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Federal Judge Enjoins Tennessee Law Limiting Drag Shows

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The vagueness problems could be reduced by limiting the scope to adult entertainment settings. Section 2 of the Statute makes it “an offense for a person to perform adult cabaret entertainment,” either “(A) On public property; or (B) in a location where the adult cabaret entertainment could be viewed by a person who is not an adult.”

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Case preview: Justices to consider procedural issue in major climate-change lawsuit

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One ground was a law known as the “ federal officer removal statute ,” which allows the removal to federal court of lawsuits filed in state court against “any officer (or any person acting under that officer) of the United States or of any agency thereof, in an official or individual capacity, for or relating to any act under color of such office.”

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A fight over public records in Puerto Rico hinges on financial board’s claim of sovereign immunity

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Centro sued the board in the federal court because of provisions of PROMESA that channel almost all forms of litigation against the board to federal (rather than local) courts. Apparently all agree that Puerto Rican law would recognize such a suit against Puerto Rico itself in the Puerto Rican courts.

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In back-to-back cases, justices will scrutinize traditional limits on challenges to agency proceedings

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Cochran present a frontal assault on the traditional framework under which federal courts have entertained complaints about federal agencies. The general federal jurisdiction statute ( 28 U.S.C. Share Monday’s arguments in Axon Enterprise v. Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission v.

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

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To create the compact, each state passed statutes and, as New York’s bill of complaint indicates is a constitutional requirement for interstate compacts, Congress consented as well. However, in 2018, New Jersey passed a statute to withdraw from the compact, and on Dec. Texas Entertainment Association, Inc. However, the U.S.

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SCOTUS Rules Quiet Title Act’s Time Bar Is Claim-Processing Rule

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Supreme Court held that the Quiet Title Act’s statute of limitations is a claim-processing rule rather than a bright-line rule that constrains a court’s jurisdiction. In Wilkins v. United States , 598 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote on behalf of the Court. Fort Bend County v.

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Leaving “rare birds” alone

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The question before the court was whether the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute applies to dual-status technicians working for the Guard. This statute also ensures that “each employee shall be protected in the exercise of such right.” The Guard ultimately terminated dues withholding for 89 technicians.

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