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“Star Chamber Comeback”: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Loses Flint Water Cases in Spectacular Fashion

JonathanTurley

In an unanimous 6-0 ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court held that her office committed a fatal and inexplicable error in prosecuting nine officials for the Flint water crisis, including former Gov. Over six years ago, I wrote earlier about misgivings over the prosecutions but Nessel’s office created new challenges for the prosecution.

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The independent-state-legislature theory for congressional maps and liability for cities under the ADA

SCOTUSBlog

Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, dissented , calling the independent-state-legislature theory “an exceptionally important and recurring question of constitutional law” and indicating that “further review of the judgment below may be warranted once a petition for a writ of certiorari is filed.”

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Michigan Woman Criminally Investigated for Social Media Attacks on Anti-Maskers

JonathanTurley

The Livingston County (Mich.) Sheriff’s Office is seeking criminal charges against a Howell woman who posted nasty attacks on Twitter to criticize recent public meeting comments by anti-maskers. Kasey Helton seems an entirely unhinged and uncivil person.

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SCOTUS Sides With Deaf Student in ADA Suit

Constitutional Law Reporter

Facts of the Case Petitioner Miguel Luna Perez (Perez), who is deaf, attended schools in Michigan’s Sturgis Public School District (Sturgis) from ages 9 through 20. The post SCOTUS Sides With Deaf Student in ADA Suit appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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The Maine Event That Wasn’t: Bellows Fails Again to Force a Ruling on Disqualification

JonathanTurley

Courts in ultra liberal states like Massachusetts and Michigan have ruled against disqualification. That leaves Colorado where, on a court entirely composed of Democratically appointed justices, advocates could only secure a 4-3 ruling with a vigorous dissent.

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What’s on Tap: Supreme Court to Consider Landmark Affirmative Action Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

In the 2003 decision, the Court held that the University of Michigan Law School’s race-sensitive admissions program was narrowly tailored because the consideration of race was merely one factor in the decision-making process and individualized consideration was given to each applicant. Bollinger , 539 U.S. 306 (2003).

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A president and a justice: The shaping of securities law at the Supreme Court

SCOTUSBlog

Similarly, securities laws have produced a steady diet of cases at the court each year since the adoption of the major securities statutes in 1933 and 1934. The court’s securities law docket ballooned during Powell’s tenure – from approximately 1.5 Two of the nation’s leading securities scholars, A.C.

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