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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. Arizona and 18 other States moved to intervene to challenge the district court’s ruling, arguing that the federal government would not defend the Title 42 orders as vigorously as they might.

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

SCOTUSBlog

Arizona does not provide a basis for civil damages under 42 U.S.C. The majority’s decision both hobbles Miranda ’s enforceability and unceremoniously strips the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination of Miranda ’s prophylactic protection, heretofore regarded as criminal procedure canon in American law.

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SCOTUS Kicks Off February Sitting With Oral Arguments in Three Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

City and County of San Francisco, California : The case revolves around a legal challenge to a federal immigration rule. The post SCOTUS Kicks Off February Sitting With Oral Arguments in Three Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians , 480 U.S.

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Destroying Democracy to Save It: Democrats Lose Another Effort to Disqualify a GOP Member

JonathanTurley

It is premised on a deeply flawed historical and legal view of a provision under the Fourteenth Amendment. The latest such ruling comes from the Arizona Supreme Court which ruled that Democrats could not prevent Rep. This effort failed on legal grounds in seeking to bar Rep. It has been rejected repeatedly in the courts.

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The Ninth Circuit Rules That There is no Chilling Effect in Forcing GOP Leaders to Hand Over Phone Records to Democrats

JonathanTurley

There is an important ruling out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this week where a divided panel held that Kelli Ward, the Chair of the Arizona Republican Party and former senatorial candidate, cannot withhold her cell phone records from the January 6th Committee. That is quite sweeping. 1, 166 (Black, J.,

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“Not All TV News Sources Are The Same”: Congress And The Slippery Slope Of Censorship

JonathanTurley

As someone who just came over to Fox News as a legal analyst from CBS and the BBC, the hearing concentrated my mind “wonderfully” on the future of free speech and the free press. But, then again, I did not think social media sites — given legal immunity in exchange for being content-neutral — would ever censor viewpoints.

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Arizona dispatch: student delegates to Model Constitutional Convention pass proposed amendments on equal rights, tribal sovereignty, gerrymandering and eminent domain limits

JURIST

US law student and undergraduate delegates passed four proposed amendments Sunday at the first-ever Model Constitutional Convention hosted by Arizona State University (ASU) Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. This followed two days of discussion and deliberation in Phoenix, Arizona.