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Defending the Presumption of Innocence

The Crime Report

The Supreme Court has called the right to a jury trial one of the foundations of American law. However, through laws and court decisions it has been recognized as one of the most basic requirements of a fair trial. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Constitution.

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US federal judge stops enforcement of Iowa school book ban again

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A US federal judge on Tuesday once again blocked enforcement of an Iowa law that required the removal of books describing sexual acts from public school libraries. However, he emphasized that Iowa schools were already doing that. NetChoice , a recent Supreme Court ruling on speech regulation.

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Who Escapes Texas? And Where Do They Go? Mandamus Petitioners and Transferee Courts in Patent Venue Disputes

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Gugliuzza, Temple University Beasley School of Law; Jonas Anderson, American University Washington College of Law; and Jason Rantanen, University of Iowa College of Law. This is the second in a new series on venue transfer requests and mandamus at the Federal Circuit. To us, that seems like an uncontroversial proposition.

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

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the morning of a critical meeting at Harvard Law School, where I worked. Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain and l were sitting down with Daniel Lewis and Nik Reed , the founders of a legal research startup named Ravel Law, along with lawyers from Harvard’s Office of General Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton and Gundersen Dettmer.

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America’s Hidden ‘Constitution-Free Zones’

The Crime Report

Our nonprofit law firm, the Institute for Justice , represents her. Besides Minnesota, the area includes Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas. Supreme Court to overturn a decision from the 8th U.S. The public interest law firm also has offices in Minneapolis.

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Win More Clients by Using Document Automation Differently

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I built a document automation app online to help people fight their tickets for free using a recent court decision that had come down in Manhattan. There were two other court decisions from just outside of the city that were persuasive as well. Download: The Complete Guide of Document Automation Software for Law Firms.

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Iowa governor signs heartbeat-based abortion ban into law

JURIST

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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