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Vermont dispatch: Proposal 2 would remove language of slavery, indentured servitude from state constitution

JURIST

Proposal 2 is a suggested constitutional amendment that eliminates language that allows slavery and indentured servitude by a person’s consent or as a form of criminal punishment for certain crimes. It will be on Vermont’s November 08, 2022, election ballot. The amendment as added to the constitution reads: Article 1.

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Justices decline to reinstate GOP-backed congressional voting maps in North Carolina, Pennsylvania

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Share The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block orders by courts in North Carolina and Pennsylvania that threw out the congressional maps enacted by the states’ Republican legislatures and replaced them with maps drawn by the trial courts. He was referring to Merrill v.

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Guest Commentary: New Italian Constitutional Reform: What it Means for Environmental Protection, Future Generations & Climate Litigation

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On February 8, 2022, the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic gave its final approval to the proposed constitutional law A.C.3156-B 3156-B providing environmental protection amendments to Articles 9 and 41 of the Italian Constitution. The next hearing is scheduled for June 21, 2022 ( A Sud et al.

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A Hearing on Herring: Supreme Court to Hear Potentially Historic Chevron Case

JonathanTurley

In 1984, the Supreme Court ruled in Chevron U.S.A. Natural Resources Defense Council that judges should defer to the reasonable interpretation of agencies in administering ambiguous federal laws. Justice Gorsuch wrote in a 2022 dissent from denial of certiorari in Buffington v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc.

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Federal Court Strikes Down Another Provision of New York’s New Gun Control Law

JonathanTurley

2111 (2022), the Supreme Court rejected the prior New York law under the Second Amendment to publicly carry firearms for self-defense. The Court held that New York’s “proper cause” licensing regime unconstitutionally infringed this right. The new law created a target rich environment for new challenges.

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Pot Shop Owner Faces Possible Criminal Charge After Profane Diatribe Against Police Officer

JonathanTurley

More recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled in favor of the defendant in Wood v. The court ruled that “mere epithets” directed at a law enforcement officer are not exempt from First Amendment protections as fighting words. In 1971, the Court ruled in Cohen v.

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Iowa court upholds permanent injunction on state abortion ban

JURIST

.” However, Gogerty noted that the Iowa Supreme Court has “consistently” defended its right to “interpret the Iowa Constitution independently of the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Federal Constitution.” ” Governor Kim Reynolds vowed to appeal the decision.

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