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German court rules double jeopardy statute unconstitutional

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” The law at issue was challenged by a man recharged in a 1981 murder and rape case for which he was acquitted due to lack of evidence. The post German court rules double jeopardy statute unconstitutional appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Supreme Court Rules Bribery Statute Doesn’t Criminalize Gratuities for Past Acts

Constitutional Law Reporter

By contrast, if a federal official accepts a prohibited gratuity, federal gratuities law sets a 2-year maximum prison sentence pursuant to §201(c). As enacted in 1984, the statute at issue in the case, 18 U.S.C. Justice Kavanaugh wrote: The bribery statute for federal officials, §201(b), uses the term “corruptly.”

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Supreme Court Rules Federal Agencies Can Be Sued Under Fair Credit Reporting Act

Constitutional Law Reporter

Given that the United States, as a sovereign, is generally immune from suits seeking money damages unless Congress chooses to waive that immunity, the Court’s “clear statement” rule allows a suit against the government only when “the language of the statute” is “unmistakably clear” in allowing it.

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

Constitutional Law Reporter

108, 115 (2013), Roberts emphasized that the Court has long recognized that “United States law governs domestically but does not rule the world.” The justices remanded the case back to the lower court to consider the latter argument.

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SCOTUS hears oral arguments in bankruptcy amendment, Washington workers’ compensation law cases

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After the Amendment took effect on January 1, 2018, Circuit City, a US chain of electronics retail stores, refused to pay the increased fees and brought suit in the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, claiming that the 2017 Amendment, which creates nonuniform bankruptcy laws, was unconstitutional.

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Divided Court Rules U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Decision Subject to Judicial Review

Constitutional Law Reporter

In support, justice Sotomayor emphasized that the statute in Your Home did not implicate the presumption in favor of judicial review and was narrower than §231g, which simply incorporates §355(f ) into the RRA. The post Divided Court Rules U.S. Shalala , 525 U.S. 449 (1999).

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Affirmative Action Kicked Off Busy Week for SCOTUS

Constitutional Law Reporter

The primary issue in both cases is whether the Court should reverse its decision in Grutter v. Another provision of the statute, however, also allows inmates to collaterally challenge their convictions outside this process through a traditional habeas action under 28 U.S.C. Bollinger , 539 U.S. 306 (2003).