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Supreme Court to Consider Tax Exemptions for Religious Organizations

Constitutional Law Reporter

The Supreme Court recently agreed to consider Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission. The closely watched First Amendment case involves the availability of tax exemptions for religious organizations and marks the first religious case taken up by the Court this term. Pursuant to Wis.Stat.

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SCOTUS Adds LGBTQ Book Case to Docket

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court has added another closely watched First Amendment case to its docket. As detailed in court documents, the books as a whole express their authors’ views on sexual orientation and gender identity by portraying homosexual, transgender, and non-binary characters in various situations. Yoder, 406 U.S. Yoder, 406 U.S.

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

The Crime Report

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.”. Guha Krishnamurthi is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.

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Delaware Loses Bid to Keep Uncashed MoneyGram Checks

Constitutional Law Reporter

Pennsylvania and Wisconsin , 598 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that uncashed MoneyGram checks are governed by the Disposition of Abandoned Money Orders and Traveler’s Check Act (FDA) and should be returned to the state where they were issued. In Delaware v. It was Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first opinion.

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SCOTUS Kicks Off Term With Oral Arguments in Four Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court heard its first oral arguments of the 2022-2023 Term. The Court also welcomed new Justice Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the bench for her first session of oral arguments. The Court also welcomed new Justice Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the bench for her first session of oral arguments.

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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Four Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court has returned to the bench for its November oral argument session. While none of the cases are considered “blockbusters,” the Court considered key issues related to employment, securities, healthcare, and white-collar criminal law. Below is a brief summary of the questions before the Court: Wisconsin Bell, Inc.

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Locked and Loaded: Supreme Court is Ready for a Showdown on the Second Amendment

JonathanTurley

Bruen, the first major gun rights case before the Supreme Court in ten years. Justices have been openly discussing a case to push back on lower courts that have been chipping away at its Second Amendment jurisprudence. The court will soon take up New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f)

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