SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 20, 2023

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Supreme Court declines appeal from Christian school fighting transgender housing (John Fritze, USA Today) U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 17, 2023

Although the ministerial exception might ultimately shield Faith Christian from liability, the court ruled, it does not protect the school against having to litigate Tucker’s lawsuit at all. Whether Tucker served as a minister is a difficult question for a jury to answer, the 10th Circuit explained. Alexander v.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The DPIC reports that only four states—Mississippi, Utah, South Carolina and Oklahoma—allow for execution by firing squad as an alternative method of execution. . Supreme Court ruled that a prisoner challenging an existing method of execution under the Eighth Amendment must propose a viable alternative method. .

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Share In what was only the second opinion day of the 2022-23 term, the Supreme Court delivered a rare win for a criminally convicted petitioner and offered a clarifying example of when it is appropriate for a federal court to intervene when a state court fails to apply federal law. In a 5-4 decision in Cruz v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2022

South Carolina , the Supreme Court addressed this very issue. In Simmons , the court held that in capital trials, when the state puts defendants’ future dangerousness at issue, defendants have a constitutional right to inform the jury that they will be ineligible for parole if spared execution.

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LettersBlogatory

APRIL 22, 2021

In March 2021, Servotronics filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the Fourth Circuit, seeking an order directing the lower court to proceed, given that the Fourth Circuit’s mandate had been favorable to Servotronics. A district court has to obey the mandate of the appellate court unless it is stayed. Interesting times!

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2021

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the University of South Carolina (USC) has the right to require students to wear masks on campus to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and the requirement is effective immediately. The Supreme Court took up the appeal on an emergency basis.

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MyCase

AUGUST 16, 2022

The article also states, “It is critically important to understand the labyrinth of potentially applicable ethics rules that intertwine with certain court rules on retirement.”. For reference, the South Carolina Bar Association provides an example of a letter to a client informing them of an attorney’s retirement. .

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 6, 2023

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the state’s constitutional privacy protections also apply to abortion, Kate Zernike reports for the New York Times. “The decision to terminate a pregnancy rests upon the utmost personal and private considerations imaginable,” the court ruled.

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JURIST

JULY 27, 2022

A South Carolina judge Tuesday declined to overturn the state’s Fetal Heartbeat Law , which bans abortions after six weeks. The judge also granted the state’s request to send the case directly to the South Carolina Supreme Court. The challenge will now head to the state Supreme Court.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 5, 2023

“South Carolina Constitution Includes Abortion Right, State Supreme Court Rules; The decision overturns the state’s six-week ban on abortion, a major victory for abortion rights in the South, where the procedure is strictly limited”: Kate Zernike of The New York Times has this report.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2023

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic joined two physicians and Greenville Women’s Clinic to file a petition Thursday asking the Supreme Court of South Carolina to reconsider its decision to uphold a strict state law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 5, 2023

“SC’s 6-week abortion ban is unconstitutional, state Supreme Court rules”: Maayan Schechter and Zak Koeske of The State of Columbia, South Carolina have this report. And Seanna Adcox of The Post and Courier of Columbia, South Carolina reports that “ SC Supreme Court tosses out 6-week abortion ban.”

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 23, 2023

“SC Supreme Court rules state’s contested 6-week abortion ban is constitutional, can go into effect”: Joseph Bustos of The State of Columbia, South Carolina has this report. ” You can access today’s 4-to-1 ruling of the Supreme Court of South Carolina at this link. .”

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 26, 2023

“After SC Supreme Court ruling, new attempt to ban nearly all abortions advances in Legislature”: Seanna Adcox of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Another same-sex First Amendment case will be before the Supreme Court soon. South Carolina appeals court upholds lower court ruling that basically says, "You can't just overrule Roe, dude." The US Interior after doing quick Google searches of monument names, probably. [ The Guardian ]. Sun Herald ].

