SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In June 2020, the Supreme Court issued a summary reversal – meaning it decided the case without merits briefing or oral argument – in Andrus v. In an unsigned opinion, the court ruled that Terence Andrus had demonstrated that his lawyer provided deficient performance at sentencing for failing to investigate or introduce mitigating evidence.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

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.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

That’s because current disclosure of litigation funding relies on a patchwork of state law, court rules, self-reporting, FOIA requests, leaks to journalists, and funding pitches. Some, as noted above, have even banned the practice at common law, though state courts have increasingly relaxed those rules in favor of regulation. [23]

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Chevron refinery in Richmond, CA, built in 1902, is an example of how exclusionary zoning policies exposed African Americans to health hazards, says a University of Iowa paper. the legacy of exclusionary housing and zoning policies largely remains unaddressed, writes a University of Iowa law professor Shannon Roesler.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Wednesday rejected the Biden Administration’s attempt to stay a lower court ruling which found President Joe Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan unlawful. This is just the latest in a series of legal blows to the Biden administration’s federal student loan forgiveness plan.

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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. In 2016, Missouri prosecutor Leah Askey wrote Harpster an effusive email, bluntly detailing how she skirted legal rules to exploit his methods against unwitting defendants. “Of

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The Crime Report

MAY 4, 2022

Even as Americans anticipate a Supreme Court ruling striking down Roe v. We can expect things to get worse if the Court rules as t he leak this week suggested it will. Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. In Iowa, in 2010, Christine Taylor was charged with attempted feticide after she fell down the stairs at home.

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2011

With the Iowa primary approaching, political ads are increasing on the local Iowa TV stations. Under the law, a person has no censorship rights for their ads (and reasonable access rights for Federal candidates) only if they can show that they are a "legally qualified candidate."

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Share The Supreme Court will fast-track a challenge to the Biden administration’s student-debt relief program and hear oral argument in February, the court said Thursday. The $400 billion program will remain on hold in the meantime due to lower-court rulings that have blocked the government from implementing it.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal. The Court declined to review the companies’ other grounds for removal, finding that the “wiser course” was to allow the Fourth Circuit to address them in the first instance.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

And that legal distinction means Utahns like Mateer who decide to sue a health care provider for alleged sexual abuse are treated more harshly by the court system than plaintiffs who say they were harmed in other settings. The chance to go to civil court for damages is an important option for survivors, experts say.

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