SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 14, 2023

Cordero-Garcia , involving whether a federal law that allows the government to deport noncitizens convicted of “an offense relating to obstruction of justice” applies even to cases that are not connected to open investigations or judicial proceedings. In 2014, Pugin pleaded guilty in Virginia to being an accessory after the fact to a felony.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2022

Sherif Girgis is an associate professor of law at Notre Dame Law School. Applying that test, Dobbs holds: (a) From the 1200s to 1960, no statute, no English case, no state case, no federal case, no legal treatise, and no law-review article hinted at an abortion right. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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JURIST

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office stated that, after evaluating the case, they believed Watts did not violate the Ohio Criminal Statute of Abuse of a Corpse. Watts had initially been charged with felony abuse of a corpse in October after Warren County police found the remains of her pregnancy in her toilet and trash.

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JURIST

JUNE 5, 2021

Sergeant Nathan Van Buren was paid $5,000 by an FBI informant to run a license plate number through a law enforcement database. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, writing for the majority, held that the plain meaning of the text of the statute aligns with Van Buren’s argument.

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The Crime Report

JULY 27, 2021

Since 2006, when meth labs were appearing across rural communities, Alabama has made it a felony to expose a child to a chemically toxic environment by enforcing heavier penalties on people who make drugs around children, exposing them to the vapors that are emitted in the creation of crack and meth.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2021

Palomar-Santiago , involved Refugio Palomar-Santiago, a Mexican citizen who became a lawful permanent resident – that is, a green card holder – in 1990. Eight years later, an immigration judge found that his California conviction for driving under the influence was an aggravated felony under the federal immigration laws.

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At the Lectern

AUGUST 12, 2021

Raybon , the Supreme Court today concludes that Proposition 64, a 2016 initiative that in general allowed adults to possess limited amounts of cannabis, did not override an existing statute banning possession of controlled substances in state correctional facilities.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in two cases involving one of its own precedents regarding felony firearms possession. The issues in both cases involves the federal law that prohibits felons from possessing firearms, 18 USC §922(g). Two years ago in Rehaif v. Decisions in both cases should come this summer.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2021

United States involved 18 USC §922(g) , the federal law prohibiting felons from possessing firearms. The court found that neither carried that burden, as both had been convicted of multiple felonies prior.

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Livesay&Myers

APRIL 5, 2021

Effective July 1, 2021, Virginia law will no longer require a corroborating witness for a divorce based on no-fault grounds. The new law makes it significantly easier to obtain a no-fault divorce in Virginia. In Virginia, there are two ways to obtain a divorce: fault grounds or no-fault grounds. In the 1871 case of Bailey v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Jones involves a federal prisoner who is legally innocent – the conduct a jury found he committed isn’t a crime. 922(g) prohibits people with felony convictions from possessing a firearm. But should that fact relieve him from his 27-year prison sentence? In the Supreme Court’s habeas corpus jurisprudence, the answer is never simple.

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JURIST

JUNE 17, 2021

For the past 140 years, North Carolina has criminalized the “procurement or administration of abortion as a felony.” Therefore, abortion “providers brought suit on behalf of themselves and their patients against the State officials responsible for enforcing [North Carolina’s abortion laws].”

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The Crime Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Do state laws permitting individuals to carry concealed weapons undermine federal legislation banning weapons in the vicinity of schools? Resolving the contradiction will require an amendment, according to a paper in the Texas Tech Law Review. candidate at the Texas Tech University School of Law and author of the paper.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But after 90 minutes of debate, none of the analogies, no matter how fanciful, seemed much help as the justices struggled to solve a statutory puzzle involving attempted robbery, threats of violence, and two federal laws with expansive language. The statute, 18 U.S.C. §

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 18, 2022

While most Americans believe arrested people go to court soon after their arrest, Constitutional guarantees of a “fair and speedy trial” are infrequently honored in our under-resourced criminal justice system, according to a study produced by the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Now, the activist with Direct Action Everywhere has filed a police report and is threatening legal action. PETA and other groups have called the activists “heroes” f or their actions but prosecutors are seeking convictions for felony burglary and theft charges. Indeed, it was expected that citizens would intervene.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2023

Cordero-Garcia , the justices sought to define the contours of an “offense relating to the obstruction of justice,” which is one among the prior convictions that subjects noncitizens to mandatory removal from the United States as an “aggravated felony.”

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

As states slowly started to legalize and decriminalize certain drugs, authorities have moved to less punitive approaches to address the social costs of addiction. The relationship between anti-gun and anti-drug initiatives becomes clear when looking at felony convictions. How Should We Regulate ‘Dangerous Products’?

