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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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First Amendment Issues Dominant Busy Week at the Supreme Court

Constitutional Law Reporter

City of Sanford, Florida : The case involves whether a retired firefighter can bring a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) alleging that her employer is discriminating in how benefits are provided to disabled retirees. United States : The case involves what constitutes”false statements” under 18 U.S.C.

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SCOTUS Remands Content Moderation Cases But Still Delivers First Amendment Lessons

Constitutional Law Reporter

However, the Court remanded the cases back to the lower courts after concluding that neither court properly analyzed “the facial First Amendment challenges” to the laws. Facts of the Case In 2021, Florida and Texas enacted statutes regulating large social-media companies and other internet platforms.

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

JonathanTurley

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. Under this criminal statute, with the proliferation of the federal government comes the diminution of the People’s right to bear arms. 18 U.S.C. §

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Eleventh Circuit Rejects Transgender Student’s Challenge to Bathroom Policy

JonathanTurley

Johns County, Florida. The court ruled 7-4 against a statutory and constitutional challenge of a transgender student to a district policy requiring students to use bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex. The court reversed the decision of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

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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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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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