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US appeals court rules that Second Amendment protects non-violent offenders from federal firearm bans

JURIST

The case resulted from Bryan Range’s appeal from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Hardiman authored the opinion of the court. The court ruled that under new US Supreme Court precedent from New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. Circuit Judge Thomas M.

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“Connecticut Supreme Court rules pandemic-era video trials pass Constitutional muster. What does this mean going forward?”

HowAppealing

Connecticut Supreme Court rules pandemic-era video trials pass Constitutional muster. Mahony of The Hartford Courant has this report on three related rulings that the Supreme Court of Connecticut issued Monday. What does this mean going forward?” ” Edmund H.

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US Supreme Court declines to hear case regarding jury size in felony trials

JURIST

If it had chosen to hear the case, the court could have decided whether it is inherent within the Constitution that criminal defendants are entitled to a trial by a jury of 12 or more members of the community. This deviation from the standard 12-person jury was permitted by the 1970 US Supreme Court ruling in Williams v.

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South Dakota Supreme Court strikes down recreational marijuana amendment 

JURIST

The court further concluded that the amendment also violated Article XXIII, § 2 because it should have been submitted to voters through a constitutional convention. On appeal, the South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed. We are still governed by the rule of law.”

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FCC approves plan to lower interstate and international jail and prison phone call rates

JURIST

However, in 2017 a federal appeals court ruled that the FCC did not have the authority to do so because intrastate calls are not within the FCC’s jurisdiction. A bill that would allow incarcerated individuals to make free phone calls is pending in the Connecticut state legislature.

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Connecticut Court Rules Former Yale Student Can Sue Accuser in Defamation Lawsuit Despite Exoneration

The Crime Report

In a landmark ruling regarding how colleges handle sexual assault allegations, Connecticut’s highest court ruled that a former Yale student can proceed with a defamation lawsuit against his accuser who had accused him of rape but was later exonerated in criminal court, Dave Collins reports for the Associated Press.

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Amazon Says Workers Can't Rewrite 2nd Circ.'s Wage Questions

Law 360

Amazon has asked Connecticut's highest court not to reframe certified Second Circuit questions about whether its employees must be paid while walking to mandatory anti-theft screenings at the ends of their shifts, arguing that state court rules ban them from altering the circuit's words.