Remove Court Remove Court Decisions Remove Iowa Remove Legal
article thumbnail

Minnesota court denies request to require statewide public school mask mandate

JURIST

Parents Advocating for Safe Schools (PASS), an association of Minnesota parents, filed suit against the state of Minnesota and Governor Timothy Walz, asking the court to order Walz to impose a statewide mask requirement for all public schools. Pass also asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order compelling Walz to require masks.

Court 190
article thumbnail

Defending the Presumption of Innocence

The Crime Report

The Supreme Court has called the right to a jury trial one of the foundations of American law. However, through laws and court decisions it has been recognized as one of the most basic requirements of a fair trial. Supreme Court has held that acquitted conduct may be considered by a judge for sentencing. Constitution.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

America’s Hidden ‘Constitution-Free Zones’

The Crime Report

She contacted the Minneapolis police officer at the scene and shifted blame to Mohamud and her friends, according to court documents. Because of Weyker’s statements, which one court described as “ lies and manipulation ,” Mohamud and her friends were arrested on suspicion of tampering with a federal witness. Supreme Court.

Law Firms 122
article thumbnail

Win More Clients by Using Document Automation Differently

LawSites

This is the story of how I accidentally came to dominate the search results for an incredibly competitive legal keyword in New York City, of all places. I built a document automation app online to help people fight their tickets for free using a recent court decision that had come down in Manhattan. Schools were silent.

article thumbnail

Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The court denied cert on Monday. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan, filed an opinion dissenting from the court’s denial of summary vacatur.

Statute 103
article thumbnail

Iowa governor signs heartbeat-based abortion ban into law

JURIST

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a heartbeat-based abortion ban into law Friday after the bill passed in a marathon special session of the Iowa legislature. Planned Parenthood remains committed to providing abortion care in Iowa within the legal guidelines. The new Iowa law is expected to be challenged in court.

Laws 197
article thumbnail

What’s a Broadcaster to Do When a Candidate Complains About the Truth of an Attack Ad? – Dealing with Ads from Non-Candidate, Third-Party Organizations

Broadcast Law Blog

Sometimes that request has some vague (or sometimes not so vague) threat of a legal action against the station if it continues to run the ad. Sullivan standard , the standard set by a Supreme Court decision finding that a public figure must meet a much higher standard of proof to justify any claim.