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US Supreme Court refuses to reinstate a Florida law targeting drag shows

JURIST

The US Supreme Court, in a split decision, issued a brief statement on Thursday refusing to reinstate a Florida law that targets drag shows. A lower court order previously prohibited the law from coming into effect. ” Anyone found to be in violation fo the law would be charged with a misdemeanor.

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Court refuses Florida’s request to reinstate anti-drag law

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Share A divided Supreme Court on Thursday denied Florida’s request to allow it to temporarily enforce a law that makes it a misdemeanor to allow children at drag performances. Instead, Kavanaugh noted, the state was simply seeking to be able to enforce the law against entities that are not a party to the litigation. Florida Gov.

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US DOJ sues Texas over state law criminalizing illegal entry from abroad

JURIST

The case is in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas Austin Division. The law creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses. This is not the only litigation involving Texas and the federal government over immigration. Last month, Abbott signed SB 4.

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Vote to Hold Steve Bannon in Contempt of Congress Opens Legal Quagmire

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6 select committee has unanimously voted to hold Steve Bannon in contempt for defying a recent subpoena from its investigators, the push to prosecute Trump consigliere Steve Bannon relies on a law that hasn’t produced a conviction in decades and could take years to litigate, reports Politico. While the Jan.

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The Trump Trial in Manhattan is an Indictment of the New York Legal System

JonathanTurley

No one seriously believes that Alvin Bragg would have spent this time and money to prosecute what is ordinarily a state misdemeanor if the defendant was anyone other than Trump. Now Bragg is bringing a case that has taken years to develop and millions of dollars in litigation costs for all parties. It is hard to miss.

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Missouri Court: Mark McCloskey Pardoned But Still Guilty

JonathanTurley

YouTube Screenshot There is an interesting ruling in the ongoing litigation of the case of Mark McCloskey. Mark McCloskey later pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors to end the case, but was then granted a pardon. The Missouri Court of Appeals has now prevented that return of the weapons by denying a motion for replevin.

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Court expands government’s ability to deport noncitizens for offenses related to obstruction of justice

SCOTUSBlog

By a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in Pugin v. The question came to the court in the cases of two men, Jean Francois Pugin and Fernando Cordero-Garcia, both permanent residents of the United States who had lived in the country for decades. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit held in Pugin’s case that it did not.

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