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Christian school renews effort to expand religious freedom over employment

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Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, at what stage of litigation the ministerial exception should come into play. Both a federal district court and the U.S.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

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On June 15, 2023, the court issued the ultimate judgment not only on the torts claims but perhaps the state of our politics. He ruled for both the claim of the Plaintiff and the counterclaim of the Defendant and denied any damages to either party. _ Again, the court agreed. In another June 2023 decision in Munoz v. Six Flags St.

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Court rules for South Carolina Republicans in dispute over congressional map

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Share The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a ruling by a federal district court holding that a congressional district on the South Carolina coast was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander – that is, it sorted voters based primarily on their race. 1 deadline. 1 deadline.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. The Court’s decision concerned the interpretation of 28 U.S.C. In addition, the Court cited its decision in Yamaha Motor Corp.,

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Mandatory minimums, payday lending, and voting rights in first session of Supreme Court term

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Share The Supreme Court will kick off its 2023-24 term on the traditional first Monday in October. The court’s October argument session will feature six arguments over five days, on topics ranging from federal sentencing laws to voting rights. A three-judge panel of the U.S.

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Biden’s Blind Spot: “Our Constitutional Principles” Include State Rights Over Elections

JonathanTurley

The Biden Administration and the media often ignore countervailing principles over the right of states to establish rules governing elections. That leaves many in the public uninformed of issues that could ultimately undo parts of these bills in the courts. It seeks to negate the Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County v.

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Court to hear argument in racial gerrymandering challenge to S.C. district

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Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in a dispute over the congressional map that South Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature enacted in the wake of the 2020 census. They emphasize that courts must “disentangle race from politics.”

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