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Justices take up double jeopardy case

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Speech First returned to the court in September , this time challenging a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit that like the 4th Circuit found that Speech First lacked standing to bring its lawsuit against Indiana University. Thomas once again dissented from the courts decision to deny review.

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Rutgers students sue university over COVID-19 vaccine mandate

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Last week US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied a similar petition from a group of Indiana University students who were protesting a similar requirement. Though her denial was through an emergency application—not a formal court decision—it likely signals that the court will not be convinced by challenges.

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Federal judge grants Lisa Montgomery stay of execution

JURIST

A federal judge in Indiana on Monday stayed federal death row inmate Lisa Montgomery’s execution. Judge James Halan of the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, granted the stay in order to allow the court to conduct a hearing to determine Montgomery’s competence to be executed.

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The morning read for Friday, Aug. 13

SCOTUSBlog

Here’s the Friday morning read: What the Supreme Court Decision Means for NY’s Eviction Moratorium (David Brand, City Limits). Supreme Court won’t block Indiana University vaccine mandate as Justice Barrett rejects student plea (Robert Barnes, The Washington Post). Making Sense of Chrysafis v.

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Justices allow execution of Alfred Bourgeois to proceed

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Shortly after the justices denied his appeal, Bourgeois was put to death by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. A federal court in Indiana put his execution on hold, finding that Bourgeois had made a “strong showing” of disability under contemporary standards. He was pronounced dead at 8:21 p.m.

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A #MeToo Crisis for Incarcerated Girls

The Crime Report

Examining the “severity and normality of state violence,” Thusi, an Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor, argues that such invasive searches violate the Fourth, Thirteenth, and Eighth Amendment rights of incarcerated girls. India Thusi in a Northwestern University Law Review article. It was humiliating,’” she said.

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TESTING THE WATTERS?

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COUPLE'S DISCRIMINATION CASE REVIVED Tonca and Terence Watters -- a black couple from Indiana – asserted discrimination claims against their homeowners’ association (HOA) and some of its (current and former) officers because the latter had purportedly harassed the Watters on several occasions.