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Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of State Social Media Laws

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court next term. The justices recently granted certiorari in two cases challenging state laws that restrict social media companies’ ability to moderate content on their platforms. The key issue before the Court is whether the Texas and Florida laws violate the First Amendment. Meanwhile, the Texas law, H.B.

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The art of justice: Re-examining landmark Supreme Court cases through expressionist paintings

SCOTUSBlog

Share Tired of reading jargon-filled law review articles with hundreds of footnotes? The perfect antidote is Painting Constitutional Law: Xavier Cortada’s Images of Constitutional Rights , edited by Professors M.C. It was both an “act of desperation” and an “act of faith in the United States constitution.”

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Supreme Court Adds Two Sixth Amendment Cases to Docket

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court recently agreed to consider two cases involving the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution. United States, will decide whether a defendant’s rights under the Confrontation Clause were violated when his codefendant’s redacted out-of-court confession was admitted during his trial. The first, Smith v.

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University of Florida Bars Professors From Testifying Against New State Voting Rules

JonathanTurley

Three University of Florida political science professors have told a federal court that the university barred them from assisting plaintiffs in a challenge to the state’s new voting laws. As state employees, they were told that litigating against a state law would be “adverse to U.F.’s I disagree.

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Supreme Court Considers “Hot Pursuit” in Closely Watched Fourth Amendment Case

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases last week. California , which involves whether police pursuits for misdemeanors justify a warrantless entry, an issue which has divided the lower courts. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two other cases. Below is a brief summary: Florida v.

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SCOTUS Rules Retrial Is Constitutional After Conviction in Improper Venue

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court unanimously held that the Constitution permits the retrial of a defendant following a trial in an improper venue conducted before a jury drawn from the wrong district. Facts of the Case Timothy Smith was indicted in the Northern District of Florida for theft of trade secrets from a website owned by StrikeLines.

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SCOTUS Rules Retrial Is Constitutional After Conviction in Improper Venue

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court unanimously held that the Constitution permits the retrial of a defendant following a trial in an improper venue conducted before a jury drawn from the wrong district. Facts of the Case Timothy Smith was indicted in the Northern District of Florida for theft of trade secrets from a website owned by StrikeLines.

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