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Canada Supreme Court rules life without chance of parole is unconstitutional

JURIST

Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrote that the ruling “ devalues the lives of [Bissonnette’s] victims” and called the opinion a “grave injustice that calls for action from Parliament.”

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Supreme Court declines South Carolina agency appeal in Google antitrust case

JURIST

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism (SCDPR) challenging a lower court ruling that found the state had waived sovereign immunity by participating in a federal antitrust lawsuit against Google.

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US Supreme Court Rules Germany Entitled to State Immunity in the Nazi Art Case

Constitutional Law Reporter

Accordingly, the Court interpreted the FSIA as it does other statutes affecting international relations: to avoid, where possible, “producing friction in our relations with [other] nations and leading some to reciprocate by granting their courts permission to embroil the United States in expensive and difficult litigation.”

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‘Free-World’ Regulations Could Prevent Prison Abuses: Study

The Crime Report

Applying the regulatory approach used in the “free-world” has significant advantages over constitutional law in mitigating abusive conditions in prisons and jails, according to a paper published in the Yale Law Journal. Constitutional law does not fill the gap,” Littman writes. “[It

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Near Unanimous Supreme Court Rules Against Georgia Gwinnett College In Free Speech Victory

JonathanTurley

It is a common pattern where universities will force students or academics to go to court and then later drop the cases when it is clear that they may lose. The Supreme Court has now said enough. Nominal damages are enough to allow citizens to litigate the loss of free speech rights.

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Divided Court Strikes Down COVID-19 Restrictions on In-Home Religious Gatherings

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court ruled in Tandon v. Accordingly, the Court granted an injunction pending disposition of the appeal in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Fourth, the Court noted that even if the government withdraws or modifies a COVID restriction in the course of litigation, that does not necessarily moot the case.

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The Supreme Court Hands Down Major Gun Rights Victory

JonathanTurley

In 2008, the Supreme Court recognized the right to bear arms as an individual right in District of Columbia v. City of Chicago , the court ruled that this right applied against the states. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f) Two years after Heller, in McDonald v. This case concerned concealed-carry restrictions under N.Y.

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