JURIST

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

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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Drafting Constitutional Law Contract Court Rules 197

JonathanTurley

APRIL 23, 2021

Sullivan, sued for defamation and won under Alabama law. Sullivan’s lawsuit was one of a number of civil actions brought under state laws that targeted Northern media covering the violence against freedom marchers. seven times. The Montgomery Public Safety commissioner, L. He was awarded $500,000 — a huge judgment for the time.

Tort 59

Tort Education Laws Court Rules 59

JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

They have asked for the dismissal of the indictment for lack of jurisdiction since the Court ruled in Dobbs that “the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion.” Alabama , 219 U.S. ” Bailey involved an Alabama law making it a crime to refuse to do labor under a contract. Alabama , 219 U.S.

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Court Laws Statute Contract 58

JonathanTurley

MARCH 21, 2021

Sullivan, sued for defamation and won under Alabama law. Sullivan’s lawsuit was one of a number of civil actions brought under state laws that targeted Northern media covering the violence against freedom marchers. seven times. The Montgomery Public Safety commissioner, L. He was awarded $500,000 — a huge judgment for the time.

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Tort Litigation Litigating Court 87

JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Hunt , in which the Court struck down an Alabama law imposing a fee on all interstate waste coming into the state under the Dormant Commerce Clause. The Court ruled that “no state may attempt to isolate itself from a problem common to the several States by raising barriers to the free flow of interstate trade.”

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Immigration Court Laws Sports 42

SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 7, 2022

Gore , the 2000 case that halted the recount in Florida in the presidential election, then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote a concurring opinion (joined by Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas) in which he explained that, in his view, the state court’s recount conflicted with the deadlines set by the state legislature for the election.

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Calendaring Court Litigating Litigation 143

JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Sullivan, sued for defamation and won under Alabama law. Sullivan’s lawsuit was one of a number of civil actions brought under state laws that targeted Northern media covering the violence against freedom marchers. seven times. The Montgomery Public Safety commissioner, L. He was awarded $500,000 — a huge judgment for the time.

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Laws Tort Law School Constitutional Law 56