SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 28, 2022

Texas Department of Public Safety , to be argued on Tuesday, the Supreme Court will decide whether a private individual can sue his state-agency employer for violating the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. USERRA allows individuals to sue non-compliant employers in either state or federal court.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 8, 2022

Share William Dale Wooden burglarized 10 units in a single storage facility, and pleaded guilty to 10 counts of burglary in Georgia state court. The question the Supreme Court faced in Wooden v. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. The difference was not just semantic. Petty , a 1986 case in the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. The court therefore found that the stay was unauthorized and vacated it. FEATURED CASE. A divided D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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The Crime Report

JULY 22, 2021

In a forthcoming paper in the Georgia State University Law Review, Thea Johnson argues that lying is at the heart of a plea bargaining process that “allows defendants the opportunity to negotiate fair resolutions to their cases in the face of a deeply unfair system.”. Lies about facts are used by parties to manipulate evidence in a case.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. 23 conference and the April 12 conference — that’s six conferences — the Supreme Court relisted just one new case. This week, the court also began clearing out some relists that have been hanging around for a while.

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JURIST

MARCH 13, 2024

A Georgia judge on Wednesday dropped three charges pending against former US President Donald Trump as part of an ongoing election interference case. The post Georgia judge drops several charges pending against Trump in election interference case appeared first on JURIST - News. Kimbrough, 300 Ga.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 18, 2024

Below is my column in the Hill on the recent decision in Georgia and the “odor of mendacity” raising out of various courtrooms across the country. The problem is that courts have made it virtually impossible to use this claim to dismiss counts. District Court Judge Cormac J. Consider a few other recent cases.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2023

Yet at the press conference and Q & A following the arraignment District Attorney Alvin Bragg told the world that the 34 felony charges brought against defendant Trump were nothing more than the Manhattan office engaging in its everyday prosecution of “bread and butter” white-collar crimes. It all depends on the decision of the D.C.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 21, 2023

There are serious challenges to this prosecution, including an argument that time has expired under the statute of limitations. The limit is two years for a misdemeanor and, even if he can convert this into a felony, it is not clear if he can meet the longer five-year limitation.

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