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Rutgers students sue university over COVID-19 vaccine mandate

JURIST

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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Justices take up double jeopardy case

SCOTUSBlog

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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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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Guest Post: The Caselaw Access Project — Then, Now, Tomorrow

LawSites

We’d all been working for over a year on a contract that would make it possible, someday in the future, for everyone to have free and open access to all the official court decisions ever published in the United States. state and federal court decisions representing the bulk of our nation’s common law. This was not easy.

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TESTING THE WATTERS?

NewmanFerraraLLP

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.

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Supreme Court Rules Bribery Statute Doesn’t Criminalize Gratuities for Past Acts

Constitutional Law Reporter

The case before the Court involves James Snyder, who is the former mayor of Portage, Indiana. In 2013, while Snyder was mayor, Portage awarded two contracts to a local truck company, Great Lakes Peterbilt, and ultimately purchased five trash trucks from the company for about $1.1 million.

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Federal appeals court upholds Indiana law mandating reporting of abortion complications

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday upheld an Indiana law requiring medical providers to report complications “arising from” abortions to the state. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky filed a complaint arguing that the law is unconstitutionally vague.

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