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Federal appeals court blocks Missouri abortion restrictions

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The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a lower court decision to block enforcement of a Missouri law that would place tight restrictions on access to abortion. The first bans abortion after eight weeks, with an exception in the case of a medical emergency but not in cases of rape or incest.

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In rejecting a prisoner’s post-conviction claim, court plants seeds for narrowing habeas relief

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Davenport , the Supreme Court held on Thursday that a federal court cannot grant habeas relief to a convicted state prisoner whose constitutional rights were violated at trial unless that prisoner satisfies both the judicially-created Brecht v. The Supreme Court held in 2005 in Deck v. Share In Brown v. In Brecht v.

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D.C. Circuit Sides with Manufacturers in Latest 340B Contract Pharmacy Case

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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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Student Loan Forgiveness Program Fails to Survive Supreme Court Scrutiny

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court struck down the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness program. The district court denied the States’ motion for a preliminary injunction and dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction after determining none of the States had standing to bring the lawsuit. In Biden v. Nebraska , 600 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S.

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Supreme Court Lowers the Bar for Title VII Suits Alleging Discriminatory Transfers

Constitutional Law Reporter

Louis, Missouri , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that an employee challenging a job transfer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 must show that the transfer brought about some harm with respect to an identifiable term or condition of employment, but that harm need not be significant. City of St.

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RICO injury, federal jurisdiction, and giving veterans the benefit of the doubt

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is back in the relist business with a vengeance. The court will be considering 123 petitions and applications at this week’s conference. The district court refused, but the U.S.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) failed to adequately analyze the climate change and environmental justice impacts of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals on the Brownsville Shipping Channel in Texas and two pipelines that would carry LNG to one of the terminals. 20-1045 (D.C.