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Victim’s Family in the University of Idaho Murders Appeals Gag Order

JonathanTurley

However, courts have steadily increased the scope of these orders despite the curtailment of First Amendment rights. 3 to restrict comments from prosecutors, the defense, law enforcement and other officials. Courts have become untethered from the narrow parameters laid down by the Supreme Court in prior cases.

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Could The Arrest of FBI Agent Undermine The Whitmer Kidnapping Case?

JonathanTurley

Courts look to two elements in entrapment cases. 540 (1992), the Court ruled that a Nebraska man convicting of receiving child pornography through the mail was entrapped. convincing him that he had or should have the right to engage in the very behavior proscribed by law.” In Jacobson v. United States , 503 U.S.

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Student Loan Forgiveness Program Fails to Survive Supreme Court Scrutiny

Constitutional Law Reporter

Nebraska , 600 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness program. The district court denied the States’ motion for a preliminary injunction and dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction after determining none of the States had standing to bring the lawsuit.

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The Biggest Cases the Supreme Court Will Hear in 2023

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court is about one-third of the way through its current term as it enters the new year. Important issues before the justices will include the lawfulness of the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plan and tech companies’ liability for user content. Below is a brief preview of the cases before the Court: Gonzalez v.

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Supreme Court to Consider Challenges to Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court has agreed to consider two cases challenging the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plan. Nebraska , involves a legal challenge by six states. However, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and enjoined the debt relief plan. On December 12, 2022, the Court agreed to expedite the legal challenge.

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Amendments by Acclamation: Democrats Move to Simply Declare the Equal Rights Amendment as Ratified

JonathanTurley

However, these Democrats insist that a unilateral decision from Ferriero declaring it ratified would mean it is ratified … at least until some courts say otherwise. Democratic members and advocacy groups have pushed to pack the Supreme Court with an instant liberal majority. But it fell short of that constitutional threshold.

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The Appeal of Chaos: How Politicians and Pundits are Misconstruing The Supreme Court’s Order on the Texas Abortion Law

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Hill on reaction to the refusal of the Supreme Court to enjoin the Texas abortion law. The order of the Court expressly did not reach the merits and certainly did not, as claimed, overturn Roe v. The Texas law is not even the greatest threat to Roe. 1 to demand emergency court intervention.

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