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US Supreme Court rules states lack constitutional standing in key immigration case

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Texas that Texas and Louisiana do not have constitutional standing to sue the federal government over a 2021 Homeland Security Memorandum that focuses immigration enforcement actions on non-citizens who are suspected of terrorism, committed serious crimes or are caught at the border entering illegally.

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Florida man subject to lifetime sex-offender registration requirements argues that he is “in custody” for purposes of federal post-conviction laws

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Louis Clements is a Florida resident and registered sex offender. The failure to comply with these requirements is a felony under Florida law. Florida , Clements asks the justices to grant review and reverse the 11th Circuit’s ruling. Florida 23-107 Issue : Whether a person is “in custody” within the meaning of 28 U.S.C.

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Ghost guns, six-person juries, and discretionary visa decisions

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That brings us to our next issue, raised by a large group of Florida criminal cases that the court has had kicking around since November. All raise the same question: whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when a criminal defendant is charged with a felony. Next up is Lackey v.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

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It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Gavin Newsom (D., for kidnapping charges against Gov.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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DHS had waived the requirements of NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and other laws pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. Martin County, Florida v. Department of Transportation , No. 1:18 -cv-00333 (D.D.C.,

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