SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 13, 2022

In Harlan’s case, the story arc that first attracted me was the notion of posthumous vindication – how a man who went so far out on a limb in his time could land so comfortably in the mainstream of legal thought. He was challenging the idea that Louisiana’s Separate Car Act was truly “separate but equal.”

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The Furman litigation was the culmination of a campaign conducted by a group of lawyers under the auspices of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. They hoped the Supreme Court would strike down the death penalty because of its demonstrated racial discrimination and other inequities. Reaction to the Furman decision was swift.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

But that hasn’t stopped some from promoting his methods and even deploying 911 call analysis in court to win convictions. In 2016, Missouri prosecutor Leah Askey wrote Harpster an effusive email, bluntly detailing how she skirted legal rules to exploit his methods against unwitting defendants. “Of I was wrong.

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JURIST

APRIL 19, 2025

Ozturk was briefly held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Vermont before she was transferred to an ICE facility in Louisiana, where she has remained since March 26. This raises a legal question, as Ozturk was being held in Vermont, but her petition was filed in Massachusetts.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2022

Lujan Grisham signed the order in response to the US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. The day the ruling came down, Lujan Grisham put out a statement explaining how New Mexico prepared in anticipation of the decision. Abortion is still legal in the state of New Mexico up to 19 weeks into pregnancy.

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2025

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday that a federal statute requiring people to be 21 to purchase handguns from Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) conflicts with previous Supreme Court decisions and the Second Amendment.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 27, 2022

Wade, o pponents of abortion are pushing for stricter bans at state levels—even criminalizing women who travel outside their states where abortion remains legal. Louisiana has the oldest trigger law on this list, originally passed in 2006. Louisiana Gov. Law: Louisiana SB33 2006. No exception for rape or incest.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2025

Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana. If the lower courts decision allowing RJR Vapors case to go forward stands, the FDA says, other manufacturers will also try to get around the restrictions that federal law imposes on where such challenges can be filed. The company, R.J.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 21, 2025

Share In 2022, the Louisiana legislature adopted a congressional map that included only one majority-Black district among the six allotted to the state, though a third of the states population is Black. On Monday, the Supreme Court will take up the latest stage in the struggle over Louisianas congressional map.

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The Crime Report

MAY 17, 2022

Many of the Supreme Court cases that get significant coverage and public discussion are on the merits, because this is where legal scholars and public figures can weigh in and analyze the applicable laws. That means no briefs are submitted, no arguments are heard, and there is no analysis from legal scholars. Louisiana v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Because the balance of factors was likely to shift over time, the court said it would reevaluate the stay if the Eighth Circuit appeal was not resolved in 12 months. The court also denied Minnesota’s motion for attorney fees, concluding that “removal advanced critical legal questions that have not yet been resolved by the higher courts.”

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

For instance, the National Right to Life Committee and the Louisiana Right to Life Federation argue that the court should reject the “categorical viability line” and replace it with a new “roadmap” under which courts would consider all state interests when analyzing the constitutionality of prohibitions on pre-viability elective abortions.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 23, 2023

Some modern constitutional scholars believe , and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has recently held , that acceptance of a pardon is not a legal confession of guilt. However, this 2021 Tenth Circuit decision runs against the grain of a 2001 D.C.

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Above The Law

MARCH 21, 2025

In a series of recent decisions, federal courts across the United States have addressed a range of significant legal issues, from civil rights and constitutional law to administrative authority and criminal justice. Case Outcome: Reversal of Lower Court Decision: 5 points. Other Areas: 15 points. Ludlow Sch.

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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. Judicial factfinding for restitution Under Apprendi v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 30, 2025

Where an agency cites a different source of purported authority to directly target a specific awardee, another source of legal relief may need to be found. Pursuant to the Clean Air Act and the 2007 Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v. But in each of these cases, only the agencies non-individualized actions are covered.

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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. Louisiana v. Justice Alito did not take part in the case. 21-9518 (10th Cir.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Louisiana Federal Court Halted Work on Crude Oil Pipeline in Swamp Area. order setting schedule Mar.

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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. Thus, we remain deeply divided. How much has changed.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Louisiana Federal Court Blocked Biden Administration “Pause” on New Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. Circuit in 2016 signaled that the legal framework for the Clean Power Plan “hinges on important issues of federal that EPA then—and the court below now—got so wrong this Court was likely to grant review.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a challenge to license renewals for the Turkey Point nuclear generating station in Florida as “incurably premature.” The court concluded that it lacked jurisdiction because administrative appeals that raised the same legal issues were still pending before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. The Ninth Circuit declined to remand with instructions for dismissal of the underlying action and also declined to vacate any district court decisions.

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Above The Law

MARCH 4, 2025

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