JURIST

JULY 2, 2023

Muldrow originally requested the Court rule on the question, “Does Title VII prohibit discrimination as to all ‘terms, conditions, or privileges of employment,’ or is its reach limited to discriminatory employer conduct that courts determine causes materially significant disadvantages for employees?”

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

And the key practical effect is whether the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Alabama-Coushatta tribes may operate bingo games on their reservations. Two, you cover those numbers when they are drawn or somehow identified. And you win by covering an arrangement of numbers.”.

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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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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

Lawyers objected but the judge let the testimony in. The system is at its most opaque when prosecutors know evidence is unfit for court but choose to game the rules, hoping judges and juries will believe it and vote to convict. People like Faria, defense lawyers and sometimes even the judges are blindsided. “I

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

But in a recent podcast interview with a pair of east county campaign supporters, Knox described her opposition to new state laws and court rulings that provide greater leniency for juvenile offenders, including her concerns that California now offers a chance to teens sentenced to life without parole.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

* Congressional Republicans are rushing to SAY they support IVF in light of the Alabama Supreme Court ruling. American Lawyer ] * Private equity coming for law firms? so why are they actively trying to block a bill to protect IVF? Slate ] * SBF wants prison term under 6.5 years while prosecutors are asking for 100 years.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

A government lawyer who argued at the Supreme Court more than anyone else in the 20th century. As the year comes to a close, SCOTUSblog looks back at some of the individuals who died in 2020 after living lives that brought them – at different times and for different reasons – to the Supreme Court of the United States.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 26, 2023

The case had been on hold for nearly a year, waiting for the court to issue its ruling in Allen v. Milligan , an Alabama voting-rights case involving similar issues. The issue came to the court in a dispute arising from environmental contamination from a wood-treatment plant operated by Kerr-McGee in Avoca, Pennsylvania.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 4, 2022

2001) where a journalist with Forbes was sued for harsh characterizations of a lawyer and his practice. In a 5-4 decision, Chief Justice Warren wrote a concurrence that extended the ruling in New York Times v. The Court ruled in favor of Butts, and The Saturday Evening Post was ordered to pay $3.06 Forbes, Inc.,

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LegalTalkNetwork

JULY 10, 2024

United States , the Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald J. The justices remanded the case to the lower courts for further analysis, indicating that the president may be prosecuted for private conduct but not for official acts. The vehicles were then seized under an Alabama civil forfeiture law.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. ” __ Another case in the court is a cautionary tale about those creating their own haunted houses. Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

attorney Patrick Malone, who previously filed ethics complaints against lawyers representing the Trump campaign or the Republican party. Trump lawyers many view this lawsuit as a greater opportunity than a liability for their client. Mike Lee instead of Alabama Sen. The 40-page lawsuit was written by D.C. In Brandenburg v.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Ohio, the Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that even calling for violence is protected under the First Amendment unless there is a threat of “ imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.”. Mike Lee instead of Alabama Sen. There were a variety of lawyers present, not some backroom arm twisting.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 9, 2021

A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court ruled on the authority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to impose a nationwide moratorium on the eviction of renters during the pandemic. In its 5-4 decision in Alabama Association of Realtors v. Some of us criticized the CDC order as unconstitutional.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Encountering barriers as a young female lawyer In September 1946, then 16-year-old Sandra Day enrolled at Stanford. She stayed there until 1954, when she moved to Germany with her husband, who served as an Army lawyer. In Germany, O’Connor worked as a civilian lawyer for the Army Quartermaster Corps.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. Minister of Environment and Others (South Africa High Court). New Zealand Lawyers Challenged Climate Change Commission’s Recommendations. In Juliana v.

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