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The Real A.C.B.

Above The Law

Together, these cases deal with balancing government authority, economic activity, and individual rights. In Boechler , she emphasized deference to Congresss intent, arguing that the Court should not extend exceptions like equitable tolling beyond what the law explicitly allows, despite its traditional role in American jurisprudence.

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In sequel to McGirt, justices will again review scope of state prosecutorial power in Indian country

SCOTUSBlog

Share A sad story involving child neglect has become the subject of a Supreme Court case — and white-hot political rhetoric — because the crime occurred on the reservation of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the victim (but, crucially, not the defendant) is a citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The case, Oklahoma v.

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The long conference’s relists

SCOTUSBlog

Several of them are sequels to earlier high court decisions. First Amendment The current court is very solicitous of First Amendment rights. In dissent, Judge Andrew Oldham said “there’s zero difficulty … in figuring out whether it was animus or [Gonzalez’s] purportedly criminal conduct that caused her arrest.”

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Blockbuster watch: Affirmative action, same-sex weddings, and other big relists

SCOTUSBlog

The court has an unusual number of relists this week, including an unusual number of cases that would be blockbusters if the court decides to take them. Oklahoma cases as a single case — that I have to be extremely summary. Two terms ago, the Supreme Court held by a 5-4 vote in McGirt v. They invoke Rapanos v.

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US federal judge temporarily blocks Oklahoma law criminalizing irregular entry

JURIST

Oklahoma District Court Judge Bernard Jones granted a temporary restraining order on Tuesday, temporarily blocking HB 4156 from allowing the criminalization of noncitizens’ irregular entry and unauthorized stay in Oklahoma. The defendants are Attorney General Gentner Drummond, among other Oklahoma state officials.