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Federal appeals court strikes down Kentucky billboard law

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that Kentucky’s Billboard Act is unconstitutional. Lion’s Den Adult Bookstore, which is located near the interstate highway in Upton, Kentucky, has a billboard attached to a semi-trailer on an adjacent piece of property.

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Kentucky Supreme Court backs laws limiting governor’s emergency powers

JURIST

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled unanimously Saturday that a temporary injunction blocking new laws limiting Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s emergency powers was improper, and it remanded the case with instructions to dissolve the injunction.

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Appeals court rules march for life students cannot bring harassment claims against comedian

JURIST

The parents of the students sued Griffin and Chandrasekhar separately in the Eastern District of Kentucky, alleging civil harassment, harassing communications, menacing, terroristic threats and common law invasion of privacy. The district court dismissed both complaints without prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction.

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“C.I.A. Black Sites Are State Secrets, the Supreme Court Rules; A Guantánamo detainee had sought information from two former government contractors to aid in a Polish criminal inquiry into a facility there”

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Black Sites Are State Secrets, the Supreme Court Rules; A Guantánamo detainee had sought information from two former government contractors to aid in a Polish criminal inquiry into a facility there”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. “C.I.A. ” David G. .”

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US Supreme Court allows Idaho gender-affirming care ban for minors to go into effect

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Poe is the case that challenged the law enacted in Idaho last year, which prohibits treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors. Under the new law, physicians who provide gender-affirming care to transgender children could face up to 10 years in prison and up to $5,000 in fines.

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Kentucky Moves To Criminalize Taunting Police Officers

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Courts have upheld the right of citizens to insult police, which is an unfortunate aspect of policing. Thus, in 2015, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that police could not arrest a 17-year-old who called them “pigs.” In Kentucky, the sponsor, Republican state Sen.

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Seeking Transparency in Waco

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The public debate in patent law has often focused on whether courts and juries are getting patent damages right. Moreover, individual court rules are now requiring greater transparency. The Federal Circuit’s latest rules clearly seek to maximize public disclosure. In each filing, Rule 25.1(d) Shubha Ghosh.