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US abortion bans hamper medical standards and put patients at risk, study reveals

JURIST

The report first provides a comprehensive display of how states have changed their abortion policies since June 2022 when the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. The report comes as abortion bans are being struck down in many states, including Nebraska , North Carolina , and South Carolina. Wade precedent.

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SCOTUS Rules Quiet Title Act’s Time Bar Is Claim-Processing Rule

Constitutional Law Reporter

The District Court agreed with the Government and dismissed the case for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that §2409a(g) had already been interpreted as jurisdictional in Block v. North Dakota ex rel. Supreme Court’s Decision The Supreme Court reversed by a vote of 6-3.

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America’s Hidden ‘Constitution-Free Zones’

The Crime Report

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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Win More Clients by Using Document Automation Differently

LawSites

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. William Peacock writes about law and technology for the Rally blog.

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The Predictability of the Mayo/Alice Framework – A New Empirical Perspective

Patently O

Professor Datzov is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Dakota School of Law. The Mayo/Alice framework used to determine patent eligibility has been a lightning rod for criticism since the Supreme Court’s decisions a decade ago. By Jason Rantanen and Nikola Datzov.

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US Supreme Court to rule on legality of gender-affirming care bans for transgender youth

JURIST

A handful of states — Alabama, Florida, Idaho, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and South Carolina, according to the advocacy group MAP — make it a felony to provide gender-affirming care to youths.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

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). North Dakota v. North Dakota v. Pritzker , Nos. opinion Oct.