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When do legal observers at protests get First Amendment protection?

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This week, we highlight petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether words displayed on hats worn at a protest by legal observers – attorneys who document the treatment of demonstrators’ civil rights – can entitle them to sue police who suppressed the rally. Louis, Missouri. In Molina v. Steelman v. Ratzloff v.

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Fourteen cases to watch from the Supreme Court’s end-of-summer “long conference”

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But the 5th Circuit wrote that this case “may … attract the [Supreme] Court’s interest” because “[i]t tees up one of the fiercest (and oldest) fights in administrative law: the Humphrey’s Executor ‘exception to the general ‘rule’ that lets a president remove subordinates at will.” Davis was convicted. Davis seeks review of that ruling.

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Circuit Scoop — February 2025

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Area of Law: Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Federal Authority: 25 points. Administrative Law, Criminal Law: 20 points. El Paso County, Colorado (CA10) This case was brought by Ms. Concurring Opinion: +15 points per opinion. Other Areas: 15 points. Case Outcome: Reversal of Lower Court Decision: 5 points.

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Supreme Court to decide whether insurrection provision keeps Trump off ballot

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Although the question comes to the court in a case from Colorado, the impact of the court’s ruling could be much more far-reaching. It was filed in early September 2023 by six Colorado residents eligible to vote in that state’s Republican primary. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. In 2022, Georgia officials rebuffed a challenge to U.S.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court found that the Commission adequately explained its rationale for rejecting the dollar figure adopted by the administrative law judge. The court also said it was not arbitrary and capricious for the Commission to reason that the replacement project was not expected to increase crude oil demand.

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