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Calling New Patent Law Professors

Patently O

Every year, law schools advertise open faculty positions via a Faculty Appointments Register sponsored by the American Association of Law Schools (AALS). Note that top ranked law schools rarely advertise for particular subject matter areas. by Dennis Crouch. The new hire then starts work the following summer.

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Kentucky Attorney Files Challenge To Kentucky Governor’s Closure OF Religious Schools

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting fight brewing in Kentucky between Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Gov. Beshear has correctly cited a major victory recently before the Kentucky Supreme Court — an unanimous decision in favor of his authority to issue pandemic orders. Andy Beshear. That case is being widely cited, including by Gov.

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Justices asked to strengthen the right to earn a living

SCOTUSBlog

Under longstanding constitutional law, most laws survive constitutional challenges so long as the government has a “rational basis” for enacting them. Louisville, Kentucky, is home to a large community of Nepali immigrants. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. In Tiwari v.

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Capital defendant whose lawyer conceded guilt despite his objection seeks relief from Supreme Court

SCOTUSBlog

Second, Tyler argues that even if McCoy announced a new rule, Teague allows for the retroactive effect of substantive rules of constitutional law that prohibit certain criminal laws or punishments (as opposed to procedural rules, which are not retroactive). Instead, Tyler seeks to bring his claim under Griffith v.

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SCOTUS Rules Kentucky AG Can Defend Abortion Law

Constitutional Law Reporter

Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit erred in denying the Kentucky attorney general’s motion to intervene on the commonwealth’s behalf in litigation concerning Kentucky House Bill 454, the state’s controversial abortion law. The secretary remained in the case and defended the challenged law. Facts of the Case.

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Halakha Challenge: Three Kentucky Women Argue Abortion Law “Imposed Sectarian Theology on Jews.”

JonathanTurley

Among the slew of challenges to state abortion laws after the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , a newly filed action in Kentucky may be one of the most creative. It flips the script on past religious based arguments against abortion and say that Kentucky “has imposed sectarian theology on Jews.”

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. The site was sued by Sarah Jones, an ex-Bengals cheerleader and a former high school teacher in northern Kentucky, who was libeled on the site by commentators. For Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.

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