Law 360

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Department of Justice: The felony conviction of an Alabama doctor who prescribed fentanyl in quantities so immense he may have influenced a drugmaker's stock price. It seemed like a marquee win for the U.S. But as U.S.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

Arizona also repealed a law authorizing suspension of driver’s licenses for failure to pay and authorized its courts to redesignate some felonies as misdemeanors, the report details. .

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Singh , in which the court will consider what kind of notice the government must provide before a noncitizen can be deported for not appearing in court. Sheetz came to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to apply the court’s Nolland/Dolan test and find the county’s fee a violation of the takings clause. Under 8 U.S.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2024

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A trial court in Arizona agreed that Bassett was entitled to a hearing. On appeal, however, the Arizona Supreme Court denied Bassett’s request for a hearing and dismissed his petition for post-conviction relief.

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The Crime Report

MAY 9, 2023

Supreme Court. The last 15 years of decision-making has convinced a majority of the American public that political ideology more often than not has subverted the Rule of Law in the high court. That reality is evidenced by the way the Court has dealt with juvenile justice cases since 2005.

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JURIST

MARCH 29, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held Friday that public universities cannot compel professors to respect student pronoun preferences. Per the court, such speech is protected under the First Amendment, particularly if pronoun preferences go against a professor’s religious or philosophical beliefs.

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JURIST

APRIL 13, 2022

Two doctors joined two parents on behalf of their minor children to file a complaint Tuesday in federal court against the governor and the district attorneys of Alabama, Shelby County, and Jefferson County, to block Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act (“VCCPA”) from going into effect on May 8, 2022.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. Justice Kavanaugh writes, quoting Linda R.S. :

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JURIST

DECEMBER 27, 2023

A federal judge in Alabama declined on Tuesday to stay a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act (VCCPA). The US requested that the court stay the case until the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit or the US Supreme Court decide on an appropriate standard of review.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2024

The US Supreme Court announced Monday it will review the legality of state efforts to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors — a contentious issue in a nation deeply divided over transgender rights and the role of medical intervention in youth gender identity. In November, the plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme Court.

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2024

The Texas Supreme Court upheld a statutory ban on gender-affirming care for minors on Friday. The Texas Supreme Court found that SB 14 does not infringe on the parental right to make medical care decisions for their children because that right competes with the interest of protecting children from harm.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 22, 2023

“Appeals court upholds Alabama’s felony ban on minors’ gender-affirming care; Three Trump appointees reversed an injunction blocking the law, allowing the ban to go into effect; Florida and Georgia rulings now in jeopardy”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

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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. That image lives in me,” Becton said.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 27, 2022

Some of these states had inactive preexisting laws banning abortion that have returned to effect in the wake of Roe, while others intentional passed “trigger laws” with language enacting their provisions the moment a court decision overturning Roe or an amendment or legislation codifying a state’s right to restrict abortion went into effect.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 15, 2023

Share The court will hear oral argument next term in a challenge to the congressional redistricting plan that South Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature enacted in the wake of the 2020 census. The legislators appealed to the Supreme Court. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed.

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