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Justices decline to reinstate GOP-backed congressional voting maps in North Carolina, Pennsylvania

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Alito described the independent-state-legislature theory as “an exceptionally important and recurring question of constitutional law,” and he suggested that the justices “will have to resolve this question sooner or later, and the sooner we do so, the better.” McCullough recommended that the state use the legislature’s map.

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How to Become a Certified Paralegal

Blackstone Career Institute

Discuss constitutional law elements and effective legal research methods. Identify and explain legal procedures and terms related to civil actions, criminal procedure, wills, trusts, trustees, real property, and partnerships/corporations. Identify effective job-search techniques for legal assistants/paralegals.

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Supreme Court Holds FBAR Penalties Are Calculated Per Report

Constitutional Law Reporter

The statute imposes a maximum $10,000 penalty for nonwillful violations of the law. The post Supreme Court Holds FBAR Penalties Are Calculated Per Report appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Facts of the Case The Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and its implementing regulations require U.S.

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A Hearing on Herring: Supreme Court to Hear Potentially Historic Chevron Case

JonathanTurley

In addition to the New Jersey case, the court added the second, nearly identical one from Rhode Island to its calendar — presumably because Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was recused in the New Jersey matter after serving on the appeals court panel that initially reviewed it before her elevation to the Supreme Court.

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Supreme Court Stays Title 42 Order to Preserve the “Remain in Mexico

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.” Gorsuch has long refused to blindly follow Covid rationales as an exception to constitutional or statutory limitations. Even if the Constitution has taken a holiday during this pandemic, it cannot become a sabbatical.

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Jonathan Turley Still Can’t Figure Out Calendar, Constitution

Above The Law

Constitutional law expert' Jonathan Turley forgets how the Constitution schedules elections in his latest Trump criminal case analysis. The post Jonathan Turley Still Can’t Figure Out Calendar, Constitution appeared first on Above the Law.

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“Craven” and “Insurrectionists”: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and Other Denounce the Supreme Court for Granting Review of Presidential Immunity

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There are a variety of reasons why the Court could have put this on the calendar for further argument. Respondent’s brief on the merits, and any amicus curiae briefs in support, are to be filed on or before Monday, April 8, 2024. The reply brief, if any, is to be filed on or before 5 p.m., Monday, April 15, 2024.

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