JURIST

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a 200-word description of a ballot initiative to enshrine a right to abortion in the state’s constitution was valid and determined voters would see the initiative on the statewide general election ballot.

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SquirePattonBoggs

MAY 13, 2022

Corpus linguistics is a tool used to identify the original public meaning of words – no small thing when the outcome of a case often hinges on the meaning of a single word in a statute or the Constitution. These examples underscore corpus linguistics’ utility in ascertaining the meaning of statutes. Woodson , 960 F.3d 3d 852 (6th Cir.

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LawSites

JULY 19, 2022

He also confirmed that, to date, two bars have signed on with Decisis, the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA), which began offering it to members last October, and the Nebraska State Bar Association (NSBA), which started with the service on May 2. Pfeifer said there was no intent to hide the product’s relationship to RELX and LexisNexis.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 14, 2022

McCall , a tire manufacturer resists Georgia courts’ exercise of jurisdiction on the basis of its compliance with Georgia’s registration statute for foreign corporations. These and other petitions of the week are below: Thacker v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The court ruled against her and found that the park’s duty was only to “make conditions as safe as they appear to be” and that Munoz “ was aware of the risk she encountered, and expected to be surprised, startled, and scared.” See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. Trimble ␣ 315 Mo.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 6, 2022

One set of challengers is a group of 27 states, led by Ohio, who argue that the mandate is “nothing more than a pretext for increasing the number of vaccinated Americans.” A federal district court in Missouri put the rule on hold for 10 states, while a federal district court in Louisiana did the same for 14 other states.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Monday morning declined to take an appeal by anti-abortion activists in a First Amendment dispute with Planned Parenthood, as well as a test of New Jersey’s “slogan statutes.” A jury awarded Planned Parenthood nearly $2.5 million, but the group contended that its conduct was protected by the First Amendment.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2021

Grimm , leaves in place a lower-court ruling that found that a Virginia school district violated federal law when it barred students from using the restrooms that align with their gender identities. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in favor of the city and county of San Francisco in a property-rights case.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 19, 2022

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. The Court sought to create “breathing space” for the media by articulating that standard that now applies to both public officials and public figures. Reader’s Digest Association , 443 U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 17, 2022

The Court wrote that “[s] ince the statute does not specify the elements of “attempt to kill,” they are those required for an “attempt” at common law, … which include a specific intent to commit the unlawful act. Indeed, such a claim would contradict controlling Supreme Court precedent.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

COUNT FOUR (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. COUNT FIVE (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. In 2011, the court ruled 8-1 in favor of Westboro Baptist Church, an infamous group of zealots who engaged in homophobic protests at the funerals of slain American troops. Code § 22-1322 – Incitement to Riot).

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 3, 2024

The court’s opinion in a third case could further complicate Jack Smith’s prosecution of Trump in Washington, D.C. United States , the justices narrowed the scope of a federal criminal statute under which hundreds of Jan. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit – or simultaneously did both. In Fischer v.

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