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Fundamental Rights and PIL after the German Federal Constitutional Court Decision on the Act to Combat Child Marriages

Conflict of Laws

In May, the Hamburg Max Planck Institute organized an online panel to discuss implications from the German Federal Constitutional Court Decision on the Act to Combat Child Marriages rendered just prior.

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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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Kenya appellate court affirms high court judgment invalidating constitutional amendment bill

JURIST

In a 5-2 decision, the Kenya Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a Kenya High Court decision declaring the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), a constitutional amendment bill, unconstitutional. The court expressed that the said doctrine limits the amendment power set out in Articles 255-257 of the Constitution.

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Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Confrontation Clause to Forensic Analysis

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that when an expert conveys an absent lab analyst’s statements in support of the expert’s opinion, and the statements provide that support only if true, then the statements come into evidence for their truth, and implicate the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause. The Court’s decision was unanimous.

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Supreme Court Upholds Homeless Ordinance Imposing Criminal Penalties

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court upheld a city ordinance that imposes criminal penalties on homeless sleeping outside. According to the Court, the enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property does not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Boise , No.

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Divided Supreme Court Strikes Down Chevron in Landmark Decision

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court struck down the Chevron doctrine in its recent decision in Relentless v. Facts of the Case The Supreme Court granted certiorari in the two cases to address whether Chevron U.S.A. Supreme Court’s Decision The Supreme Court expressly overruled Chevron. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. ,

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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Scheme

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court upheld the funding scheme that supports the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau). Facts of the Case The case centers on the Constitution’s Appropriation Clause, which commands that “[n]o Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. of America, Ltd.,

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