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The Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Should Turn on Principle Not Politics

JonathanTurley

Today, the voters of Wisconsin go to the polls in what may be the single most expensive and important judicial race in modern history. Both parties are spending millions with the balance of the state Supreme Court in the balance. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission. The case is Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc.

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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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Wisconsin Voter ID Law for College Students Upheld

JonathanTurley

District Judge James Peterson this week upheld Wisconsin’s voter identification rules for college students. Peterson found that it does despite noting that ‘[i]f the question were whether the requirements at issue were likely to advance an important state interest, the court might well conclude that they don’t.

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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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Rittenhouse Goes To Jury After Case Collapses in Court

JonathanTurley

In coverage of this trial, one would think that there were parallel trials occurring in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Any first-year law student knows that you cannot comment on the silence of a Mirandized defendant after an arrest under the Fifth Amendment – let alone ignore a court order. Wisconsin has a strong self-defense standard.

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