HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Wade led to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children”: Jacqueline Howard of CNN has this report. Wade led to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children” appeared first on How Appealing. “How the reversal of Roe v.

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HowAppealing

MAY 20, 2023

“Federal court rules Alabama cannot execute Joseph Smith due to his mental disability”: Hadley Hitson of The Montgomery Advertiser has this report on a unanimous per curiam opinion that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

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HowAppealing

MAY 19, 2024

“We’ll Protect Both Life and IVF: A Senate bill to clear up confusion after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling.” The post “We’ll Protect Both Life and IVF: A Senate bill to clear up confusion after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling.” ” U.S. ” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2023

Gentry in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama with the assistance of the Alabama ACLU, Civil Rights Corps and the Southern Poverty Law Center. The lower court ruled in favor of Hester, enjoining the county from imposing cash bail amounts on defendants who could not afford them.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 13, 2024

“The People Rooting for the End of IVF; An Alabama court ruling that recognized an embryo as a child has put the popular fertility treatment into the center of a national ethics debate”: Elaine Godfrey of The Atlantic has this report.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 6, 2024

“Thank the Alabama Supreme Court for its IVF decision. And in related news coverage, Kim Bellware of The Washington Post reports that “ Fourth couple sues Alabama clinic at heart of IVF court ruling.” ” The post “Thank the Alabama Supreme Court for its IVF decision.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

A US federal court on Wednesday partially blocked enforcement of an Alabama law criminalizing absentee ballot assistance. The court sided with a coalition of plaintiffs who argued the law would violate the rights of disabled, blind, and low-literacy voters. The judge enjoined several sections of Senate Bill 1 (SB1).

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JURIST

MAY 16, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear an appeal from the state of Alabama regarding a death row inmate’s request for an alternative execution method. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a dissent to the court’s denial, claiming that the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit was wrong.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 28, 2022

The Supreme Court has overturned lower court rulings that blocked the execution of Matthew Reeves, granting Alabama’s request to lift the injunction and clearing the way to execute Reeves by lethal injection, reports The Hill. The Court has no warrant to reweigh the evidence offered below. “The

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday night declined to postpone the execution of Willie Smith III, who argued that Alabama prison officials deprived him of a meaningful ability to select his method of execution under state law. Smith’s appeal was the second time this year that he sought emergency relief at the high court this year.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 17, 2024

“Plaintiffs move to dismiss lawsuit that led to Alabama Supreme Court IVF decision; The couple in the final remaining lawsuit over the destruction of embryos at a Mobile facility moved to end the suit last week”: Alander Rocha of Alabama Reflector has this report.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 27, 2022

Share A divided Supreme Court on Thursday evening allowed Alabama to execute a man who argued that the state had failed to give him proper accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act so that he could select his method of execution. A few hours after the court issued the order, the state executed him by lethal injection.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2023

As in Alabama, the people of Louisiana have the law on their side and the facts on their side. Robinson had previously been stayed while the Supreme Court deliberated in a similar case regarding Alabama, Allen v. The removal of the stay will allow a US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruling to go forward.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Again Alabama is on the wrong side of a court ruling. The post Alabama’s F You To The Supreme Court Isn’t Working Out The Way They Hoped appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Jones v. Jones argued that under two of the court’s recent decisions, 2012’s Miller v. Jones argued that under two of the court’s recent decisions, 2012’s Miller v. Alabama and 2016’s Montgomery v. … For most, the answer is yes.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

“Supreme Court Rebuffs Alabama’s Effort to Bar Pastor From Execution Chamber; The case was the latest in a series of disputes over the presence of spiritual advisers in execution chambers that have bitterly divided the justices”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2024

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. The post The morning read for Friday, May 24 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 13, 2023

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Alabama county bail system (John Kruzel, Reuters) Supreme Court won’t review North Carolina’s decision to nix license plates with Confederate flag (Jessica Gresko, The Associated Press) Where Texas redistricting lawsuits stand after U.S. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Here’s the Wednesday morning read: The Supreme Court banned affirmative action–except at military academies (Code Switch, NPR) Alabama’s congressional map dilutes the power of Black voters, advocates again tell Supreme Court (Ariane de Vogue & Fredreka Schouten, CNN) Supreme Court ruling sparks fears about economic fallout (Omar Mohammed, (..)

