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Alberta government considers revising Cabinet powers under proposed Sovereignty Act

JURIST

Danielle Smith, who took office as the new Premier of the western Canadian province of Alberta in October, said Saturday that her government is considering revising the provisions of the proposed provincial Sovereignty Act which would empower the provincial cabinet to unilaterally rewrite laws without legislative approval.

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In habeas case, the liberal justices try to untangle a complex statute

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Hendrix , a case that exemplifies the Gordian knot that is the federal habeas corpus statute. United States that Section 922(g) requires the government to prove that the defendant knew he was prohibited from possessing a firearm. Share On Tuesday, the court heard argument in Jones v.

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Court blocks pathway for federal prisoners to raise legal innocence claims

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Share On Thursday, the Supreme Court held that a federal prisoner cannot raise a claim of legal innocence if he has already challenged his conviction – even if that claim was unavailable at the time he filed his challenge. They could also include challenges to the conditions of detention, rather than the legality of the sentence.

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US Supreme Court grants certiorari for two cases regarding federal district courts’ jurisdiction

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Under § 2255, federal inmates can collaterally challenge their convictions on any ground cognizable on collateral review, with successive attacks limited to certain claims indicating “factual innocence” or relying on “constitutional law decisions made retroactive” by the Supreme Court. ” Jones v.

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Supreme Court Holds FBAR Penalties Are Calculated Per Report

Constitutional Law Reporter

“Best read, the BSA treats the failure to file a legally compliant report as one violation carrying a maximum penalty of $10,000, not a cascade of such penalties calculated on a per-account basis,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote on behalf of the majority. Instead, the relevant legal duty is the duty to file reports.”

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SCOTUS Concludes Oral Arguments for the Term

Constitutional Law Reporter

The Court’s final week included four cases, with issues ranging from bankruptcy to RICO to government takings. While the Bankruptcy Code abrogates the sovereign immunity of “governmental units,” the statute does not refer to Indian tribes in defining that term (or anywhere else). 2d 1112, 1115 (7th Cir. In RJR Nabisco , 579 U.S.

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On the narrow road to challenge a federal conviction, when is a vehicle “inadequate”?

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Jones involves a federal prisoner who is legally innocent – the conduct a jury found he committed isn’t a crime. The federal government – which prosecuted Jones – says the 8th Circuit got the reasoning wrong but the outcome right: It urges the Supreme Court to correct the lower court’s error but deny Jones relief.

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