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Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Personal Jurisdiction Laws

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring corporations operating within their borders to consent to personal jurisdiction when they register to do business in those states. According to the Court, such laws do not offend the Constitution’s Due Process Clause. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. ,

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The “great chief” and the “super chief”: A final showdown in Supreme Court March Madness

SCOTUSBlog

Both reshaped American law and society. But only one can be chosen by SCOTUSblog readers as the greatest justice in the court’s history. Ask any constitutional law student to name the most iconic Supreme Court decision, and they’ll probably answer Marbury v. It’s time for Marshall vs. Warren.

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United States Supreme Court Affirms Denial of Voting Rights For D.C.

JonathanTurley

The United States Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (and the later denial of a motion for consideration ) in rejecting the much touted lawsuit to give residents a vote in Congress. ” Obviously, this decision would not impact D.C.

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SCOTUS Rules Website Designer Can Refuse Same-Sex Customers

Constitutional Law Reporter

The law defines “public accommodation” broadly to include almost every public-facing business in the State. Either state officials or private citizens may bring actions to enforce the law, and a variety of penalties can follow any violation. 640 (2000), West Virginia Bd. Today, this court shrinks.” Dale , 530 U.S.

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Smith is No Longer in a Hurry: Special Counsel Moves To Slow Down District Court Judge

JonathanTurley

That would certainly go against the grain of Smith, who has always pushed both the law and the calendar to the breaking point. As shown in his 8-0 reversal in his conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, Smith has rarely shown moderation as a prosecutor. Smith has always been undone by his appetite.

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Arizona dispatch: student delegates to Model Constitutional Convention pass proposed amendments on equal rights, tribal sovereignty, gerrymandering and eminent domain limits

JURIST

JP Leskovich is a rising 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and JURIST’s News Managing Editor. This is the third in a series of dispatches he’s filed as an embedded reporter for JURIST at the Model Constitutional Convention sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Design at ASU Law. New London.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The Supreme Court also noted the testimony of the defendant’s expert on nonviolent resistance “that peaceful civil disobedience is essential to combating climate change.”

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