Constitutional Law Reporter

JUNE 1, 2023

Facts of the Case A Texas jury found petitioner Rodney Reed guilty of the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Reed’s conviction and death sentence. In 2014, Reed filed a motion in Texas state court under Texas’s post-conviction DNA testing law.

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Statute Litigation Litigating Cause of Action 52

JonathanTurley

JULY 23, 2021

The calls to boycott Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in states like Texas, Florida ,and Oklahoma will give citizens the common choice between something Half Baked and the American Dream. ” Indeed, I am a bit confused by the disconnect between the rhetoric and the reality of these laws in calls for statewide boycotts.

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Cause of Action Government Manufacturing Laws 59

Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Natural Resources Defense Council , or at least clarify that statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted elsewhere in the statute does not constitute an ambiguity requiring deference to the agency.” Texas : The Fifth Amendment government taking case involves when property owners can sue for compensation.

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Statute Cause of Action Entertainment Court 52

Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 20, 2022

USERRA’s cause of action against state employers may be pursued only in state courts, which a Texas court found to be unconstitutional because Congress lacks the power to authorize lawsuits against nonconsenting states pursuant to its War Powers. Please check back for updates.

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Cause of Action Court Constitutional Law Contract 52

Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Supreme Court recently declined to block enforcement of a Texas law that prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The Texas law at issue, S.B. The plaintiffs also sued Mark Lee Dickson, an individual who they allege has threatened to file private enforcement actions against them utilizing SB 8’s cause of action.

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Laws Court Cause of Action Constitutional Law 52

JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 23, 2020

“If there is a bedrock principle underly- ing the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.” Johnson, 491 U. 397, 414 (1989). Indeed, “the point of all speech protection. Here is the provision : 1708.85. (a)

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Tort Cause of Action Court Constitutional Law 55