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US Supreme Court declines to hear SPLC defamation case challenging 1960s precedent

JURIST

’ ‘ New York Times and the Court’s decisions extending it were policy-driven decisions masquerading as constitutional law.’ ’ Those decisions have ‘no relation to the text, history, or structure of the Constitution.’ As I have said previously, ‘we should.’

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Looking Back at the Biggest Constitutional Law Decisions of 2023

Constitutional Law Reporter

Constitutional law took center stage in many U.S. In the latest redistricting dispute to reach the Court, the justices found that Alabama had diluted the power of Black voters by drawing a congressional voting map with a single district in which they made up a majority.

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US Supreme Court Greenlights Alabama Voting Map

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court allowed Alabama to implement a congressional redistricting map that includes only one district with a majority of Black voters. While a lower court agreed with challengers that the map constitutes illegal racial gerrymandering, the Supreme Court granted a stay, effectively putting the order on hold. In Merrill v.

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SCOTUS Upholds Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Alabama Redistricting Case

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that challengers showed a reasonable likelihood of success on their claim that an Alabama Congressional redistricting plan likely violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. That new map was signed into law as HB1. The Court preliminarily enjoined Alabama from using HB1 in forthcoming elections. In Allen v.

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

JURIST

The crossed-out language is what will be removed from the constitution if Proposal 2 is adopted. According to the author of Proposal 2, Vermont constitutional law professor Peter Teachout, the amendment makes no change to substantive rights. Evidence lies in both the constitutional language and judicial precedent.

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Gain Experience with Paralegal Pro Bono Work

Paralegal Bootcamp

The partner tells me that the DC partner was the head of the firm’s pro bono department, and I’d be the lead litigation paralegal on a case involving a civil rights violation in Alabama prisons. But here was the catch…all of the documents that were being produced by the state’s prison system weren’t in some admin building in Birmingham.

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US Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Eviction Ban

Constitutional Law Reporter

In Alabama Association of Realtors v. Realtor associations and rental property managers in Alabama and Georgia sued to enjoin the CDC’s moratorium. The post US Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Eviction Ban appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. “Their answers impact the health of millions.”.

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