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Supreme Court Upholds Homeless Ordinance Imposing Criminal Penalties

Constitutional Law Reporter

In City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. According to the Court, the enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property does not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Johnson , 603 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Texas , 392 U.S.

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Showdown at TJ: How a Virginia High School Became The Latest Battleground Over Racial Discrimination

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Hill on the litigation over the new admissions policy at the elite Thomas Jefferson High School in Fairfax, Virginia. Indeed, Oregon recently achieved equity in graduation rates by simply suspending the need to be proficient in reading, math, and writing. Done: Instant equity.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 148.

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What to Expect in a Post-Roe World

JonathanTurley

As this matter returns to the states, it is striking to consider what has changed legally and socially in the past 50 years. In the Dobbs litigation of 2022, 26 states asked the court to overturn Roe and its successor, Casey. Roughly 16 states are poised or expected to make abortion illegal immediately under so-called trigger laws.

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

It would then depend on the Maine litigation to bring the matter back to the Court. Here is the column: It is “a sad day for America and the Constitution when a court decides the outcome of an election.” At the time, another rising star in Republican legal circles was getting her start as a young law firm associate.

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