Court Rules Mississippi Statute 
At the Lectern
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
The court ordered an enslaved person — Archy Lee — returned to his enslaver, a Mississippi citizen. Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision, the court stated, “where slavery exists, the right of property of the master in the slave must follow as a necessary incident.” Following the U.S.
JonathanTurley
MAY 25, 2021
1982), the Supreme Court addressed a boycott of white-owned businesses in Mississippi. The Supreme Court held that a state’s right to regulate economic activity “could not justify a complete prohibition against a nonviolent, politically motivated boycott.”. I cannot sign any form promising not to boycott Israel.”
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Day on Torts
MARCH 11, 2022
During oral arguments, plaintiff also suggested that Owens was inapplicable because the statute cited therein, Tenn. 34-6-208, would not apply to this power of attorney because it was executed in Mississippi. National Health Corp. , 3d 876 (Tenn. internal citation omitted). Code Ann. §
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 8, 2021
This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider cases and statutes about suing various government entities, ranging from two counties to a state governor to the United States itself. The district court ruled that Ex parte Young applied because Congress’ approval of the compact made it binding federal law.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 10, 2023
“A Mississippi case leads US appeals court to strike down lifetime gun ban for drug users”: Margaret Baker of The Biloxi Sun Herald has this report. Lindsay Whitehurst of The Associated Press reports that “ Appeals court rules against longstanding drug user gun ban cited in Hunter Biden case.”
The Crime Report
JUNE 21, 2022
The Court is expected to release its opinion on Mississippi’s Dobbs v. The Mississippi case deals with a challenge to a law that banned abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy or later, the kind of state legislation rejected by the justices in Case y. Jackson Women’s Health Organization within weeks.
SCOTUSBlog
JULY 2, 2021
Montana Department of Revenue , the Supreme Court ruled that although states are not required to subsidize private education, states that choose to do so cannot exclude religious schools from receiving funding simply because they are religious. Mississippi v. A new case on public funding and religious education.
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