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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. We are still governed by the rule of law.”

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Arizona court rules abortion ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy unconstitutional

JURIST

They argued that there is no legal remedy to address these harms. ” 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

SCOTUSBlog

Before trial, the district court rejected Struve’s argument that the officers had violated the Fourth Amendment in pulling him over without reasonable suspicion because they could not tell whether he was texting or using his cellphone legally. In his petition, Tuggle argues that the U.S.

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

JonathanTurley

Not only that, but four states — Nebraska, Tennessee, Idaho, Kentucky — rescinded their prior ratifications; a fifth, South Dakota, set its ratification to expire if the ERA was not adopted by the 1979 deadline. In 1981, a federal district court ruled in Idaho v. But it fell short of that constitutional threshold.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

South Dakota Federal Court Granted Preliminary Injunction Against Enforcement of Laws Targeting Pipeline Protesters. The rule also finalized text in NHTSA regulations explicitly preempting state regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles. The case was argued before the High Court on January 22, 2019.

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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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I See Dead Amendments: President Biden Issues Otherworldly ERA Declaration

JonathanTurley

Archivist, Colleen Shogan recently explained that neither her office nor the White House have the authority to publish the amendment unilaterally or waive the deadline for ratification: In 2020 and again in 2022, the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. However, in 1981, a federal district court ruled in Idaho v.

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