The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The majority of the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that the state Legislature didn’t intend for the system to be a punishment, and therefore can’t be considered cruel or unusual punishment. Local law enforcement also supports keeping the registry intact, saying it keeps Kansans informed on potential “hazards for their child.”

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JURIST

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A Kansas judge blocked several existing and planned abortion restrictions in the state on Monday including requiring providers to tell patients that abortion medication can be reversed and that abortion is linked to breast cancer, both of which are contested claims. In a 92-page court ruling, Judge K.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 24, 2022

“Abortion banned in Missouri as trigger law takes effect, following Supreme Court ruling”: Jonathan Shorman of The Kansas City Star has this report. And Kurt Erickson of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that “ Abortions are banned in Missouri, but lawmakers say the fight isn’t over.”

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The Crime Report

JUNE 22, 2022

Supreme Court, in Kansas v. The landmark 5-4 ruling also concluded that the Kansas law governing the practice did not constitute double jeopardy since it merely authorized “civil” rather than “criminal” commitments. Taken together with Kansas v. On June 23 1997, the U.S.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

“Missouri Supreme Court keeps abortion rights measure on November ballot, ending challenge”: Jonathan Shorman and Kacen Bayless of The Kansas City Star have this report. ” You can view this afternoon’s order of the Supreme Court of Missouri at this link. .”

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 4, 2022

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: After Supreme Court ruling, it’s open season on US gun laws (Lindsay Whitehurst & Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press).

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JURIST

OCTOBER 23, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Friday temporarily stayed the Biden administration’s federal student loan forgiveness plan. Last Thursday, a lower court ruled that the states lacked standing because their future harm was too speculative, and the case was dismissed.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Supreme Court Justice Brandeis wrote in 1932 “[i]t is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.”

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JonathanTurley

MAY 25, 2021

There is an interesting case out of Kansas where an alleged rape victim has used a 134-year-old law to seek her own grand jury after prosecutors reached a plea bargain with the alleged attacker. Now, Smith is asserting the right to charge him with rape in the same case after the prosecution and the court signed off on the plea agreement.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In a landmark 1997 decision, Kansas v. Supreme Court upheld civil commitment for those convicted of sexual offenses while allowing lower commitment standards used in the past. A class action lawsuit against the MSOP struck an early victory in the 2015 Minnesota District Court ruling Karsjens v. Hendricks , the U.S.

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JURIST

AUGUST 3, 2022

Kansas voters Tuesday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment which would have removed abortion protections from the Kansas state constitution. The Kansas Secretary of State unofficially reported that 59 percent of voters rejected the amendment while 41 percent would have adopted it. In the aftermath of Dobbs v.

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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. The Supreme Court has yet to respond. .

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JURIST

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Hampshire filed a complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief in the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire on Monday challenging the state’s new voter identification law. The legal action targets legislation requiring proof of U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 16, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Biden administration’s request to be allowed to temporarily enforce most of an April 2024 rule implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in education programs that receive federal funding, while its appeals continued.

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JURIST

JANUARY 5, 2023

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday filed an 86-page brief with the Supreme Court in response to two cases against President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan: Joseph Biden v. The brief agrees with a district court’s holding in Nebraska that the States challenging the plan do not have standing. Myra Brown.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed and remanded a lower court ruling on Tuesday which allowed the organizations VoteAmerica and the Voter Participation Center (VPC) to send out mail-in ballot applications to Kansas voters with pre-filled information.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

On June 15, 2023, the court issued the ultimate judgment not only on the torts claims but perhaps the state of our politics. He ruled for both the claim of the Plaintiff and the counterclaim of the Defendant and denied any damages to either party. _ Again, the court agreed. In another June 2023 decision in Munoz v. Six Flags St.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

“Red states sue feds to block abortion pill mail order sales; After a Supreme Court ruling stayed an injunction of the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, a coalition of Republican attorneys general hope to demonstrate actual injuries”: Gabriel Tynes of Courthouse News Service has this report. District Judge Matthew J.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 28, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily barred the Biden administration from implementing one of its latest efforts to provide debt relief to Americans with student loans. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, which is currently considering the government’s appeal, to act quickly. In that decision, Biden v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 13, 2024

The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a lawsuit seeking to roll back access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in medication abortions. The justices did not reach the merits of the challenge – that is, they did not rule on whether the FDA acted properly in expanding access to mifepristone.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 3, 2024

The Trump docket Even before the Supreme Court issued its July 1 decision holding that former presidents cannot face criminal liability for their official acts, Trump had already effectively scored a major victory from the justices. The 6-3 ruling that came from the court on July 1 made the prospect of any trial even more uncertain.

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