Justice Wednesday reached a $144.5
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The Crime Report
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Since the Supreme Court struck down New York’s longstanding gun law, lower courts have ruled heavily against restricting guns, reports Jacob Gershman in the Wall Street Journal. . The June 23 ruling in N ew York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Circuit Court of Appeals.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 30, 2022
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.
JURIST
JUNE 24, 2023
The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. Justice Kavanaugh writes, quoting Linda R.S. :
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 20, 2022
Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Texas , involving allegations that a racially biased juror, who commented during voir dire that “non-white” races were statistically more violent than whites, served on petitioner Kristopher Love’s capital sentencing jury.
JURIST
JANUARY 26, 2024
Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a statement asserting Texas’ constitutional right to self-defense on Wednesday as tensions with the Biden administration over security along the US southern border escalated. Texas intensified its border security measures with the launch of Abbott’s Operation Lone Star in March 2021.
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