JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in United States v. Because this Court held in Coker v. Georgia that the Eighth Amendment forbids a death sentence for the rape of an adult woman, respondents argue that they could not, in fact, have been sentenced to death, and therefore the statute of limitations for their crimes.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Two pending petitions raise the question of the constitutionality of state statutes providing that corporations are deemed to have consented to “general” personal jurisdiction by virtue of having registered to do business in a state. Some older Supreme Court decisions support that theory of consent. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. ,

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2021

United States , the Supreme Court ruled that under Section 922(g)(5)(A), the prosecution must prove not only that a defendant knew he had a gun, but also that the defendant knew of his legal status as a prohibited person. Issue : Whether a district court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. In Rehaif v. In Waller v. Williams v.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 29, 2022

50 years ago today, the Supreme Court in their opinion on Furman v. Georgia halted the death penalty across the country in response to a set of capital punishment cases. Does that mean that since Furman, states have perfected the death penalty, making the process consistent and nondiscriminatory as the Court ordered?

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In June 2020, the Supreme Court issued a summary reversal – meaning it decided the case without merits briefing or oral argument – in Andrus v. In an unsigned opinion, the court ruled that Terence Andrus had demonstrated that his lawyer provided deficient performance at sentencing for failing to investigate or introduce mitigating evidence.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 8, 2022

We recently discussed a federal court upholding the Georgia election law as constitutional, rejecting challenges based on voter suppression by a group associated with Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. President Biden’s claims about the Georgia law have been refuted, including by the Washington Post.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The trial penalty that coaxes both the guilty and innocent to enter pleas is exacerbated by mandatory minimum statutes, which trigger automatic penalties if invoked by the prosecutor, as well as sentencing enhancements within the discretion of the prosecutor, such as whether to file notice with the court of a prior offense.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The National Advocates for Pregnant Women, a legal advocacy group, says Wisconsin’s fetal protection law is the most “egregious” of the civil statutes in the country. Loertscher’s legal team — which included now-Attorney General Josh Kaul — was most successful, securing a federal court ruling that deemed the law unconstitutional.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear the final appeal of former Trump administration chief of staff Mark Meadows to transfer his charges in the Georgia election interference case to federal court. Meadows argued in his request to the court that his previous appeals were erroneously rejected.

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JURIST

MARCH 13, 2024

A Georgia judge on Wednesday dropped three charges pending against former US President Donald Trump as part of an ongoing election interference case. The post Georgia judge drops several charges pending against Trump in election interference case appeared first on JURIST - News. Kimbrough, 300 Ga.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Cohen – who first met the Lovings when he was just 29 – filed a lawsuit on their behalf, challenging the Virginia law and similar state statutes as violating the 14th Amendment. He and his co-counsel, Philip Hirschkop, took the case to the Supreme Court. Virginia , the court did find the statute unconstitutional.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Curtis, who grew up in Georgia with cognitive and developmental disabilities, always hoped to leave these facilities and move back into her community. In court papers, she was identified only as “L.C.”. Four years later, her case reached the Supreme Court. Lois Curtis (July 14, 1967 – Nov.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 14, 2022

State courts’ general jurisdiction over out-of-state businesses. McCall , a tire manufacturer resists Georgia courts’ exercise of jurisdiction on the basis of its compliance with Georgia’s registration statute for foreign corporations. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court ).

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JURIST

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The appeals court first considered whether the law applies to former federal officers. It found that, since the removal statute does not mention former federal officers, it is inapplicable to Meadows’ case. Four, including two Trump attorneys, have now pleaded guilty. Four, including two Trump attorneys, have now pleaded guilty.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

The court’s answer will determine not only whether Trump’s trial in Washington, D.C., District Judge Tanya Chutkan, originally scheduled for March 4 but now on hold, can go forward, but also whether the former president’s trials in Florida and Georgia can proceed. before U.S. In the landmark Marbury v. And in 1982, in Nixon v.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 24, 2025

The issue was whether federal courts can award equitable relief when state law permits it, but an adequate legal remedy exists. Decision The court ruled that Sonner was not entitled to equitable restitution because she failed to show that her legal remedy was inadequate. 5 Tangreti v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 28, 2022

After the court ruled that Congress could access the records (over a solo dissent from Thomas), The Washington Post and CBS revealed that Thomas’ wife, Ginni, had repeatedly urged President Donald Trump’s chief of staff to negate the election results in the fall of 2020. Ted Lieu, D-Calif.,

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2021

Grimm , leaves in place a lower-court ruling that found that a Virginia school district violated federal law when it barred students from using the restrooms that align with their gender identities. An immigration judge ordered their deportation, and the Board of Immigration Appeals upheld that ruling.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Monday morning declined to take an appeal by anti-abortion activists in a First Amendment dispute with Planned Parenthood, as well as a test of New Jersey’s “slogan statutes.” Other cases in which the justices denied review on Monday included: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products v. 6 attacks on the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 9, 2021

With respect to federal-officer jurisdiction, the district court noted that this case was similar to County of San Mateo v. in which the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court finding that the federal-officer removal statute did not provide jurisdiction. Georgia , No. Chevron Corp. On February 22, 2021, the U.S.

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