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SCOTUS Sides with Tennessee in Groundwater Dispute

Constitutional Law Reporter

In Mississippi v. Mississippi brought an original action against Tennessee for damages and other relief related to the pumping of groundwater by the City of Memphis from the Middle Claiborne Aquifer, a valuable water resource that lies beneath eight States. Mississippi challenged the recommendation to dismiss. Tennessee, 595 U.

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Supreme Court Kicks Off Term With Oral Arguments in Five Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Mississippi v. Tennessee: The case involves an interstate water dispute between the states of Mississippi and Tennessee. The post Supreme Court Kicks Off Term With Oral Arguments in Five Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. 2254(d)(1), as the U.S.

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Finding of Permanent Incorrigibility Not Required to Impose Life Sentence on Juvenile

Constitutional Law Reporter

Mississippi, 593 U.S. _ (2021) , the U.S. A Mississippi jury convicted petitioner Brett Jones of murder for killing his grandfather. A Mississippi jury convicted petitioner Brett Jones of murder for killing his grandfather. Under Mississippi law at the time, murder carried a mandatory sentence of life without parole.

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SCOTUS to Clarify Standard for Determining Whether True Threat Exception Applies

Constitutional Law Reporter

.” The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits, as well as Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, California, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Washington, and Washington D.C., Oral arguments will be held on April 19, 2023.

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US appeals court throws out Mississippi Jim Crow era felon disenfranchisement law

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The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that an 1890 state constitutional provision permanently preventing people convicted of certain felonies from voting, Section 241, is unconstitutional. This end-justifies-means analysis has no place in constitutional law.”

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Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Journalist Contesting Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law

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1982), the Supreme Court addressed a boycott of white-owned businesses in Mississippi. I cannot sign any form promising not to boycott Israel.” ” She was then denied the contract. In NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co.

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Abortion Returns to SCOTUS in December with Challenge to Roe v Wade

Constitutional Law Reporter

Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which involves a Mississippi law that makes most abortions illegal after 15 weeks of pregnancy. M i ssissippi Abortion Law. On March 19, 2018, Mississippi enacted the “Gestational Age Act” (Act). Early next month, the U.S. Wade, 410 U.S. Casey, 505 U.S.

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