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SCOTUS hears oral arguments in bankruptcy amendment, Washington workers’ compensation law cases

JURIST

The US government challenged this amendment, claiming that the law violated intergovernmental immunity, which is a constitutional law doctrine prohibiting both the federal government and individual states from intruding on the other’s sovereignty.

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

SCOTUSBlog

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

JURIST

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. Cochran is.

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SCOTUS Clarifies Statute of Limitations for APA Claims

Constitutional Law Reporter

2401(a) ’s default six-year statute of limitations until the plaintiff is injured by final agency action. The Court’s decision gives plaintiffs significantly more time to bring APA claims against the federal government. The complaint challenged Regulation II on the ground that it allows higher interchange fees than the statute permits.

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Supreme Court Rules Bribery Statute Doesn’t Criminalize Gratuities for Past Acts

Constitutional Law Reporter

By contrast, if a federal official accepts a prohibited gratuity, federal gratuities law sets a 2-year maximum prison sentence pursuant to §201(c). As enacted in 1984, the statute at issue in the case, 18 U.S.C. Justice Kavanaugh wrote: The bribery statute for federal officials, §201(b), uses the term “corruptly.”

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SCOTUS Narrows Reach of Identity Fraud Statute

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court narrowed the scope of a federal aggravated identity theft statute. Section 1028A(a)(1) applies when a defendant, “during and in relation to any [predicate offense, such as healthcare fraud], knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person.” In Durbin v.

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Court blocks pathway for federal prisoners to raise legal innocence claims

SCOTUSBlog

Hendrix turns on the interpretation of the federal habeas statute, as amended by the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. The statute replaced the habeas remedy with the motion to vacate, unless the “remedy by motion is inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of [the prisoner’s] detention.”

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