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High Court Decision Called ‘Alarming Reversal’ in  Youth Justice

The Crime Report

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in Jones v. Mississippi ruled judges do not need to make a factual finding of “permanent incorrigibility” when deciding to sentence a juvenile offender to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Photo courtesy Mississippi Department of Corrections.

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Prisoner who can’t show ‘factual innocence’ isn’t entitled to habeas relief, 5th Circuit says

ABA Journal

A Mississippi inmate’s habeas appeal is doomed because of U.S. Supreme Court decisions remarking that federal courts have discretion to deny relief as “law and…

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Supreme Court likely to let vape company’s FDA challenge proceed

SCOTUSBlog

Reynolds Vapor Company and a group of retailers based in Texas and Mississippi, primarily fielded questions from just two justices, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson a promising sign for his clients. The question comes to the court as part of the FDAs efforts to regulate the multibillion-dollar vaping industry.

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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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Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Journalist Contesting Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law

JonathanTurley

We have been discussing the state laws requiring contractors and employees to swear that they do not support the the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (“BDS”) movement against Israel. I have long maintained that the law is unconstitutional as a limitation of free speech and associational rights. 50-5-85(b). In NAACP v.

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D.C. Circuit Sides with Manufacturers in Latest 340B Contract Pharmacy Case

FDA Law Blog

Carole Johnson (consolidated cases), the Court found that the conditions set by Novartis and United Therapeutics on covered entities did not violate the 340B statute, although more restrictive conditions could violate the law. This decision may encourage more state-level efforts to adopt similar laws.

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US House committee weighs seating Cherokee Nation delegate

JURIST

The treaty eventually led to the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation from its land east of the Mississippi and the deaths of many Cherokee Natives on the Trail of Tears. Native American Law Professor Lindsay Roberts, and legislative attorney from the Congressional Research Service Mainon Schwartz.