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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.,

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Sioux Tribe Imposes Language Criterion For Priority Vaccinations

JonathanTurley

There is a controversy developing in North and South Dakota where The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is prioritizing speakers of its native languages for its COVID-19 vaccine distribution. The tribe insists that it wants to protect those who can preserve its language.

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Amendments by Acclamation: Democrats Move to Simply Declare the Equal Rights Amendment as Ratified

JonathanTurley

But it fell short of that constitutional threshold. Not only that, but four states — Nebraska, Tennessee, Idaho, Kentucky — rescinded their prior ratifications; a fifth, South Dakota, set its ratification to expire if the ERA was not adopted by the 1979 deadline.

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“Be Aggressive and Go All the Way”: Abortion Could be Headed Back to the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

For example, South Dakota Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) has called upon President Biden to make the pills available over-the-counter. The problem is that states could prohibit doctors from prescribing the pills and ban their import. Kristi Noem (R) announced that she will seek a ban on mail-order abortion pills.

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Are Runoffs Racist? The Media Coverage Ignores the Democratic Purpose of Runoffs

JonathanTurley

Ten states apply this rule to primaries: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Vermont. That part of the opinion was upheld by the appellate court , though the court was reversed on other grounds.

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What to Expect in a Post-Roe World

JonathanTurley

Roughly 16 states are poised or expected to make abortion illegal immediately under so-called trigger laws. South Dakota, Louisiana and Kentucky have immediate prohibitions that will come into effect. In the Dobbs litigation of 2022, 26 states asked the court to overturn Roe and its successor, Casey.

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