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Federal judge declares Tennessee’s anti-drag bill unconstitutional

JURIST

Judge Thomas Parker, a judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Friday ruled that Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act (AEA) is unconstitutional. In his opinion, Parker ruled that the AEA violates First Amendment rights. He stated that free speech does not extend to just words.

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India Supreme Court dismisses Bilkis Bano case applications to delay time to surrender

JURIST

The Supreme Court of India dismissed on Friday applications seeking to extend 11 convicts’ time to surrender to jail authorities in the Bilkis Bano case. The court had agreed to entertain these applications on Thursday, which were mentioned before Nagarathna. 3 [one of the convicts] herein had sought before this Court.

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Supreme Court finalizes revised policy on clemency record confidentiality

At the Lectern

The Supreme Court today approved a new policy for how it treats files submitted by a Governor when asking the court to recommend clemency. Last November, the court proposed the policy, and solicited public comments about it. See rule 8.45 Superior Court (1999) 20 Cal.4th Code, section 4852 ).

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Hochul’s Circular Firing Squad: Federal Court Rules Against New York’s Gun Law

JonathanTurley

I previously wrote about the latest New York gun law passed after the Court’s ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. The matter will now go to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which has proven amiable to limits on the Second Amendment. It did not take long. Instead, Gov.

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Brnovich, election-law tradeoffs, and the limited role of the courts

SCOTUSBlog

Share This article is part of a symposium on the court’s decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee set the path for the six-justice majority of the Supreme Court to reject challenges to two Arizona laws. And it is the latest in a string of cases pushing the federal courts out of second-guessing state election laws.

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Fed Judge Thwarts Parts of New Jersey’s Gun Law

The Crime Report

District Judge Renée Marie Bumb has placed a temporary block on parts of New Jersey’s gun law meant to limit the number of places individuals can carry weapons after last year’s Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights, Daniel Han reports for Politico.

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Supreme Court will answer big-ticket COVID insurance question for the Ninth Circuit

At the Lectern

The Supreme Court today agreed to answer this question posed by the Ninth Circuit in Another Planet Entertainment, LLC v. The court has shown no interest in COVID insurance issues when they arise in state court litigation. of California’s Supreme Court, part 2

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