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

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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in Siegle v. Washington. The District Court ruled in the Circuit City trustee’s favor, and the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded the case. Fitzgerald and United States v. United States v.

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Fourth Circuit Overturns Conviction Of Retired Air Force Colonel For Using Racial Slur

JonathanTurley

.” The language of the statute in my view is unconstitutional due to its sweeping criminalization of any “curse or abuse” that could “provoke a breach of the peace.” ” However, the appellate panel corrected noted that such laws are narrowly construed in light of controlling precedent.

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Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Journalist Contesting Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law

JonathanTurley

50-5-85’s inclusion of “other actions that are intended to limit commercial relations with Israel” makes the statute impermissibly vague. In addition, we have faced these controversies on campuses, including on the George Washington University campus. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Feb. O.C.G.A. §

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Federal Judge Suggests Abortion May Be Protected Under 13th Amendment’s Ban on Involuntary Servitude

JonathanTurley

Lauren Handy and nine other anti-abortion activists were charged last year with conspiring to obstruct access to a Washington abortion clinic on Oct. They have asked for the dismissal of the indictment for lack of jurisdiction since the Court ruled in Dobbs that “the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion.”

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Locked and Loaded: Supreme Court is Ready for a Showdown on the Second Amendment

JonathanTurley

In 2008, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling in District of Columbia v. City of Chicago , the court ruled that this right applied against the states. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f) Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University.

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Tenth Circuit Rules Web Designer Must Create Site For Same-Sex Marriage

JonathanTurley

The Court could then have addressed the question in another case but elected to Arlene’s Flowers v. Washington in light of its decision. State of Washington and Arlene’s Flowers v. Then the Supreme court denied certiorari in July 2021. On June 15, 2021, a Colorado District Court ruled in Scardina v.

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Roe Redux: Is The Viability Test Still Viable as a Constitutional Doctrine?

JonathanTurley

The Washington Post confirmed that the United States is one of only seven out of the world’s 198 countries that allow for abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy.). After Dobbs was accepted with its 15-week limit, advocates sought to enjoin a Texas law that banned abortion after just six weeks.