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Court blocks pathway for federal prisoners to raise legal innocence claims

SCOTUSBlog

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. Fast forward to 1996: In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, Congress passed AEDPA.

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Arizona dispatch: student delegates to Model Constitutional Convention pass proposed amendments on equal rights, tribal sovereignty, gerrymandering and eminent domain limits

JURIST

But the Convention came together to declare that equal rights, including rights for women and LGBTQ+ people, should be a fundamental value of American constitutional law. The second amendment that passed was an amendment enshrining tribal sovereignty in the US Constitution.

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Who’ll Shoot First? How Relaxed Gun Rules Fuel a ‘Small Arms Race’

The Crime Report

According to law professors Guha Krishnamurthi of the University of Oklahoma College of law and Peter Salib of the University of Houston Law Center, this public concern is warranted. Vigilante Justice Firearm Laws. Legal Solutions.

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SCOTUS Kicks Off New Term With …

Constitutional Law Reporter

1988 ; and (2) whether a party must obtain an enduring change in the parties’ legal relationship from a judicial act, as opposed to a non-judicial event that moots the case, to prevail under Section 1988.” Oklahoma: The death penalty case has the support of Oklahoma’s attorney general who agrees that Gossip should be granted a new trial.

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Supreme Court Sides With Police in Two Qualified Immunity Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

In the Fourth Amendment context, the Supreme Court has held that specificity is especially important given that it is sometimes difficult for an officer to determine how the relevant legal doctrine will apply to the factual situation the officer confronts. City of Tahlequah, Oklahoma v. City of Tahlequah, Oklahoma v.

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SCOTUS Wraps Up Oral Arguments for the Term

Constitutional Law Reporter

The court of appeals nevertheless affirmed the injunction, endorsing the district court’s reading of Section 1225 and holding that the Secretary’s new decision could not be considered because it had no legal effect. Oklahoma v. The questions before the justices are: “(1) Whether 8 U.S.C.

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“This is a Moment”: Dobbs and the Realities of the Post-Roe World

JonathanTurley

Moreover, laws in Oklahoma , Texas , Louisiana and other states restricting abortions expressly exempt such procedures. It would also unleash potential legal challenges. When a pregnancy implants in the fallopian tube, it is not a viable pregnancy and its treatment is not an abortion subject to these bans.

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