HowAppealing

MAY 17, 2021

“Ban on Non-Unanimous Verdicts Is Not Retroactive, Supreme Court Rules; The 6-to-3 decision, a sequel to a ruling last year, affects thousands of prisoners in Louisiana and Oregon”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Supreme Court refuses to make Louisiana ban on non-unanimous juries retroactive.”

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

His legacy is tied to a Supreme Court decision that upheld the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine, underpinning laws that segregated and disenfranchised African Americans for decades.” “Homer Plessy’s Arrest in 1892 Led to a Landmark Ruling. Now He May Get Justice.

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The Crime Report

MAY 18, 2021

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in Jones v. That not only amounts to a reversal of a precedent set earlier by the Court, but is an “alarming” step back in protecting juveniles, say Arthur Ago and Rochelle Swartz of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. But the majority of the court unraveled this holding.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Supreme Court has agreed to consider a closely watched Louisiana redistricting dispute involving a map that created a second majority-Black congressional district in the state. The two cases, Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. In the first round of redistricting litigation, Robinson, et al v.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Under the Supreme Court decision Allen v. In that case, the North Carolina Supreme Court held that it did not have the authority to overturn redistricting maps, as it would violate the separation of powers. The rights groups say that the North Carolina legislature did not include these criteria when redistricting the state.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

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.

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Court-MartialTrialPractice

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In this earlier blo g, I commented on the pending litigation over unanimous verdicts at courts-martial. As military defense lawyers we continue to support the advice given that the issue should be raised in all courts going forward. The update is that the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces has decided United States v.

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Law 360

APRIL 13, 2023

The Fifth Circuit rejected a COVID-19 coverage appeal from a group of dental practices, finding that a recent Louisiana Supreme Court decision prevents coverage.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 17, 2023

There are state courts and federal courts, state statutes and federal statutes, state common law and federal common law. This feeling of pity is compounded when I imagine this same lawyer trying to advise her client as to whether a choice-of-court clause will be enforced by a court in the United States.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 30, 2024

Kirschenbaum — Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act does not prohibit pharmaceutical manufacturers from imposing conditions on the distribution of discounted drugs to covered entities in the program. By Sophia R. Gaulkin & Alan M.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Share The Supreme Court will hear arguments early next year in the latest chapter in a protracted dispute over race and redistricting in Louisiana. The court also sent Joseph Smith’s case from Alabama’s death row back to the court of appeals for more clarification of the basis for the lower court’s decision.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Judge Terry Douglas of the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Tuesday blocked a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US health care workers. The court noted concerns about the loss of healthcare workers who could potentially quit over the vaccine mandate.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. Second, the court concluded that BLM should have calculated and considered total greenhouse emissions, instead of merely relying on comparisons of yearly emission rates.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to impose new restrictions on the ability of states to sentence juveniles to life without parole, rejecting a challenge from a Mississippi man, Brett Jones, who was convicted of the 2004 stabbing death of his grandfather, a crime committed when Jones was 15.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 16, 2024

EDT, the court expects to issue opinions in one or more cases from the current term. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Share This morning, at 10 a.m.

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The Crime Report

JULY 13, 2022

Was the Supreme Court decision last month overruling Roe v. Wade one of the worst decisions in the 233-year history of the Court? Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes, who served on the court from 1930 to 1941, called Dred Scott the Court’s great “self-inflicted wound.”. Supreme Court. Sound familiar?

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

An increasing number of Americans now believe US Supreme Court decision-making is based more on political ideology than the rule of law. Evidence that this disturbing trend is true can be found when taking a closer look at the shift in how the Court has dealt with juvenile cases dating back to 2005.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 1, 2021

Mississippi , the Supreme Court gave weight to such scientific evidence. Research on the teen brain has informed multiple landmark decisions. The Court acknowledged the tendency for the young to age out of problematic behaviors that result from “transient immaturity.”. Last month, however, the Court shifted on this in Jones v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the scope of the First Amendment — specifically, whether a law forbidding clandestine recordings is overbroad and whether a state may require individuals to carry identification cards labeled “SEX OFFENDER.” In Louisiana v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JULY 12, 2023

Supreme Court ruled that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to challenge a Biden Administration immigration enforcement policy. According to the eight-member majority, “federal courts are generally not the proper forum for resolving claims that the Executive Branch should make more arrests or bring more prosecutions.”

