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“Supreme Court Returns to a Culture War Battleground: Transgender Rights; On Wednesday, the justices will hear the marquee case of the term, a challenge to a Tennessee law banning several forms of medical care for transgender youths.”

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“Supreme Court Returns to a Culture War Battleground: Transgender Rights; On Wednesday, the justices will hear the marquee case of the term, a challenge to a Tennessee law banning several forms of medical care for transgender youths.” ” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Casey Parks and Ann E.

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‘Cataclysmic’ decision striking down strict liability drug law puts past convictions at risk in this state

ABA Journal

Years of convictions could be at risk following a Washington Supreme Court decision that struck down the state’s felony drug possession law. The state supreme…

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Heir to Chicago political dynasty brings his “false statement” charges to Supreme Court

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Between 2011 and 2014, Thompson took out three loans, totaling $219,000, from Washington Federal Bank for Savings, a small bank on the South Side where the Daley family made its name. But they were not false, he insisted, because he indicated only that he had borrowed $110,000 from Washington Federal not that he owed $110,000.

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Supreme Court Decision Complicates Diversity Disclosure Landscape

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“Regardless of how noble corporations may be with their DEI goals, the legality of this is now under the microscope,” Leon Prieto, professor of management at Clayton State University, told The Washington Post. The post Supreme Court Decision Complicates Diversity Disclosure Landscape appeared first on Intelligize.

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The morning read for Thursday, August 1

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Here’s the Thursday morning read: In an Attempt to Reverse Supreme Court’s Immunity Decision, Schumer Introduces No Kings Act (Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press) Ex-justice department officials raise alarm over US supreme court’s immunity ruling (Peter Stone, The Guardian) Kagan’s High Court Ethics Proposal Poses Enforcement Challenges (Lydia (..)

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“Supreme Court’s conservative majority to decide direction of law on race, elections and religious freedom this month”

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“Supreme Court’s conservative majority to decide direction of law on race, elections and religious freedom this month”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report. And today’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s Washington Journal contained a segment titled “ Amy Howe on Key Supreme Court Decisions in June 2023.”

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“Judge Defers Ruling in Adams Case, Appointing Lawyer to Guide Decision; Judge Dale E. Ho said that with Eric Adams’s lawyer and federal prosecutors agreeing to end the case, he needed to hear independent arguments”

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Jeremy Roebuck and Shayna Jacobs of The Washington Post report that “ Judge refuses for now to drop Adams charges, appoints outside lawyer; Paul Clement, a former U.S. solicitor general, will examine the Justice Departments decision to dismiss the bribery case against the New York mayor.”

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