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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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The treaty eventually led to the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation from its land east of the Mississippi and the deaths of many Cherokee Natives on the Trail of Tears. Roberts spoke of current interpretations of treaties by federal courts, as well as the historical power imbalances in the creation of treaties with native nations.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 1, 2021

What if the decisions of your 15-year-old self now made it impossible for you to have a family, a career, or any life at all? Supreme Court’s April decision on Jones v. Mississippi , the majority of justices made it much easier for teens who commit serious crimes to pay with the rest of their lives. Mississippi.

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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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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 18, 2025

The district court initially held that all the claims were barred by the FSIA, but the Eighth Circuit reversed on the hoarding claim. The FSIA governs the immunity of foreign states and their agencies and instrumentalities from suit in federal and state courts, as well as the immunity of their properties from execution to satisfy judgments.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The bill comes amidst the much-anticipated Supreme Court decision on Mississippi’s abortion law, which has the potential to drastically transform abortion rights in the US. An Arizona Senate committee Thursday voted in favor of a bill that prohibits abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 28, 2023

Fifteen months earlier (June 18, 2021), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Hope v. The decision by the Fifth Circuit ran against the grain of at least five other federal circuit courts of appeals which have held that, under certain circumstances, solitary confinement can create an Eighth Amendment violation. Sinclair v.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 10, 2021

“Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Texas Abortion Law but Leaves It in Effect; The law, which bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, was drafted to evade review in federal court and has been in effect since September”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. ” David G. ” David G. .”

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the Supreme Court will consider one question: “Whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional.” Pro-life advocates argue laws like Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act , a 15-week abortion limit, are clearly constitutional. A preview of the case is here. In Dobbs v.

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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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JonathanTurley

MAY 20, 2021

Below is my column in The Hill newspaper on the Supreme Court accepting a major new challenge over abortion with Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Supreme Court heard the first arguments in Roe v. Since then, pro-life advocates have launched continuing challenges to try to dislodge the decision.

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JURIST

JULY 14, 2022

The injunction came after the Supreme Court’s leaked decision overturning Roe v. Wade —the Supreme Court decision guaranteeing a constitutional right to abortion. At the end of June, the Supreme Court did indeed overrule Roe v. Wade in their decision in Dobbs v.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the potentially momentous abortion case concerning a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Amicus briefs supporting Mississippi. Numerous groups attack the viability standard that the court adopted in Roe v. Share More than 140 amicus briefs were filed in Dobbs v.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 27, 2022

Jackson Women’s Health Organization, six Supreme Court justices noted that the nation was grappling with this deeply divisive issue in 1973 but that “Roe abruptly ended that political process.” The court has now declared that the future of abortion will rest with 330 million Americans rather than nine justices. How much has changed.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2021

How does the Supreme Court possibly top the excitement of last Friday’s fourteen new grants — including grants in a few important First Amendment cases? With 10 new relists, including some cases that could be blockbusters if the court decides to take them. John Elwood reviews Monday’s relists. Abbott , 20-305. Munsingwear, Inc.

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