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 9, 2023

Here’s the Friday morning read: Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters in unexpected defense of Voting Rights Act (Mark Sherman, The Associated Press) Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel’s in poop-themed dog toy trademark fight (Devan Cole, CNN) The Supreme Court’s Damper on the Right to Strike (E.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.

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Above The Law

JULY 24, 2023

Supreme Court Rulings Matter Except For When They Don't: Alabama doesn't care what Roberts has to say. If You Fail The Bar, You Can Do Something Very Funny: Hoping you don't need this but it's here either way. Lawyers Are Better At Math Than Election Law Scholars: Especially the ones named Derek Muller.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the US Constitution’s Double Jeopardy Clause does not bar the prosecution from retrying a criminal defendant if it is determined that the original trial venue was improper. Smith was tried in Florida, but he argued that the venue was improper because he lives in Alabama. In Smith v.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Dentons will combine with Alabama law firm Dentons has announced that it will combine with Sirote & Permutt, an Alabama law firm with 86 lawyers…

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 20, 2023

Supreme Court revives South Carolina Planned Parenthood defunding case (Andrew Chung, Reuters) Drugmakers aim to strike down Medicare drug-price negotiations at Supreme Court (Spencer Kimball, CNBC) Supreme Court considers recoil from landmark gun rights ruling (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News) ‘Historic and significant’: key lawyer’s verdict on Alabama (..)

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L4SB

MARCH 12, 2024

The first of what we anticipate to be many court rulings on the CTA and FinCEN's enforcement ability, this case only enjoins FinCEN from enforcing as against the plaintiffs in this case.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Additionally, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled in 1802 that once crossed over into Vermont, a slave contract from another state was unenforceable. Evidence lies in both the constitutional language and judicial precedent. Article 1 of Vermont’s Constitution states “[t]hat all persons are born equally free and independent.”

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In February 2019, the court permitted Alabama to execute a Muslim man, Domineque Ray, after the state refused to allow Ray to have an imam at his side in the execution chamber, even though the state at that time allowed a Christian chaplain in the chamber.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The district court ruled in favor of the petitioners, and Galveston County appealed. On appeal, the Fifth Circuit said that the district court opinion was an error of law. The circuit courts are split on whether to allow allow these type of aggregate racial minority claims for Section 2 violations of the Voting Rights Act.

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Intelligize Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

A constitutional ruling by an Alabama judicial body has the rest of the country wondering about its potentially widespread implications. We’re not talking about the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created through IVF are children , but another recent decision. Sound familiar?

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Law 360

MAY 20, 2024

The Corporate Transparency Act's reporting requirements violate the Fifth Amendment's protection against self-incrimination and other constitutional provisions, libertarian think tank Cato Institute and others said Monday in urging the Eleventh Circuit to uphold an Alabama district court's ruling against the law.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 14, 2024

Share Two years after the court ruled that a disparity in bankrupt debtors’ fees between judicial districts was impermissible, the justices on Friday ruled 6-3 that charging equal fees going forward is an adequate remedy for that disparity. Traditionally, the Bankruptcy Administrator Program tracked the fees set by the U.S.

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Law 360

MARCH 5, 2024

After an Alabama federal court's ruling last week rendering the Corporate Transparency Act unconstitutional, changes to the law may ultimately be required, but ongoing compliance is still the best course of action for most, says George Singer at Holland & Hart.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

At least 75 of the lethal injection executed were terribly botched —most notably in Oklahoma and Alabama. . This past August it took Alabama prison officials, from start to finish, three gruesome, painful hours to execute Joe Nathan James. . This past June the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

On Friday, the justices agreed to decide whether the Nollan / Dolan test applies to a California man’s challenge to a development fee, or whether – as a California appeals court ruled – the fee is instead immune from such review because it was authorized by legislation. A federal appeals court ruled that Fikre’s case was not moot.

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The Crime Report

MAY 18, 2021

The decision follows multiple previous precedents set by the Court over the past decade that sharply limited courts’ ability to sentence a juvenile offender to life in prison without parole, the lawyers wrote. In Miller v. Four years later, in Montgomery v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 22, 2021

In an opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch , the justices unanimously ruled that the National Collegiate Athletic Association cannot prohibit its member schools from providing athletes with certain forms of education-related benefits, such as paid post-graduate internships, scholarships for graduate school, or free laptops or musical instruments.

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