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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

But the Convention came together to declare that equal rights, including rights for women and LGBTQ+ people, should be a fundamental value of American constitutional law. It was in response to the Supreme Court decision Kelo v. The fourth and final amendment to pass was an amendment limiting eminent domain. New London.

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We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don’t have to

SCOTUSBlog

They say Roe and Casey are not worthy of the deference that the court typically affords to its prior decisions. Twelve governors write similarly that the court’s abortion precedent represents an “intrusion into the sovereign sphere of the States.”

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The intermediate appellate court held that the defendant was not entitled to present the defense because he had “reasonable legal alternatives” to trespass and obstruction even if those alternatives were not effective. BP p.l.c. , Two amicus briefs were filed in support of the companies, one by the U.S.

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