The Crime Report

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Despite being incarcerated in a Texas prison for the past two and a half decades, it was startling to me that a prison system in this country could toss away a child like Ian—and expose him to the harsh realities of an adult prison. Thankfully , Bryan Stevenson and his legal group, The Equal Justice Initiative, discussed Ian’s story.

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OilandGasLawyer

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Wikipedia defines “lawfare” as “using legal systems and institutions to achieve a goal.” ” Some use the term to refer to the misuse of legal systems against an enemy, “such as by damaging or delegitimizing them, wasting their time and money, or winning a public relations victory.”

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Besides Minnesota, the area includes Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas. In effect, this means that nearly 60 million Americans live in states where the courts offer absolute immunity to federal officers who violate someone’s constitutional rights.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The legality of LD-15, which had an approximately 51.5% Texas mandate that courts deem the standard of “significantly subaverage intellectual functioning” for determining intellectual disability in Atkins v. Hispanic voting-age population, was subject to two different challenges. The suit now known as Trevino v. 12 and Jan.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

AUGUST 6, 2024

Texas , 392 U.S. 514 (1968), in which the Court rejected a similar request to extend Robinson. Finally, Justice Gorsuch discussed the problems resulting from the so-called “ Martin experiment,” including legal uncertainty and litigation. It also cited Powell v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. Alaska Oil & Gas Association v.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This tit-for-tat directive against Texas SB8 is the latest of the bold moves Newsom has taken and responds directly to the Supreme Court decision last week. JURIST is launching a new series of dispatches from major US states written by JURIST correspondents “on the ground” in those jurisdictions.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 24 in the case of a man on Texas death row who has long tried to obtain postconviction DNA testing on evidence that he says would exonerate him. Now the Supreme Court will weigh in. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit threw out that ruling in February 2024.

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Chugh LLP

JULY 16, 2021

On Friday, July 16, 2021, Texas federal judge Andrew Hanen ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program violated the Administrative Procedures Act and should be suspended. The program has survived other legal challenges, including President Trump’s attempts to shut it down. By: Jacqueline Valle.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Second Circuit agreed with the district court that the plaintiff lacked standing because he failed to allege an injury in fact since he “never explained why he had any legal right to have the document distributed.” Federal Court in Washington Upheld Forest Restoration Plan. EPA’s brief is due December 15. Williams , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

The majority responded to this latter point by saying that “[t]he dissent’s view is akin to saying that incurring a debt has legal consequences, but forgiving one does not. Two other states—Texas and North Dakota—filed an amicus brief supporting EPA; the petitioners opposed their participation on procedural grounds. Pruitt , No.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Florida asks Supreme Court to allow its anti-drag law to take effect (Ariane de Vogue, CNN) Bipartisan Legal Scholars Urge Supreme Court To Impose 18-Year Term Limits (Alison Durkee, Forbes) An Arizona drug case related to the 6th Amendment is headed to Supreme Court.

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JURIST

MAY 17, 2023

The study is organized by the Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) based at The University of Texas at Austin and Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) based at the University of California San Francisco.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Texas , involving allegations that a racially biased juror, who commented during voir dire that “non-white” races were statistically more violent than whites, served on petitioner Kristopher Love’s capital sentencing jury. Some older Supreme Court decisions support that theory of consent. Animal Legal Defense Fund.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 27, 2022

To begin with the unhappy news (at least for petitioners), the court denied review without comment in one-time relist Kelly v. Animal Legal Defense Fund , involving the constitutionality of a Kansas statute criminalizing trespass by deception at animal facilities with intent to damage the enterprise. Texas , 21-6001.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Through his counsel, Bourgeois told the justices that he met the current psychological standards for intellectual disability, which became the required legal standard after he was sentenced. He asked the justices to delay his execution so they could consider whether he was legally fit to be punishable by death.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 26, 2022

Texas and Missouri, which sued to keep the program in place, argue the policy has helped reduce the flow of people into the U.S. The program resumed in December, 2021, after President Biden suspended it on his first day in office and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ended it in June 2021. at the southern border.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2022

Texas , 21-6001. Issues : (1) Whether, on remand, the Texas court rejected the Supreme Court’s conclusions in Andrus v. rescheduled before the Jan. 25, March 4, March 18, March 25, April 1, April 14, April 22 and April 29 conferences; relisted after the May 12 conference). Returning Relists.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

After a few slow weeks on the relist front, the Supreme Court came roaring back this week with four newly relisted petitions that, if granted, will likely be added to the March 2023 argument calendar. Texas , 21-1601. Two years ago, in United States v. Hanna and the law firms seek review , asserting a 2-1 split. 2 conference).