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JURIST

APRIL 1, 2024

The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the state constitution does not protect the right to abortion. The ruling in Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida vs. State of Florida allows the current 15-week abortion ban to be upheld and triggers the Heartbeat Protection Act to take effect. Wade in 2022.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and South Carolina sued President Joe Biden, asserting the plan poses a threat of imminent harm in the form of lost tax revenue, is an unlawful regulatory action and that Biden lacks authority to implement the plan.

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The Crime Report

MAY 10, 2021

Nebraska and South Carolina now stand out as particular circumstances in which states are still wielding capital punishment — but without the lethal injection drugs. . South Carolina’s Firing Squad. So, it appears states have begun doing just that. .

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JURIST

MAY 23, 2024

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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JURIST

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Wednesday rejected the Biden Administration’s attempt to stay a lower court ruling which found President Joe Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan unlawful. The Supreme Court has yet to respond. .

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JURIST

JANUARY 5, 2023

In Nebraska , the States of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina claimed the plan would deprive them of their tax revenue. The district court dismissed the suit for lack of Article III standing, stating they could independently alter their tax policies.

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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.” particularly those with ravenous monkeys. Charges pending.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 23, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a ruling by a federal district court holding that a congressional district on the South Carolina coast was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander – that is, it sorted voters based primarily on their race. This article was originally published at Howe on the Court.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

But the lower courts ruled, and the federal government contends, that the “safety value” is only available to defendants who do not have any of the indicators. Raiders Retreat counters that in 1955, the Supreme Court made clear that state law applies to maritime insurance disputes unless there is an established federal admiralty rule.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Black churches feeling like they are going to get shot up, like at a Bible study that’s happened in South Carolina. Ohio , the Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that even calling for violence is protected under the First Amendment unless there is a threat of “ imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.”.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

The court denied, however, Connecticut’s motion for costs and fees, noting that several issues raised by Exxon were novel in the Second Circuit and that many relevant portions of district court rulings in other circuits had not been subject to appellate review until the Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Baltimore case.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in a dispute over the congressional map that South Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature enacted in the wake of the 2020 census. Background In 2021, the South Carolina legislature adopted a new map for the state’s seven seats in the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 7, 2022

Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to send their challenge to Texas’ restrictive anti-abortion law back to U.S. 10, the Supreme Court ruled that the providers’ lawsuit can go forward against a group of state medical licensing officials. Issue : Whether the Supreme Court’s decision in Lynch v. The law, S.B.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 5, 2021

The resulting litigation could leave core election rules in doubt heading into the next round of elections. It seeks to negate the Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County v. When the Constitution was written, the Framers expressly warned of the need to keep the federal government at bay in elections. 4) is equally comprehensive.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 28, 2024

Either or both cases could return to the Supreme Court once the federal appeals courts rule on the merits of the dispute. Nebraska , a divided court ruled that the Biden administration had overstepped its authority when it announced the debt relief program, which relied on the HEROES Act, a law passed in the wake of the Sept.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 15, 2023

South Carolina Conference of the NAACP to their merits calendar for the 2023-24 term as well as three other cases, including a dispute arising from former President Donald Trump’s lease of a government-owned building in Washington, D.C., The justices added Alexander v. and two cases involving the Armed Career Criminal Act.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 30, 2022

Tim Scott of South Carolina proposed the JUSTICE (Just and Unifying Solutions to Invigorate Communities Everywhere) Act, which includes reforming police hiring practices and funding training that would end the practice of chokeholds. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act from Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif.,

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Carhart , for example, the court – in an opinion by Breyer – struck down a Nebraska law that banned so-called “partial birth” abortions, while in Santa Fe Independent School District v. Three Republicans – Susan Collins of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska – joined all Democrats in voting for her.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 3, 2024

South Carolina Conference of the NAACP , a court divided on ideological lines threw out a federal district court’s ruling finding that a congressional district on the South Carolina coast was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander – that is, it sorted voters based primarily on their race.

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