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US Supreme Court rules First Amendment retaliatory arrest claims permissible despite probable cause

JURIST

The US Supreme Court held Thursday in Gonzalez v. The case concerns a Texas councilwoman who argues that she was arrested in retaliation for her speech critical of a city government official. The Supreme Court found that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously applied these principles.

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US Justice Department to give $144.5M to victims of 2017 Texas mass shooting in settlement

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million settlement with families of those injured and killed in the 2017 mass shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas. In 2021 a federal district court ruled that the government was partially responsible for the deaths due to negligence. The US Department of Justice Wednesday reached a $144.5

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Court Rulings Prod Expansion of Gun Rights Across U.S. 

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.” Recent rulings in lower courts across the country have mirrored Thomas’s guidance to stay consistent with how states have historically regulated gun ownership, striking down gun restrictions involving young adults, people facing felony charges, and makers of homemade guns.

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A second look at a death-row prisoner’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim

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As a statistical matter , a case that the Supreme Court repeatedly relists is more likely to be the subject of an opinion respecting denial or — where existing precedent is clear — a summary reversal or vacatur. Case in point: Texas v. Texas , a capital case from the Lone Star State. Texas , 21-6001.

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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

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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. Texas , 21-6001. A short explanation of relists is available here. relisted after the Feb.

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US Supreme Court rules states lack constitutional standing in key immigration case

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The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. The US District Court Southern District of Texas ruled in favor of the states, enjoining Homeland Security from enforcing the memorandum.

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Texas city council member argues retaliatory arrest

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Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of a 76-year-old Texas woman , Sylvia Gonzalez, who was arrested on charges that she had violated a state law that prohibits tampering with government records. This article was originally published at Howe on the Court.