JURIST

MARCH 8, 2024

Concealed weapons permits are still available for gun owners who wish to have their right to carry recognized in other states via reciprocity laws. 16 other states currently allow legal carry through reciprocity agreements with South Carolina without any other restrictions. Permitless carry is now legal in 27 US states.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

There is an interesting fight brewing in Kentucky between Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Gov. Beshear has correctly cited a major victory recently before the Kentucky Supreme Court — an unanimous decision in favor of his authority to issue pandemic orders. Andy Beshear. In Beshear v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 13, 2022

He is also a graduate of Columbia Law School. In the end, though, a large part of the story turned on the question of just what it was that enabled Harlan to see the law so differently from his peers. Harlan also joined a unanimous court in 1889 in rejecting a challenge to the Chinese Exclusion Act. The back story.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP addresses the ability of North Carolina legislators to defend the state’s voter-ID law from lawsuits under the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act. Federal law curtails the extent to which a federal court can consider arguments that a prisoner has not presented in state court.

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The Crime Report

JULY 13, 2022

Was the Supreme Court decision last month overruling Roe v. Wade one of the worst decisions in the 233-year history of the Court? Forty-two years later, in another embarrassing moment for the High Court, a seven-justice majority ruled, in Plessy v. Ferguson , that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

An increasing number of Americans now believe US Supreme Court decision-making is based more on political ideology than the rule of law. Evidence that this disturbing trend is true can be found when taking a closer look at the shift in how the Court has dealt with juvenile cases dating back to 2005.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 13, 2024

With just a few weeks left before the Supreme Court’s summer recess, we’re entering the busiest phase of the year for relists. The court granted review in two cases on Monday: one-time relist Facebook v. Kentucky because “it implies some sort of nefarious intent on the part of prosecutors.” rescheduled before the Jan.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2024

That is the majority rule among the federal courts of appeals. Under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, the court could grant relief only if he could show that the Lousiana Supreme Court’s decision was “contrary to clearly established federal law.” The district court denied relief, and the U.S.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

District Courts in Louisiana and Kentucky agreed with the plaintiffs and preliminarily enjoined enforcement of the rule in the plaintiff States. ” The post SCOTUS Upholds Preliminary Injunction Against Title IX Rule Granting Protections to LBGTQ Students appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 27, 2022

State governments are already responding to the Dobbs decision with new regulations banning abortion or working to reinforce protections for people seeking abortions in their states across state lines. Below is an updating guide to states with now-active legislation or trigger laws banning or criminalizing abortion. Washington Gov.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The AGs posit that the NZBA emissions reduction goals amount to a concerted effort to block fossil fuel companies from receiving financial services, and assert that the banks’ participation in the NZBA may run afoul of consumer protection and antitrust laws. Importantly, antitrust law distinguishes between concerted and independent action.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2024

The justices did not act on two sets of high-profile petitions that they considered last week: a group of challenges to bans imposed by Illinois and several municipalities in that state on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as challenges to bans on gender-affirming care for minors in Tennessee and Kentucky.

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MAY 17, 2022

The role of the Supreme Court has come under heavy fire in recent years as it, like every other institution of government, has become increasingly divided along political lines. The Supreme Court takes on about 60 cases that undergo the full, robust process in a typical year. Is Use of the Shadow Docket Appropriate?

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2025

But in response to legal challenges, Congress amended the law in 2022 to give the FTC the power to make changes to the authoritys rules. A group of states brought suit in a federal district court in Kentucky, challenging the constitutionality of the HISA and its funding mechanism. The en banc 4th Circuit upheld the law.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 30, 2025

We have seen the freezing or termination of federal grants and other financial assistance, executive orders seeking to usurp state and local authority, the initiation of extensive deregulatory efforts, threats to green banks and nonprofit organizations, and significant developments in federal courts.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 27, 2022

That world is already taking shape with states crafting their laws reflecting the values of their citizens from Colorado passing a law protecting the right to abortion up to the moment of birth to Louisiana banning all abortions except in limited circumstances. Below is my Hill column on what to expect in a post-Roe world.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. She also was persuaded that Congress had ratified the lower appellate court decisions holding that there was a narrower scope of review. and non-U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 29, 2025

This post is part of a new Climate Law Blog series, 100 Days of Trump 2.0 , in which the Sabin Center offers reflections on the first 100 days of President Trumps second term across a variety of climate-related topics. To read other posts from the series, which will roll out over the course of this week, click here.

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