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Oklahoma House approves bill banning abortions except in medical emergencies

JURIST

The Oklahoma House of Representatives voted Tuesday to enact a law that makes it a felony to perform or attempt to perform an abortion, except to save the life of the pregnant woman in a medical emergency. Wade, which has guaranteed women’s constitutional right to an abortion for almost 40 years.

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The morning read for Thursday, September 21

SCOTUSBlog

Here’s the Thursday morning read: Supreme Court can let West Point keep affirmative action (Noah Feldman, Washington Post) I teach constitutional law. Supreme Court arguments have gotten way too long.

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The morning read for Friday, Sept. 10

SCOTUSBlog

Justice Gorsuch Tears Up Oklahoma (Editorial, The Wall Street Journal). Some Not Very Focused Preliminary Thoughts About the Shadow Docket (But Leading Up to Some Fundamentals about Constitutional Law) (Mark Tushnet, Balkinization). God Has No Place in Supreme Court Opinions (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times).

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Calling New Patent Law Professors

Patently O

Note that top ranked law schools rarely advertise for particular subject matter areas. The new hire then starts work the following summer.

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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. Guha Krishnamurthi is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.

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SCOTUS Limits Foreign Reach of Trademark Law

Constitutional Law Reporter

Hetronic sued Abitron in the Western District of Oklahoma for trademark violations under two related provisions of the Lanham Act, both of which prohibit the unauthorized use in commerce of protected marks when that use is likely to cause confusion. .

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Court blocks pathway for federal prisoners to raise legal innocence claims

SCOTUSBlog

Fast forward to 1996: In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, Congress passed AEDPA. The statute replaced the habeas remedy with the motion to vacate, unless the “remedy by motion is inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of [the prisoner’s] detention.” AEDPA left the saving clause intact.

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