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

JonathanTurley

If Georgia Gwinnett College wanted to foster greater unity in its use of “free speech zones,” it succeeded in prompting a near unanimous Supreme Court in ruling against it in favor of free speech this week. Georgia Gwinnett College seemed to grasp for any claim to keep the students from speaking.

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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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Who’ll Shoot First? How Relaxed Gun Rules Fuel a ‘Small Arms Race’

The Crime Report

Vigilante Justice Firearm Laws. The law professors detail that the small arms race arises from three main “troubling” legal implications, and it’s looking at the examples of Wisconsin and Georgia’s laws that “exemplify this perilous confluence.”. Legal Solutions.

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Cherry-picked history and ideology-driven outcomes: Bruen’s originalist distortions

SCOTUSBlog

Bruen invokes the authority of history but presents a version of the past that is little more than an ideological fantasy, much of it invented by gun-rights advocates and their libertarian allies in the legal academy with the express purpose of bolstering litigation such as Bruen. Bruen does mark a new low for the court.

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Gain Experience with Paralegal Pro Bono Work

Paralegal Bootcamp

I remember spending weeks up in north Georgia in a warehouse with traffic lights so that the semis didn’t run you over if you were crossing INSIDE the warehouse. Lucky for me, this first visit had one of the legal aid attorneys with me because she had some experience with this kind of stuff, and she prepped me a little on what to expect.

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SCOTUS Wraps Up Oral Arguments for the Term

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court has concluded its oral arguments for the October 2021 Term. Below is a brief summary of the cases before the Court: Nance v. Ward : The case challenges Georgia’s sole statutorily authorized method of execution, lethal injection. In Bucklew v. Precythe , 139 S. ” Petitioner filed suit under 42 U.S.C.

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SCOTUS Rules Students Have Standing to Bring Free Speech Suit

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that two students had standing to sue their college for violating their free speech rights, even though their suit sought only nominal damages. The suit was brough by former students at Georgia Gwinnett College who wished to exercise their religion by sharing their faith on campus while enrolled there.