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.”. The government has filed a confession of error, agreeing the offense does not qualify.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

John Bailey, a police sergeant in Pennsylvania, was among the first to tap Harpster and Adams for help after learning about their technique from the FBI. But when prosecutors cross the line and intentionally circumvent court rules for evidence standards, he said, that’s cause for concern. But the reversal has gone largely unnoticed.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 19, 2021

Hemphill’s case was the only new addition to the court’s docket for next fall. The justices also asked the federal government for its views in Gannett Co. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit that rejected a challenge to the extension of the deadline for the receipt of absentee ballots in Pennsylvania.

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2025

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday that a federal statute requiring people to be 21 to purchase handguns from Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) conflicts with previous Supreme Court decisions and the Second Amendment. ”In United States v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 12, 2022

Smith , and if so, whether the Supreme Court should overrule Smith. The court faced but did not decide the issue of whether to overrule Smith in last term’s Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.). Two terms ago, the Supreme Court held by a 5-4 vote in McGirt v. They invoke Rapanos v. 7 conference).

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

A government lawyer who argued at the Supreme Court more than anyone else in the 20th century. As the year comes to a close, SCOTUSblog looks back at some of the individuals who died in 2020 after living lives that brought them – at different times and for different reasons – to the Supreme Court of the United States.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The decision was catastrophic enough for the CFPB – basically, disabling the agency from acting across a fairly broad swath of territory – that the government prepared its petition with uncharacteristic dispatch, filing in less than 30 days. Raiders, a Pennsylvania-based company, insured a yacht with Great Lakes.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 19, 2025

3] Best interests of the corporation is further defined to include the following factors: (a) the interests of shareholders, employees, retirees and pensioners, creditors, consumers, and governments; (b) the environment ; and (c) the long-term interests of the corporation. [4] 5] Approximately two-thirds of U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Three Republican senators – Josh Hawley of Missouri, Mike Lee of Utah, and Ted Cruz of Texas – write that a precedent can be unworkable due to “a history of confusion in the lower courts, an unstable pattern of Supreme Court decisions, and a persistent lack of judicially manageable standards.” A brief from the Susan B.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. It demands to be governed by as universal a rule of apportioning responsibility as is available.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. 30, 2020); Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County , No. 20-783 (U.S.

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JURIST

MAY 16, 2022

Pennsylvania is less than 24 hours out from primary elections—and there are some major issues on the line right here on JURIST’s doorstep that have attracted national and even international attention. Pennsylvania primaries are a complicated beast to explain to in-state people, let alone out-of-state or out-of-country.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2021

The petitions in Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Pennsylvania Democratic Party , 20-574 , involve challenges to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ’s extension of an absentee-voting deadline last year. They argue that the court nonetheless should grant review in order to clarify the law for future elections.

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Above The Law

MARCH 4, 2025

Law Firm Following Court Approval. after a court decision made it the first Big Four accounting firm eligible to practice law in the country. The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday granted the accounting giant final approval to obtain a license to create its own firm, KPMG Law. Read more here (gift link). #2

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