Alaska Constitutional Law Court 
Constitutional Law Reporter
MAY 24, 2021
In Alaska v. Supreme Court held that if offenders have finished serving their state court sentence, they lack standing to bring a federal habeas claim. In 2009, an Alaska jury convicted Sean Wright of 13 counts of sexual abuse of a minor. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed. Supreme Court’s Decision.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 19, 2022
The court’s curious handling of the case backfired. That issue would have to be decided by the Supreme Court however given the prior ruling in New York Times v. Rakoff came up with a curious legal version of a palindrome in the defamation trial of former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin v.
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JonathanTurley
MARCH 2, 2022
District Judge Jed Rakoff has issued a stinging rebuke to former Alaska Gov. In its earlier ruling against the Times, the court put the theory of the case succinctly in its leading line: “Gov. They were deliberating that very question and now had the view of the court that the “actual malice” standard was not satisfied in the case.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 11, 2022
However, these Democrats insist that a unilateral decision from Ferriero declaring it ratified would mean it is ratified … at least until some courts say otherwise. Democratic members and advocacy groups have pushed to pack the Supreme Court with an instant liberal majority. In 1981, a federal district court ruled in Idaho v.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 25, 2025
Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a major challenge to the federal E-rate program, which subsidizes telephone and high-speed internet services in schools, libraries, rural areas, and low-income communities in urban areas. Courts of Appeals for the 5th, 6th, 11th, and District of Columbia Circuits.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 31, 2022
Share At the end of each year, SCOTUSblog remembers some of the people whose lives and work left an imprint on the Supreme Court. From legendary lawyers to lesser-known activists, journalists, and plaintiffs, the following individuals who died in 2022 all shaped the court and the law in their own ways. David Beckwith (Oct.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Most recently, after numerous efforts to dismiss the case, The New York Times found itself in court defending an editorial that bizarrely appeared to blame former Alaska Gov. Rakoff might, however, have just created the ideal case for the Supreme Court to change that standard on appeal. Devin Nunes, R-Calif.
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