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

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Oklahoma that Congress had not clearly disestablished a Creek Nation reservation covering much of eastern Oklahoma, and thus the area remained Native American territory for the purposes of a federal criminal law, eliminating the state’s ability to prosecute crimes there. They invoke Rapanos v.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

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In December 1958, a Black law student attending Howard University tried to order a cheeseburger at a restaurant in a Virginia bus terminal. The man, Bruce Boynton, appealed his conviction all the way to the Supreme Court. In 1960, the court issued its landmark decision in Boynton v. Bruce Carver Boynton.

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Jacksonian Obstruction: Smith Explains How He Was Planning to Circumvent the Decision in Fischer

JonathanTurley

The Supreme Courts decision in Fischer v. It was not clear if Special Counsel Jack Smith would yield to the decision or possibly take the dubious path laid out by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in her concurrence. However, Smith tended to push the law to the breaking point to bag defendants.

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Smith is No Longer in a Hurry: Special Counsel Moves To Slow Down District Court Judge

JonathanTurley

As shown in his 8-0 reversal in his conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, Smith has rarely shown moderation as a prosecutor. His overloaded criminal complaints created this disaster for his team. A three-week delay will give Smith ample time (in addition to the weeks following the Supreme Court decision) to deliberate.

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Divided By Principle: How Justices Barrett And Jackson Are Shaping The Future Of Constitutional Law

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Virginia , where race-based classifications were challenged despite similar legislative justifications. She seeks to clarify the legal characterization of the law, emphasizing that both age and sex distinctions could be at play and arguing for heightened scrutiny if a sex-based line is indeed drawn.

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Insurrection-Lite: The Supreme Court Downsizes the “Insurrection” to Largely Trespassing

JonathanTurley

Below is my column on the Supreme Court decision on Friday in Fischer v. The court rejected this theory and noted that that the “novel interpretation would criminalize a broad swath of prosaic conduct, exposing activists and lobbyists alike to decades in prison.” Smith has been here before. Bob McDonnell.

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