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Former Justice Grodin is one of many amici curiae in the Prop. 22 case

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Berryhill California Chamber of Commerce Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce, California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, NAACP California Hawaii State Conference, National Action Network Los Angeles, National Action Network Sacramento Chapter Inc., Henderson, Keith Chen, Jeffrey R.

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Illegal firearm possession and courtroom closures

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Gun possession and immigration status. United States , Melvyn Gear, an Australian citizen who resides in Hawaii on an H-1B visa, asks the justices to decide whether Section 922(g)(5)(B) also requires proof of knowledge of collateral law. 18 U.S.C. § Issues : (1) Whether the U.S. United States.

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Municipalities of Puerto Rico v. Exxon: a unique class action against fossil fuel companies presses for climate accountability in the United States

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In addition to more intense storms, the municipalities allege other physical climate change impacts, including coral reef degradation and massive algal blooms, as well as social, educational, and economic losses, including increased immigration from the municipalities and damages to the agricultural industry.

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Will Maine Decriminalize Prostitution?

The Crime Report

Advocates also say decriminalization will reduce the stigma that surrounds people involved in sex trafficking, most of whom are poor women and girls, immigrants and LGBTQ people. . Hawaii enacted a law last week that removes the statute of limitations for sex trafficking and distinguishes sex buyers from people selling sex.

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DOJ loses attempt to withhold emails regarding Trump’s Muslim travel ban

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Hawaii and other states challenged all three versions of the “travel ban” leading the lower federal courts and the Court of Appeals to issue an injunction. On the same day EO-2 was expiring, then-President Trump issued Proclamation No. The case was then appealed to the Supreme Court. In a 5-4 decision, the Court held that under 8 U.S.

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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

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Yet his record is not unblemished: He distrusted immigrants from China and even voted to deny citizenship to their U.S.-born He is also a graduate of Columbia Law School. In the end, though, a large part of the story turned on the question of just what it was that enabled Harlan to see the law so differently from his peers.

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The ‘Pro-Life’ Pipeline to Prison

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Before I became a law student, I was tried and convicted by white folks who looked strikingly like the ones surrounding the Black woman in my mind’s eye. Mazie Hirono , a Democrat from Hawaii. As the officer read the baby its Miranda rights, the white people with the signs were not bothered in the least.

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