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South Dakota Supreme Court strikes down recreational marijuana amendment 

JURIST

The South Dakota Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that a state constitutional amendment legalizing recreational marijuana is unconstitutional. In 2020, South Dakota voters passed a ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana for qualifying patients. On appeal, the South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed.

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Arizona court rules abortion ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy unconstitutional

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.” After the US Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization , abortion rights now depend on state laws. On the contrary, Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota rejected the amendments.

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Texting in the car, surveillance of a home, and Section 1983 for Miranda

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Struve, who was never charged with violating Iowa’s texting-while-driving law, was convicted for possessing a controlled substance. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the officers’ “common sense” inference that Struve was texting provided reasonable suspicion for the traffic stop. In another Fourth Amendment case, Tuggle v.

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US federal court blocks sex discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students

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The plaintiffs in the suit were Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. The law prohibits discriminatory treatment in schools on the “basis of sex.” The law prohibits discriminatory treatment in schools on the “basis of sex.”

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Amendments by Acclamation: Democrats Move to Simply Declare the Equal Rights Amendment as Ratified

JonathanTurley

Democratic members and advocacy groups have pushed to pack the Supreme Court with an instant liberal majority. They have sought to negate state election laws and impose their own federal election standards on states. In 1981, a federal district court ruled in Idaho v. Yet, they still fell short. You “ start over.”.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. South Dakota Federal Court Granted Preliminary Injunction Against Enforcement of Laws Targeting Pipeline Protesters. and non-U.S. Jewell , No.

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Biden Again Summons His “Leading Legal Constitutional Scholars” to Support an Absurd Constitutional Claim

JonathanTurley

By invoking “leading legal constitutional scholars,” Biden only added redundancy to absurdity in claiming that the Equal Rights Amendment is now law. However, in 1981, a federal district court ruled in Idaho v. The Supreme Court later stayed that order but then declared the matter moot.) It failed to do so.

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