SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2024

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Under Arizona law, the trial judge could have sentenced Bassett for each count to either life in prison without the possibility of parole or life in prison with the possibility of “release” after 25 years.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

The report focused on legislative achievements in Arizona and Connecticut , two states that issued what it called the most noteworthy laws relating to criminal record expungement. In a report released Monday, CCRC said legislatures around the country were slowly reducing the barriers faced by people with criminal records.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 10, 2022

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. This week we highlight petitions asking the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, similar issues in two very different drug-related prosecutions. These and other petitions of the week are below: Arizona v.

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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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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The US District Court for the District of Arizona on Tuesday blocked provisions of a restrictive Arizona abortion bill from taking effect. The Arizona legislature enacted SB 1457 in April 2021. Lastly, the court found that it is always in the public interest to protect constitutional rights. years in prison.

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JURIST

MARCH 18, 2024

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito indefinitely extended a stay blocking the enforcement of a Texas law that criminalizes illegal entry into the state from other countries. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit later stayed that injunction, allowing the law to go into effect.

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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 19, 2023

The bill creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses. Governor Abbott won a case earlier this year over a 1,000-foot-long floating barrier in the Rio Grande installed to prevent border crossings when a federal appeals court stayed a lower court’s removal order.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, Abitron argued that the Lanham Act should not apply to its foreign sales. A short explanation of relists is available here. There are four newly relisted cases this week.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2022

SB 612 made abortion and any attempt at an abortion a felony with punishments including fines and jail time. Unlike Texas’ 6-week abortion ban and Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban, the new Oklahoma law SB1503 implements a near-total ban, with only medical emergency exceptions.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. In recent years, the Supreme Court has expressed misgivings about white-collar prosecutions under broadly worded statutes. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit affirmed. United States. New Relist.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is back. On Monday, the court granted nine petitions from the enormous number that built up over the summer. A short explanation of relists is available here. First up is Buffington v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 23, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court has newly relisted six petitions this week, raising three groups of issues. The district court in July 2019 agreed with the Warhol Foundation that the works were a fair use, but the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. This week’s update on the cases that the Supreme Court has newly relisted will be short: There aren’t any new relists. Gorsuch said he hoped the court would overturn those cases soon in “an appropriate case.”

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JURIST

APRIL 13, 2022

SB 612 makes abortions, or attempts at abortion, a felony. ” Just last month, Arizona passed a 15-week abortion ban. ” The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Mississippi’s more limited 15-week ban last December. Even if the Supreme Court upholds a 15-week ban, they might find a total ban too restrictive.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

An Arizona Senate committee Thursday voted in favor of a bill that prohibits abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The bill comes amidst the much-anticipated Supreme Court decision on Mississippi’s abortion law, which has the potential to drastically transform abortion rights in the US. The bill will soon move to a second reading.

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JURIST

JULY 1, 2022

The US Supreme Court on Thursday vacated three orders issued by lower courts in Arizona, Indiana, and Arkansas that had invalidated state-level abortion on the grounds of Roe v. This follows the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe last Friday. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the injunction.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 25, 2025

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution generally permits states to strip people convicted of felonies of their right to vote. Felony disenfranchisement has a long, and often racist, history.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 30, 2024

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Native voters can swing elections, but court ruling suppresses turnout, leaders say (Arlyssa D. Probably so.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 10, 2024

United States (1997), which involved federal requirements that states cooperate on gun control measures, the Supreme Court enforced an anti-commandeering line that allowed states to refuse such federal orders. The Supreme Court has warned that financial penalties can be so coercive that they effectively commandeer states.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2024

And over a dissent by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the justices declined to decide whether the Constitution guarantees the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony. As the case comes to the Supreme Court, Medrano contended that the use of his statements violated his rights under Miranda v.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 29, 2025

Flores-Ruiz was previously deported and then entered again illegally, a federal felony. He was issued an I-860 Notice and Order of Expedited Removal on January 16, 2013, and Flores-Ruiz was removed to Mexico through the Nogales, Arizona, port of entry. They agreed that the arrest would take place after Flores-Ruizs court appearance.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Supreme Court. On October 2, the district court granted the companies’ motion to temporarily extend its stay of the remand order until the Supreme Court resolves the application.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Yesterday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes became the latest Democratic prosecutor to suggest a possible criminal charge against former President Donald Trump. It was due to the paucity of direct evidence of a crime that would hold up in court. Threatening or intimidating pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 3 is a class 3 felony.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Federal Court Denied Oakland and San Francisco Motions to Return Climate Change Nuisance Cases to State Court; Found Federal Common Law of Nuisance Could Apply, Despite AEP v. The court dispensed with the cities’ three primary arguments for remanding the cases. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 107.

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Above The Law

MARCH 26, 2025

Bush, one Trump judicial appointee to the district courts have in common? Before jumping into the cases though here is a breakdown of current federal district court judges by party of appointing president (data from fjc.gov ). What do five Biden, two Obama, one George W. The split is approximately 54% Democratic to 46% Republican.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. After going two conferences without any new relists, the Supreme Court ended the relist drought this week with a vengeance. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit to lift those orders while they appealed.

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