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Arizona Looks To Protect Cops From That Pesky First Amendment

Above The Law

The post Arizona Looks To Protect Cops From That Pesky First Amendment appeared first on Above the Law. Because the problem with the killing of George Floyd was that someone was allowed to film it.

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SCOTUS to Hear Potential Blockbuster Voting Rights Case

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court will hear two significant voting rights cases out of Arizona. The cases, Arizona Republican Party v. ” The State of Arizona grants all citizens an equal opportunity to vote in person or by mail. However, it also has voting laws in place that govern those voting processes. Next month, the U.S.

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Morning Docket: 12.28.22

Above The Law

The majority of the Supreme Court is once again shifting their interpretation of the law in order to support right-wing political objectives! We're now at 10 percent of law schools that say they will not participate in the ranking process. 2022 was the year that Constitutional Law dramatically shifted (to the right). [

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Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Confrontation Clause to Forensic Analysis

Constitutional Law Reporter

Arizona , 602 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that when an expert conveys an absent lab analyst’s statements in support of the expert’s opinion, and the statements provide that support only if true, then the statements come into evidence for their truth, and implicate the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause. In Smith v.

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SCOTUS to Take on Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court’s January docket features several closely watched cases involving constitutional law. At the trial, the State of Arizona called Department of Public Safety (DPS) forensic scientist Greggory Longoni, who testified that the seized substances were methamphetamine, marijuana, and cannabis. In Smith v.

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SCOTUS Leaves Title 42 in Place Temporarily

Constitutional Law Reporter

In Arizona et al. Supreme Court agreed to keep the federal government’s Title 42 policy in place while legal challenges continue. By a vote of 5-4, the justices stayed a lower court decision that would have lifted the policy on December 21, 2022. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the States’ motion.

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Tantamount to nothing: Miranda “rights” can(not) be wronged

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Share On Thursday, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Vega v. Tekoh , in which a 6-3 court held that a violation of Miranda v. Arizona does not provide a basis for civil damages under 42 U.S.C. The Supreme Court rejected the 9th Circuit’s decision, characterizing it as an “extension” of Miranda and “wrong.”

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