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North Carolina’s voter-ID lawsuit, racial bias in juries and a veteran’s disability claim

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Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit eventually affirmed the district court’s denial of the legislators’ attempt on the ground that the state attorney general was adequately defending the law. Federal law curtails the extent to which a federal court can consider arguments that a prisoner has not presented in state court.

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Six cases to look out for

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Coverage of federal fraud statutes Porat v. The trial court said it was troubled by the “disproportionate number of African-Americans who were struck,” but it was reluctant to grant Broadnax’s challenge to the strikes under Batson v. Kentucky because “it implies some sort of nefarious intent on the part of prosecutors.”

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Supreme Court once again considers the “categorical approach” to sentencing enhancements

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The 5th Circuit rejected the idea that clearly established federal law, as established by holdings of the Supreme Court, permitted a court to imply Gladys Mobley’s bias from the facts of the case. Kentucky ex rel. rescheduled before the Mar.

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Supreme Court takes Clean Water Act case

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The justices did not act on two sets of high-profile petitions that they considered last week: a group of challenges to bans imposed by Illinois and several municipalities in that state on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as challenges to bans on gender-affirming care for minors in Tennessee and Kentucky.

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Abortion Battle Enters Second Phase

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State governments are already responding to the Dobbs decision with new regulations banning abortion or working to reinforce protections for people seeking abortions in their states across state lines. Alabama’s Attorney General was granted an emergency motion to dissolve an injunction against the law on Friday afternoon. South Dakota.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute.

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Are Collective Net Zero Targets Anticompetitive?

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On October 19th, 2022, a coalition of 19 Republican attorneys general (“AGs”) announced an investigation into six NZBA signatories: Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo (the “NZBA Investigation”). court decisions finding antitrust violations in connection with climate pledges.

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