JURIST

JULY 12, 2023

In a special late night session Tuesday, the Iowa legislature advanced a bill that would ban abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy. House File 732 , known as the “Fetal Heartbeat Bill,” would ban abortions in the state of Iowa as soon as any cardiac activity is detected in the fetus.

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JURIST

JUNE 17, 2022

The Iowa Supreme Court Friday held in Planned Parenthood v. The decision overturns a 2018 ruling which held there is a fundamental right to abortion in Iowa. After a lower court ruled the law was unconstitutional, Iowa appealed to the state supreme court. The decision could overturn Roe v.

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JURIST

JULY 16, 2023

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a heartbeat-based abortion ban into law Friday after the bill passed in a marathon special session of the Iowa legislature. Planned Parenthood remains committed to providing abortion care in Iowa within the legal guidelines. The new Iowa law is expected to be challenged in court.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Sullivan standard , the standard set by a Supreme Court decision finding that a public figure must meet a much higher standard of proof to justify any claim. The most likely source of liability is for some sort of defamation contained in an ad. But candidates for office are “public figures” under the NY Times v.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Sullivan standard , the standard set by a Supreme Court decision finding that a public figure must meet a much higher standard of proof to justify any claim. The most likely source of liability is for some sort of defamation contained in an ad. But candidates for office are “public figures” under the NY Times v.

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2011

With the Iowa primary approaching, political ads are increasing on the local Iowa TV stations. It is then up to the voters (not the stations) to make the decision as to whether the candidate made wise decisions in delivering his or her message in their advertising in the way that they choose.

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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.”. Kelly further claims the circuits are divided on the issue, with a decision of the U.S.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

In 2009, Harpster learned about a double homicide in Woodbury County, Iowa, from a television documentary. As Esteves, the prosecutor in Iowa, put it in an email: “Have them testify why this 911 call is inconsistent with an innocent caller, consistent with someone with a guilty mind.”.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 12, 2022

Moving on to potential blockbusters that don’t explicitly call on the court to overrule precedent. Environmental Protection Agency , 21-454 , is a long-running Clean Water Act dispute that has already been the subject of one major Supreme Court decision. They invoke Rapanos v. relisted after the Jan. 7 conference).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Six organizations led by Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement filed a lawsuit in federal court in the District of Columbia challenging the Council on Environmental Quality’s amendments to the NEPA regulations. Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement v. Office of the Prime Minister (Nepal Supreme Court). filed Sept.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In its petition, Great Lakes claims that choice of law under federal admiralty has been utter chaos since a 1955 Supreme Court decision , made tolerable only by strict enforcement of choice-of-law clauses. It argues that the 3rd Circuit’s decision has thrown all of that into upheaval and must be reviewed.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 24, 2022

A Supreme Court decision Thursday upending a century-old New York State gun licensing restriction has been called a major blow to state gun control interventions across the country. The Court released its opinion in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 12, 2022

We have seen student governments move to block speakers, fellow students, or groups at schools like the University of Illinois , Stanford , Iowa State , Skidmore College , Cornell , Harvard , and other schools. Last term’s Supreme Court decisions are just the most recent high-profile evidence for this. Heidi Li Feldman.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Justice Sotomayor dissented, writing that she believed the Court’s interpretation would allow defendants to “sidestep” the general bar on appellate review by “shoehorning” a civil rights or federal officer removal argument into their case for removal. They seek a court decision setting aside government approvals of the power plant.

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