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 26, 2021

At 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020, the United Kingdom moved out of its orbit of the European Union’s legal system, with the end of the transition period in its Withdrawal Agreement and the conclusion of the new Trade and Cooperation Agreement. Pfeiffer: Effects of adoption and succession laws in US-German cases – the example of Texas.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

.” Tuesday’s decision is the first time the court has ruled pregnant people can exercise reproductive autonomy without facing criminal sanctions. The decision has been touted as Mexico’s Roe v. Wade , a reference to the landmark US Supreme Court decision that struck down laws that restricted abortion.

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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. The Furman Framework. Austin Sarat.

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Under the law, a person has no censorship rights for their ads (and reasonable access rights for Federal candidates) only if they can show that they are a "legally qualified candidate." " In most cases, the question as to whether someone is legally qualified is relatively easy.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The US Supreme Court rejected the Biden administration’s appeal to review a lower court decision that bars emergency abortions violating Texas’ strict abortion ban on Monday, leaving in place restrictions on emergency abortion care in the state.

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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 This spring, U.S.

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JURIST

AUGUST 21, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday overturned a panel decision and upheld Texas Senate Bill 8 (SB8), which seeks to prohibit a specific type of dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortion method. Reaction to the decision has been predictably mixed.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 10, 2021

“Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Texas Abortion Law but Leaves It in Effect; The law, which bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, was drafted to evade review in federal court and has been in effect since September”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. ” David G.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Gavin Newsom thrilled many this weekend by saying that his administration will model a new law on Texas’ abortion ban that would let private citizens sue anyone who makes or sells assault weapons or ghost guns. Legally, that is. Newsom denounced the Supreme Court in Women’s Health v. California Gov. It won’t work.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Texas Heartbeat Act exemplifies lawmakers’ frustration with the status quo and their determination to protect unborn children and mothers. Their brief asserts that not one but “two generations … have come to depend on the availability of legal abortion” – that essentially women have built their lives around abortion.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2025

Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana. Reynolds Vapor Company, joined a lawsuit by retailers based in Texas and Mississippi two states covered by the 5th Circuit. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit which had turned aside challenges to the FDAs denials of applications to sell e-cigarette products.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 9, 2025

“Rulings in New York and Texas Curb Deportations of Venezuelans to El Salvador; The decisions suggest that the battle over using a wartime law, the Alien Enemies Act, to deport migrants is certain to persist”: Alan Feuer and Jonah E. Supreme Court decision.”

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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. Law: Texas HB1280. Jackson Women’s Health effectively overturned Roe v. At the same time, women’s advocates took to the streets in cities across the U.S.,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Federal Court Denied Preliminary Injunction in Steel Mill Owner’s Pipeline Challenge. The federal district court for the Eastern District of Texas denied a steel mill owner’s motion for a preliminary injunction barring construction of a gas pipeline that will cross the plaintiff’s property. Wheeler , No. 20-1363 (D.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The justices would occasionally grant cert before judgment in less significant cases that were companions to “ordinary” cert petitions raising similar issues, but even then, the court would often go years in between uses of the obscure procedure. For instance, in the challenges to Texas’ anti-abortion law , known as S.B.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, by a 2-1 vote, held that conclusion was not unreasonable. Whatley argues that the Georgia Supreme Court unreasonably applied federal law when, in considering whether he was prejudiced, it failed to give weight to Supreme Court decisions holding that shackling is inherently prejudicial.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Two of the AGs leading the investigation – from Texas and Kentucky – took the unusual step of publicizing their civil investigation demands (“CIDs”), revealing the broad outlines of their inquiry. Given the legal risks, trade associations typically take precautions to ensure that prohibited topics are kept out of bounds.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 30, 2022

With this holding, the Dobbs majority deepened state-by-state health inequities by upending a 50-year understanding that the 14th Amendment protects a right to privacy that includes access to abortion, among other intimate decisions. Texas held criminal “deviant intercourse” laws violated the 14th Amendment under rational basis review.

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