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Student Loan Forgiveness Program Fails to Survive Supreme Court Scrutiny

Constitutional Law Reporter

“The HEROES Act allows the Secretary to ‘waive or modify’” provisions of the student aid laws, “but does not allow the Secretary to rewrite that statute to the extent of canceling $430 billion of student loan principal,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote on behalf of the Court. Those provisions remain safely intact in the U.

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Supreme Court Lowers the Bar for Title VII Suits Alleging Discriminatory Transfers

Constitutional Law Reporter

Louis, Missouri , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. It is to impose a new requirement on a Title VII claimant, so that the law as applied demands something more of her than the law as written. But even supposing the City’s worst predictions come true, that would be the result of the statute Congress drafted,” Justice Kagan noted.

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McConnell: Federal Abortion Ban is “Possible” if Court Strikes Down Roe v. Wade

JonathanTurley

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told USA Today this week that it is “possible” that Congress could pass a national ban on abortion if the leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. United States, the Supreme Court held that the federal government cannot order states or cities to enforce federal law. Wade is finalized.

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“The First Amendment Does Not Apply”: A Response To The Letter Of Scholars In Rejecting Trump Arguments Under The First Amendment

JonathanTurley

If there is a single line that sums up the sense of legal impunity in the second Trump impeachment, it is that line from a letter sent by law professors to deny any basis for the former president to challenge his impeachment on free speech grounds. Constitutional rights and values are always relevant to an impeachment.

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