SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2021

The district court ruled that Ex parte Young applied because Congress’ approval of the compact made it binding federal law. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit disagreed and barred the suit, seeing the compact as more akin to an agreement that New Jersey could — and did — renounce. Webster County, Mississippi.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 25, 2025

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution generally permits states to strip people convicted of felonies of their right to vote. Section 241 of Mississippis constitution is no exception.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Court ruled in favor of Butts, and The Saturday Evening Post was ordered to pay $3.06 In one article, the Associated Press claimed that Walker had “led a charge of students against federal marshals” and “commanded” those opposing the admission of James Meredith at the University of Mississippi.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Four environmental organizations filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Columbia challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ issue of a Section 404 permit under the Clean Water Act for a new petrochemical plant on the Mississippi River in Louisiana.

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