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The Crime Report

MAY 23, 2022

A Louisiana judge rejected President Joe Biden’s push to end Title 42, which restricted access of would-be asylum seekers to the U.S. The Mexican Supreme Court decision came after immigration officers arrested three Indigenous Mexican migrants – all under the age of 24 – for how they looked, dressed, and their minimal Spanish use.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 13, 2022

During his time as an associate justice from 1877 to 1911, he broke with his colleagues in some of the most consequential – and infamous – rulings that the court has ever issued. Later, Robert sent John a series of letters offering political advice and sharing his efforts to promote John for a Supreme Court appointment.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 23, 2022

Half of all incarcerated people serving LWOP are located in one of five states included in the review: California, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Report authors highlighted a recent Supreme Court decision in Canada. Florida has the highest count of incarcerated people serving life without parole sentences.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

They hoped the Supreme Court would strike down the death penalty because of its demonstrated racial discrimination and other inequities. The court issued a cryptic and unusual “per curiam” decision – one which is a given in the name of the court rather than any specific judges. What they got instead was something less.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 26, 2022

Just three days before a Texas court stayed the execution of Melissa Lucio , Carl Wayne Buntion was put to death in the same state. Thirty-six years passed between Williams’ 1982 crime and his 2018 resentencing to life imprisonment, plus 60 years, after a court decision vacated his death sentence. Williams, 63. ”

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

But that hasn’t stopped some from promoting his methods and even deploying 911 call analysis in court to win convictions. She said she disguised 911 call analysis in court by “getting creative … without calling it ‘science.’”. “I I first stumbled on 911 call analysis while reporting on a police department in northern Louisiana.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 28, 2023

I spent more than 40 years in the Louisiana penal system—from December 1965 to April 2006. I was transferred from the “parish jail” to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in November 1966. Fifteen months earlier (June 18, 2021), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Hope v. filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the U.S.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

Their cases are about the failure of justice in the Louisiana criminal justice system. I know Louisiana justice. Supreme Court Chief Justice, Warren E. Both were committed to the Louisiana prison system with life sentences. This is a tale of two men who, as teenagers, committed crimes of murder. In January 2016, the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court cleared out quite a bit of its backlog of relisted cases at last week’s conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The defendant’s actual conduct is irrelevant.

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JURIST

APRIL 19, 2025

Ozturk was briefly held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Vermont before she was transferred to an ICE facility in Louisiana, where she has remained since March 26. Friday’s court order comes in response to a petition for habeas corpus filed in the Massachusetts federal district court.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Louisiana , the U.S. The Biden Administration had filed emergency applications asking the Court for a partial stay of the injunctions pending resolution of the underlying challenges. District Courts in Louisiana and Kentucky agreed with the plaintiffs and preliminarily enjoined enforcement of the rule in the plaintiff States.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2022

Lujan Grisham signed the order in response to the US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. The day the ruling came down, Lujan Grisham put out a statement explaining how New Mexico prepared in anticipation of the decision. The order protects those who provide abortion services from out-of-state civil or criminal liability.

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2025

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday that a federal statute requiring people to be 21 to purchase handguns from Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) conflicts with previous Supreme Court decisions and the Second Amendment. The court also relied on Rahimi and Bruen to support their opinion.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2025

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a clash over whether a North Carolina-based company can challenge the Food and Drug Administrations denial of its application to market e-cigarettes in the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana. The company, R.J.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 27, 2022

Some of these states had inactive preexisting laws banning abortion that have returned to effect in the wake of Roe, while others intentional passed “trigger laws” with language enacting their provisions the moment a court decision overturning Roe or an amendment or legislation codifying a state’s right to restrict abortion went into effect.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 21, 2025

Share In 2022, the Louisiana legislature adopted a congressional map that included only one majority-Black district among the six allotted to the state, though a third of the states population is Black. On Monday, the Supreme Court will take up the latest stage in the struggle over Louisianas congressional map.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Here is a full list of the cases set for argument during the March argument session: Louisiana v. Callais ) (March 24) A challenge to a lower courts decision to strike down a map that created a second majority-Black congressional district in the state. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Oklahoma v.

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