Constitutional Law Reporter

JULY 23, 2024

The case before the Court involves James Snyder, who is the former mayor of Portage, Indiana. The post Supreme Court Rules Bribery Statute Doesn’t Criminalize Gratuities for Past Acts appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. The bribery statute for federal officials, §201(b), uses the term ‘corruptly.’

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Shortly after the justices denied his appeal, Bourgeois was put to death by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. The Supreme Court ruled in 2002 in Atkins v. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit reinstated his execution in October. He was pronounced dead at 8:21 p.m. A panel of the U.S.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Monday reversed a preliminary injunction previously implemented to bar the enforcement of an Indiana law requiring fetal remains to be either buried or cremated by clinics that provide abortion. The plaintiffs contend that the mandate violates the First Amendment of the US Constitution.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

In one exchange, Harpster told Lewis that he had spent two hours on the phone with some officers and a prosecutor in Indiana. But when prosecutors cross the line and intentionally circumvent court rules for evidence standards, he said, that’s cause for concern. Riley said again and again that he thought his brother was dead.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed, ruling that the 50% tariff was part of an ongoing plan of action that Trump had properly initiated earlier. In early November, the district court ruled that UNC’s use of race in admissions was consistent with Supreme Court precedents. The case is Does v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Under the Endangered Species Act, the court vacated the FWS’s biological opinion because the incidental take statement lacked “the requisite specificity of mitigation measures for the polar bear” and because the take finding for the polar bear was arbitrary and capricious. Northern Plains Resource Council v. Army Corps of Engineers , No.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

While I am a critic of Trump’s speech and actions on that day, I still believe that the the court is completely wrong on the First Amendment. The Supreme Court nevertheless overturned his conviction. We need to put this insidious legal theory to rest with the finality and clarity of a Supreme Court decision.

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