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Kentucky Attorney Files Challenge To Kentucky Governor’s Closure OF Religious Schools

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting fight brewing in Kentucky between Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Gov. Beshear has correctly cited a major victory recently before the Kentucky Supreme Court — an unanimous decision in favor of his authority to issue pandemic orders. Andy Beshear. In Beshear v.

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Capital defendant whose lawyer conceded guilt despite his objection seeks relief from Supreme Court

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, a capital defendant’s request for habeas relief on the ground that his lawyer conceded guilt over his objection, as in 2018’s McCoy v. After McCoy , Tyler unsuccessfully sought relief in Louisiana state courts. In Tyler v.

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Justices asked to strengthen the right to earn a living

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Under longstanding constitutional law, most laws survive constitutional challenges so long as the government has a “rational basis” for enacting them. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit affirmed.

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

Free speech has always held a precarious position in Australia which does not have an equivalent to the First Amendment in guaranteeing free speech as a constitutional right. Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech. punitive damages.

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SCOTUS Rules Kentucky AG Can Defend Abortion Law

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit erred in denying the Kentucky attorney general’s motion to intervene on the commonwealth’s behalf in litigation concerning Kentucky House Bill 454, the state’s controversial abortion law. Supreme Court’s Decision. In Cameron v.

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Previewing the US Supreme Court’s October Sitting

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court will return to the bench on October 4, 2021, and conduct oral arguments in person for the first time since March 2020. While this matter was pending before the Sixth Circuit, the Secretary retained lawyers from the Kentucky Attorney General’s office to represent him.

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Halakha Challenge: Three Kentucky Women Argue Abortion Law “Imposed Sectarian Theology on Jews.”

JonathanTurley

Among the slew of challenges to state abortion laws after the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , a newly filed action in Kentucky may be one of the most creative. It flips the script on past religious based arguments against abortion and say that Kentucky “has imposed sectarian theology on Jews.”

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