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Supreme Court Kicks Off 2023-2024 Term with Oral Arguments in Three Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

The consumer watchdog has survived previous legal challenges and may again escape unscathed. In granting certiorari, the justices have agreed to decide the following question: “Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the statute providing funding to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 12 U.S.C.

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Supreme Court Hears Challenge to EPA’s Good Neighbor Rule

Constitutional Law Reporter

2401 (a)’s six-year statute of limitations, holding that that Corner Post’s APA claims “first accrue[d]” when the Board issued the rule in 2011-even though Corner Post did not open for business until seven years later. . Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System : Petitioner Corner Post, Inc.

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Supreme Court Clarifies When Public Officials Can Be held Liable for Social Media Activity

Constitutional Law Reporter

Freed , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. In reaching its decision, the appeals court held that a public official engages in state action only when the official performs a legally mandated “duty of his office” or invokes the “authority of his office.” In Lindke v.

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SCOTUS to Determine Future of Chevron Deference

Constitutional Law Reporter

837 (1984), courts must defer to a federal agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute that the agency is charged with administering, even if they are inclined to rule another way. The Court’s decision in Chevron is one of the most frequently cited administrative law decisions. In Loper Bright Enterprises v.

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The Constitutional Abyss: Justices Signal a Desire to Avoid Both Cliffs on Presidential Immunity

JonathanTurley

The ongoing prosecution of Trump is legally absurd but has resulted in the leading presidential candidate not only being gagged but prevented from campaigning. The government insisted there is an exception for such acts from the murder statute. Trump’s best attorney proved to be Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

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The Land that Law Forgot: The Supreme Court and the New York Legal Wasteland

JonathanTurley

With the Trump trial, Manhattan has become a type of legal wilderness where prosecutors use the legal system to hunt down political rivals and thrill their own supporters. New Yorkers and the media insisted that such selective prosecution was in defense of the “rule of law.” That is not how the law is seen from 9th Avenue.

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Trump Could Run Again Even If Convicted Under the Insurrection Act: Paper

The Crime Report

New York Attorney General Letitia James’ announcement last week that her office was “actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity” has added to the former president’s legal worries, but the biggest landmine believed to threaten his political future has yet to be detonated. Capitol on Jan. and conviction?Trump