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Constitutional Law Reporter
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Supreme Court heard oral arguments in person for the first time in more than 18 months. Below is a brief summary of the other cases before the Court: Wooden v. Mississippi v. Tennessee: The case involves an interstate water dispute between the states of Mississippi and Tennessee. Last week, the U.S. In Brecht v.
Constitutional Law Reporter
DECEMBER 15, 2021
In Mississippi v. Supreme Court held that that the waters of the Middle Claiborne Aquifer are subject to the judicial remedy of equitable apportionment. The Court’s decision, which is the latest ruling in a long-running ground water dispute between the two states, was unanimous. Supreme Court’s Decision.
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Constitutional Law Reporter
MAY 3, 2021
Mississippi, 593 U.S. _ (2021) , the U.S. Supreme Court again clarified when juveniles can receive life sentences. By a vote of 6-3, the Court held that the Eighth Amendment doesn’t require a sentencer to find that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible prior to imposing a sentence of life without parole. In Jones v.
Constitutional Law Reporter
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Counterman v. 723 (2015), but ultimately decided the case before reaching the constitutional issue. The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. The court acknowledged that “[s]ocial media magnify the potential for a speaker’s innocent words to be misunderstood.”
JonathanTurley
MAY 25, 2021
We have been discussing the state laws requiring contractors and employees to swear that they do not support the the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (“BDS”) movement against Israel. I have long maintained that the law is unconstitutional as a limitation of free speech and associational rights. In NAACP v. Recently, the U.S.
JURIST
AUGUST 6, 2023
The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that an 1890 state constitutional provision permanently preventing people convicted of certain felonies from voting, Section 241, is unconstitutional. This end-justifies-means analysis has no place in constitutional law.”
Constitutional Law Reporter
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the term’s most closely-watched cases. However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. Board of Education, in which the Court overruled precedent and established new constitutional law.
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