Court Decisions Court Rules Virginia 
JURIST
APRIL 5, 2021
The Supreme Court of Virginia Thursday ruled that the city of Charlottesville can remove two Confederate statues, including one of General Robert E. Among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed against the city were the Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc., and The Monument Fund, Inc.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 11, 2020
The Supreme Court ruled in 2002 in Atkins v. Virginia that it is unconstitutional to execute someone who is mentally disabled. After receiving his death sentence, Bourgeois sought a ruling from a federal court in Texas that he was intellectually disabled and thus barred from execution. His appeal was unsuccessful.
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At the Lectern
JULY 8, 2024
It later summarily denied a habeas corpus petition after a superior court rejected a claim under Atkins v. Virginia (2002) 536 U.S. The Supreme Court had ordered the superior court evidentiary proceeding. ”) It ordered the district court to conduct a de novo review of the Atkins claim. .”
FDA Law Blog
OCTOBER 7, 2024
In June, the Supreme Court ruled that the SEC cannot use its administrative authority to impose civil penalties for securities fraud on the ground that these penalties violate the U.S. H&P specifically relies on the Supreme Court decision in Jarkesy , as well as the 2023 Supreme Court decision in Axon Enterprise, Inc.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 20, 2022
Some older Supreme Court decisions support that theory of consent. Some courts read [Supreme Court precedent] as effectively foreclosing [this consent-by-registration theory of jurisdiction], while others insist it remains viable.”.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 5, 2021
What is most striking however is the coverage in the Washington Post, which reported on the summary affirmance but only quoted supporters for the challenge, including a strikingly misleading take on the lower court ruling upheld by the Supreme Court. I have written about D.C. Absent retrocession, there remains only statehood.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 4, 2023
Searches for 911 call analysis in national court dockets come up virtually empty too. A public defender in Virginia said, “I have never heard of any of that claptrap in my jurisdiction.” In the winter of 2004, Harpster walked into the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. The program has little online presence.
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