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America’s Hidden ‘Constitution-Free Zones’

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Besides Minnesota, the area includes Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas. In effect, this means that nearly 60 million Americans live in states where the courts offer absolute immunity to federal officers who violate someone’s constitutional rights.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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South Dakota Federal Court Granted Preliminary Injunction Against Enforcement of Laws Targeting Pipeline Protesters. Minnesota Supreme Court Declined to Review Claims Regarding Environmental Review for Oil Pipeline. The court said the writer had already availed himself of the remedy offered by D.C.’s Jewell , No.

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Abortion Battle Enters Second Phase

The Crime Report

Some of these states had inactive preexisting laws banning abortion that have returned to effect in the wake of Roe, while others intentional passed “trigger laws” with language enacting their provisions the moment a court decision overturning Roe or an amendment or legislation codifying a state’s right to restrict abortion went into effect.

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Legal Ethics Roundup: So Many Legal Ethics Headlines, Engaging In Democracy, Ethics Jobs & More

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Law Firm Following Court Approval. after a court decision made it the first Big Four accounting firm eligible to practice law in the country. The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday granted the accounting giant final approval to obtain a license to create its own firm, KPMG Law. attorneys office in Washington, D.C.,

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