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 3, 2021

to settle an important question of law.” But offering the court an important legal issue is not alone enough to get a case heard. The contested legality of a statute making a significant change to the state’s criminal law, that’s certainly “an important question of law.”

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Gaulkin — We previously blogged about Pfizer’s copay assistance lawsuit, which sought to challenge HHS’s interpretation of the Federal health care program anti-kickback statute (AKS) and position that the company’s proposed copay assistance program would violate the AKS. By Sophia R. 3d 774 (7th Cir. 2011), here , and United States v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Two pending petitions raise the question of the constitutionality of state statutes providing that corporations are deemed to have consented to “general” personal jurisdiction by virtue of having registered to do business in a state. was filed by a plaintiff seeking to enforce a similar registration statute. Animal Legal Defense Fund.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. I have a legal education.” That is not a short barrel.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 8, 2022

We also have a much higher rate of plea bargain cases than the rest of the world: almost 20 percent higher than just about any other common law country. TCR: The first part of your book focuses on the roots of the current legal system in English Common. Plea bargaining coincided with overt classism in the legal system.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 21, 2021

The incident has strikingly similar legal issues to the shooting of Adam Toledo in Chicago. Garner and other case law. Garner addressed a fleeing unarmed suspects and found the state statute too broad: The use of deadly force to prevent the escape of all felony suspects, whatever the circumstances, is constitutionally unreasonable.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 28, 2021

City of Fontana : When the court granted review in August 2019 , it limited the issue to: “Code of Civil Procedure section 12 provides: ‘The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded.’ ” Mendoza v.

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At the Lectern

MAY 4, 2022

Sony Music Entertainment : (1) Do representations a seller made about a creative product on the product packaging and in advertisements during an ongoing controversy constitute speech in connection with an issue of public interest within the meaning of the anti-SLAPP statute (Code of Civ. and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (Civ.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has deviated from that by holding that enablement is a question of law that courts review without deference. Amgen argues that the Supreme Court has held that whether a patent satisfies the “enablement” requirement is a jury question, and argues that the U.S. relisted after the Oct. 28 conference).

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

Ross , involving a dormant commerce clause challenge to a California law prohibiting the sale of pork unless the pigs from which it was made (virtually all of which come from outside the state) were raised consistent with the state’s restrictive standards. Issue : Whether the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C. Goertz , 21-442.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Felony drug distribution carried a maximum sentence of 30 years and a fine up to $500,000 when I practiced as a prosecutor in DC. I saw this happen regularly throughout my 12 years as a prosecutor: a law passed under one stated objective is in practice applied differently, and harmfully—especially for Black and brown people.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Most recently, the “ Dark Biden ” emerged as his legal team pledged to attack witnesses and critics against him. The Justice Department has allowed felonies to lapse against Hunter, but these would be new potential charges with new dates under the statute of limitation. Hunter the Hunted.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 6, 2023

People walk dangerous routes when the government eliminates or fails to provide legal avenues that are safe, permanent and predictable whether it’s across the street or across an international border. The problems with the absence of permanent and lawful paths to entry have been decades in the making. Before 1969, poor U.S.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 13, 2021

A story in Houston has everything you would want in a legal controversy: a murder, a mysterious figure known only as “D”, a missing Bengal tiger named India and even Carole Baskin of Tiger King fame. The Lacey Act and other federal wildlife statutes could be charged for such conduct.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2024

. “ The Executive Branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting States, including immigration laws on the books right now ,” Governor Abbott’s statement reads.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 15, 2021

922(g) , the federal statute barring people with prior felony convictions from possessing firearms, the government must prove that the defendant knew he was a felon at the time he possessed a firearm. Common sense,” he continued, suggests that most people with felony convictions are aware of their legal status as convicted felons.

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The Crime Report

MAY 4, 2022

A 2013 study that examined 413 civil and criminal cases brought forward after Roe found that Black women were “significantly more likely to be arrested, reported to state authorities by hospital staff, and subjected to felony charges,” according to VICE News. States Aim to Stop Prosecutions.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

The statute includes a list of information the government must include – most notably, the time and place of the removal hearing. A noncitizen who does not attend a removal proceeding can be ordered removed as long as written notice has been provided to him under the statute. Smith was charged with five felony counts.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

McDonough , a case that the court already rescheduled seven times last term, and which involves the construction of a statute providing disability pay for members of the military. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, by a divided vote , deferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs construction of the statute under Chevron U.S.A.,

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