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Constitutional Law Reporter
AUGUST 6, 2024
In City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Supreme Court upheld a city ordinance that imposes criminal penalties on homeless sleeping outside. Constitution. Facts of the Case Grants Pass, an Oregon city of approximately 38,000 people, has 600 residents who experience homelessness on a given day. In a prior decision, Martin v.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 3, 2021
.” The question is whether it is appropriate or even legal for states or tribes to use a language criteria to prioritize certain citizens over others. Federal and state laws do apply on Indian reservations despite their status as self-regulating states. In Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v.
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JonathanTurley
APRIL 15, 2022
Notably, this week, the board defended its policy before the Supreme Court by insisting that it was not “race balancing” and that the new policy is entirely “race neutral.” The TJ case is important not just to constitutional but educational standards in America. Done: Instant equity.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 13, 2021
President Joe Biden is facing an embarrassing and growing problem as he continues to declare his focus on ending racial discrimination: another federal court appears close to ruling that his Administration is engaging in raw racial discrimination. In Oregon, however, a challenge was rejected over racially dependent benefits.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
A panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seemed to be channeling the lyrics of the musical Hamilton in noting that “Everything is legal in New Jersey.” ” That issue came up in the Oregon case of Anita Green. Bea and the third judge, Susan P.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
AUGUST 4, 2021
Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. The Supreme Court reversed an intermediate appellate court’s decision affirming a superior court determination that the defendant could not present a necessity defense.
JonathanTurley
MAY 24, 2021
So a ruling by a federal district court in Texas this week was particularly jarring: Judge Reed O’Connor found that the Biden administration engaged in systemic gender and race discrimination to implement COVID-19 relief for American restaurants. The government cited historical barriers for minority enterprises, but the court balked.
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