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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The court denied cert on Monday. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan, filed an opinion dissenting from the court’s denial of summary vacatur.

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Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Journalist Contesting Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law

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This week, a court in Georgia became the latest to declare such laws unconstitutional. 1982), the Supreme Court addressed a boycott of white-owned businesses in Mississippi. District Court Judge Mark Cohen ruled for Martin on the core constitutional challenge. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Feb.

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“Federal Court Moves to Drastically Weaken Voting Rights Act; The ruling, which is almost certain to be appealed to the Supreme Court, would effectively bar private citizens and civil rights groups from suing under a key provision of the landmark law”

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“Federal Court Moves to Drastically Weaken Voting Rights Act; The ruling, which is almost certain to be appealed to the Supreme Court, would effectively bar private citizens and civil rights groups from suing under a key provision of the landmark law”: Nick Corasaniti of The New York Times has this report.

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One of the oldest problems in America persists: How to protect the voting rights of non-white citizens

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Share This article is the first entry in a symposium on the court’s decision in Brnovich v. The Supreme Court placed the 15th Amendment’s lofty goal of racial equality in voting out of reach again in its ruling in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee. She writes for herself and not her organizations.

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