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AUGUST 5, 2019

Thing is, these days law and the decisions courts hand down are very much like that. The kicker is that unlike parents (who, hopefully, are on the same page and the kid realizes that it's unlikely dad will overrule mom), it is critical that courts make the same rulings over and over so that people know how law will be applied.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Natural Resources Defense Council , holding that courts should defer to a federal agency’s interpretation of the laws it administers if those laws are ambiguous. Maryland , holding that prosecutors must disclose any evidence that they have that is favorable to the defendant. Echoing his opinion earlier this year in Kennedy v.

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APRIL 27, 2022

Baltimore, Maryland, and Cincinnati, Ohio, like many cities, have municipal excise taxes on “outdoor advertising” — essentially, a business tax on rental billboard advertising space. The Ohio Supreme Court held that the Cincinnati tax was constitutionally impermissible under the First Amendment.

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JULY 7, 2022

8, a Texas law that bans nearly all abortions in the state. Although the law conflicted directly with Roe v. Casey , the court’s long-standing decisions holding that the Constitution protects the right to have an abortion before a fetus can survive outside the womb, the court nonetheless allowed the law to go into effect on Sept.

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