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Supreme Court declines South Carolina agency appeal in Google antitrust case

JURIST

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism (SCDPR) challenging a lower court ruling that found the state had waived sovereign immunity by participating in a federal antitrust lawsuit against Google.

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US appeals court rules students cannot be prosecuted under South Carolina school disturbance laws

JURIST

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Wednesday ruled that two South Carolina school disturbance laws cannot be used to prosecute students for disruptive behavior. ” This decision comes one year after a US district court struck down South Carolina’s school disturbance laws.

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US Supreme Court upholds South Carolina District 1 Congressional map

JURIST

South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP , released on Thursday, which concluded race did not impermissibly exclude Black voters. South Carolina District 1 was redrawn following the previous census. ” This District Court ruling was the center of the Supreme Court’s decision in Alexander.

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MA high court rules Harvard can retain racist slave photos but must face lawsuit from subject’s descendant

JURIST

” The professor toured South Carolina plantations to find individuals who he believed were racially “pure” Africans to photograph and study in furtherance of his polygenism theory.

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“Panel rejects South Carolina bid to kick Planned Parenthood off Medicaid program; Planned Parenthood South Atlantic can stay on the Palmetto State’s list of approved Medicaid providers, a federal appeals court ruled”

HowAppealing

“Panel rejects South Carolina bid to kick Planned Parenthood off Medicaid program; Planned Parenthood South Atlantic can stay on the Palmetto State’s list of approved Medicaid providers, a federal appeals court ruled”: Erika Williams of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S.

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Six states sue President Biden over student loan forgiveness plan

JURIST

The state attorneys generals of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina alleged in a federal Missouri court that Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan is unauthorized and poses economic harm to working class individuals. According to the AP , the White House dismissed the lawsuit as baseless.

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Court weighs Louisiana redistricting with second majority-Black district

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Several of the courts conservative justices expressed skepticism about the map and about whether the 2022 ruling on which Louisiana relied to justify the creation of a second majority-Black district in the state was actually correct, but it was unclear whether those concerns would be enough to uphold the lower courts ruling.

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