JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Justice Thissen’s opinion also held that the statute did not create the racially disparate impact of felony disenfranchisement. However, Justice Natalie Hudson said in her dissent that the statute creates racial disparities and is, therefore, unconstitutional.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2023

Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and reject a ruling observers said would gut the government’s primary anti-fraud statute. The justices and the litigants devoted substantial time discussing when a party’s decision to adopt an objectively reasonable, but incorrect, interpretation would satisfy the FCA’s knowledge requirement.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that his action was untimely because more than two years – the applicable statute of limitations – had run since the state trial court in 2014 denied his request for DNA testing. Issue : Whether the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C. That’s all for this week. Until next time, stay safe !

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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. Last up is Grzegorczyk v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 6, 2021

Muller is the Bouma fellow in law and professor of law at the University of Iowa College of Law. The other was a statute enacted in 2016, which limited third parties — postal workers, election officials, caregivers, family members, or household members — who could collect completed absentee ballots from voters.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 15, 2022

Nevertheless, then-FBI Director James Comey declared that “although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.”. The Justice Department explained in an Aug. 16, 2016, letter to Sen.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2022

In 1981, Congress passed a statute requiring that reimbursement rates paid to organizations for managing state Medicaid plans must be “actuarially sound.” Iowa — and otherwise commandeering state courts and state agencies to carry out a federal child-placement program. Next up is Texas v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue , 21-379.

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