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US Supreme Court strikes down Chevron Deference, requiring courts not defer to agency assessments of their mandates

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The US Supreme Court ruled on Friday that courts must exercise independent judgment in assessing an agency’s statutory authority. ” In reaching this conclusion, the court analyzed the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), legislation which determines the role of courts. Natural Resources Defense Council.

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US Supreme Court rules on life imprisonment for juveniles

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The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Jones v. Jones argued that under two of the court’s recent decisions, 2012’s Miller v. .” … Now, it seems, the Court is willing to overrule precedent without even acknowledging it is doing so, much less providing any special justification.

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Two death penalty cases and free speech at animal facilities

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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 June 2020, the Supreme Court issued a summary reversal – meaning it decided the case without merits briefing or oral argument – in Andrus v. Ineffective assistance of counsel. Washington.

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Justices uphold a narrow version of patent assignor estoppel

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The lower courts blocked Minerva from asserting invalidity because Minerva’s founder had filed the original patent applications and then sold the patent rights, which eventually ended up with Hologic. The lower courts ruled that the founder’s original assignment of patent rights prevented, or “estopped,” Minerva from contesting validity.

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High Court Decision Called ‘Alarming Reversal’ in  Youth Justice

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That not only amounts to a reversal of a precedent set earlier by the Court, but is an “alarming” step back in protecting juveniles, say Arthur Ago and Rochelle Swartz of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The court is fooling no one,”” Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in her dissent. In Miller v.

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

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Ross , involving a dormant commerce clause challenge to a California law prohibiting the sale of pork unless the pigs from which it was made (virtually all of which come from outside the state) were raised consistent with the state’s restrictive standards. On remand, the Texas court ruled that the inadequate counsel had not prejudiced Andrus.

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Denials of review in five cases draw dissents from various justices

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Natural Resources Defense Council , holding that courts should defer to a federal agency’s interpretation of the laws it administers if those laws are ambiguous. A state appeals court ruled that Anthony had not received a fair trial. Echoing his opinion earlier this year in Kennedy v.