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SCOCA and SCOTUS, October 2023 term

At the Lectern

Gregg and Seifu had been grant-and-holds in the California Supreme Court, which later dismissed review without opinions. Supreme Court the chance to disapprove the California Supreme Court decision in Adolph v. However, the issue raised in the cases gave the U.S. Uber Technologies, Inc. 2023) 14 Cal.5th

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Federal Judge Suggests Abortion May Be Protected Under 13th Amendment’s Ban on Involuntary Servitude

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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.” Professor Koppelman quoted a 1911 servitude decision in Bailey v. Alabama , 219 U.S. Alabama , 219 U.S. 480, 484 (1990). Bangerter , 61 F.3d

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The Most Interesting Supreme Court Rulings of 2024

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Trump, and conflicting signals on issues related to firearms and abortion, leading to a series of impactful decisions. Here are some of the most buzzworthy decisions and their far-reaching effects. United States , the Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald J. Presidential Immunity In Trump v.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

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Boynton’s victory inspired civil rights activists, known as the Freedom Riders, to travel on interstate buses in the South to test the Supreme Court’s ruling. Cohen – who first met the Lovings when he was just 29 – filed a lawsuit on their behalf, challenging the Virginia law and similar state statutes as violating the 14th Amendment.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. The Ninth Circuit declined to remand with instructions for dismissal of the underlying action and also declined to vacate any district court decisions.

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