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The art of justice: Re-examining landmark Supreme Court cases through expressionist paintings

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Share Tired of reading jargon-filled law review articles with hundreds of footnotes? The perfect antidote is Painting Constitutional Law: Xavier Cortada’s Images of Constitutional Rights , edited by Professors M.C. Cortada’s painting reminds us that Gideon’s petition started a constitutional debate that is still ongoing.

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Supreme Court orders new review of Florida, Texas social media laws

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The US Supreme Court on Monday vacated and remanded lower court rulings regarding the constitutionality of statutes enacted by Florida and Texas to regulate large social media companies’ content moderation practices. The Eleventh Circuit upheld the Florida injunction, citing First Amendment protections of editorial discretion.

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Packing Services: Federal Judge Rules Ban on Guns in Post Offices is Unconstitutional

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In Florida, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has ruled that the federal law prohibiting people from possessing firearms inside post offices is unconstitutional. ” Judge Mizelle noted that the law stands in conflict with the Bruen decision. 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § That is all.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” First, let’s look at the law. Gavin Newsom (D.,

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“This is How Republics Collapse”: Another Adverse Decision Sends the Press and Pundits into a Hair-Pulling Meltdown

JonathanTurley

Indeed, law professors and legal experts are demanding the removal of Cannon for having the temerity to adopt an opposing view of the underlying constitutional claim. Those ominous words captured the hand-wringing, hair-pulling reaction to the dismissal of the Florida case against Donald Trump by Judge Aileen Cannon.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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From legendary lawyers to lesser-known activists, journalists, and plaintiffs, the following individuals who died in 2022 all shaped the court and the law in their own ways. In 1973, Beckwith was a recent graduate of law school and was working as a political reporter for TIME magazine. Read past years’ remembrances: 2021 , 2020.

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Aged Out at 17? Prince Andrew Raises Surprising Defense to Giuffre Lawsuit

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Florida Southern District Court. Giuffre insists that Prince Andrew is not covered in the agreement, which was connected to the controversial resolution of the charges in Florida against Epstein. The law is needed because Giuffre’s action against Prince Andrew would be otherwise time-barred. Prince Andrew argues that.

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