SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2024

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in a dispute over the congressional map that South Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature enacted in the wake of the 2020 census. They emphasize that courts must “disentangle race from politics.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 20, 2023

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Supreme Court declines appeal from Christian school fighting transgender housing (John Fritze, USA Today) U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Share The Supreme Court will kick off its 2023-24 term on the traditional first Monday in October. The court’s October argument session will feature six arguments over five days, on topics ranging from federal sentencing laws to voting rights. A three-judge panel of the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 17, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, at what stage of litigation the ministerial exception should come into play. Both a federal district court and the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 23, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a ruling by a federal district court holding that a congressional district on the South Carolina coast was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander – that is, it sorted voters based primarily on their race. 1 deadline. 1 deadline.

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TypeLaw Briefing Insights

JANUARY 21, 2025

As a legal professional, timing is everythingespecially when it comes to meeting critical court deadlines. Weve prepared this guide to 2025 court holidays as a go-to resource to help you proactively mark critical dates in your calendar to ensure that youre always one step ahead of the clock. So when is your brief due?

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LettersBlogatory

APRIL 22, 2021

Back in March 2020, the Fourth Circuit issued a decision in the Servotronics case, holding that courts had the power, under § 1782, to order discovery in aid of a private international arbitration outside the United States. A district court has to obey the mandate of the appellate court unless it is stayed. to resolve the split.

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JURIST

MARCH 7, 2025

South Carolina is set to carry out the first execution by firing squad in 15 years. The US Supreme Court denies Friday the emergency petition to stay clears the way for the state to carry out the death penalty. The post South Carolina to carry out first firing squad execution in 15 years appeared first on JURIST - News.

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MyCase

AUGUST 16, 2022

The article also states, “It is critically important to understand the labyrinth of potentially applicable ethics rules that intertwine with certain court rules on retirement.”. Review Active Cases and Address Pending Court Dates. When Do Lawyers Retire? According to the U.S. is 65 for men and 63 for women.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 6, 2023

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the state’s constitutional privacy protections also apply to abortion, Kate Zernike reports for the New York Times. “The decision to terminate a pregnancy rests upon the utmost personal and private considerations imaginable,” the court ruled.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The US Supreme Court Wednesday granted a request by death row inmate John Cruz for post conviction relief from his 2005 death sentence. In an opinion by Justice Sotomayor, the court ruled that the Arizona Supreme Court incorrectly held that the 2016 case Lynch v. South Carolina “did not apply” in Arizona.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 5, 2023

“South Carolina Constitution Includes Abortion Right, State Supreme Court Rules; The decision overturns the state’s six-week ban on abortion, a major victory for abortion rights in the South, where the procedure is strictly limited”: Kate Zernike of The New York Times has this report.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2023

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic joined two physicians and Greenville Women’s Clinic to file a petition Thursday asking the Supreme Court of South Carolina to reconsider its decision to uphold a strict state law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 5, 2023

“SC’s 6-week abortion ban is unconstitutional, state Supreme Court rules”: Maayan Schechter and Zak Koeske of The State of Columbia, South Carolina have this report. And Seanna Adcox of The Post and Courier of Columbia, South Carolina reports that “ SC Supreme Court tosses out 6-week abortion ban.”

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 23, 2023

“SC Supreme Court rules state’s contested 6-week abortion ban is constitutional, can go into effect”: Joseph Bustos of The State of Columbia, South Carolina has this report. ” You can access today’s 4-to-1 ruling of the Supreme Court of South Carolina at this link. .”

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 26, 2023

“After SC Supreme Court ruling, new attempt to ban nearly all abortions advances in Legislature”: Seanna Adcox of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report.

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JURIST

APRIL 1, 2024

The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the state constitution does not protect the right to abortion. The ruling in Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida vs. State of Florida allows the current 15-week abortion ban to be upheld and triggers the Heartbeat Protection Act to take effect. Wade in 2022.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Another same-sex First Amendment case will be before the Supreme Court soon. South Carolina appeals court upholds lower court ruling that basically says, "You can't just overrule Roe, dude." The US Interior after doing quick Google searches of monument names, probably. [ The Guardian ]. Sun Herald ].

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The Crime Report

MAY 10, 2021

Supreme Court has backed the finding against the lethal injection technique as “cruel and unusual punishment,” which has been in use among states since 1977, said the the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC), a nonprofit advocacy group. South Carolina’s Firing Squad.

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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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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Share In what was only the second opinion day of the 2022-23 term, the Supreme Court delivered a rare win for a criminally convicted petitioner and offered a clarifying example of when it is appropriate for a federal court to intervene when a state court fails to apply federal law. Cruz then filed a second appeal in state court.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The DPIC reports that only four states—Mississippi, Utah, South Carolina and Oklahoma—allow for execution by firing squad as an alternative method of execution. . Supreme Court ruled that a prisoner challenging an existing method of execution under the Eighth Amendment must propose a viable alternative method. .

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Arizona , the Supreme Court will consider whether an Arizona rule of criminal procedure, Rule 32.1(g) g) , precludes Arizona courts from applying federal law to a defendant’s case in post-conviction proceedings. On the surface, Cruz presents a relatively narrow procedural issue for the court to address.

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JURIST

JULY 27, 2022

A South Carolina judge Tuesday declined to overturn the state’s Fetal Heartbeat Law , which bans abortions after six weeks. The judge also granted the state’s request to send the case directly to the South Carolina Supreme Court. The challenge will now head to the state Supreme Court.

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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

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

AUGUST 18, 2021

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the University of South Carolina (USC) has the right to require students to wear masks on campus to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and the requirement is effective immediately. The Supreme Court took up the appeal on an emergency basis.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 5, 2021

The Biden Administration and the media often ignore countervailing principles over the right of states to establish rules governing elections. That leaves many in the public uninformed of issues that could ultimately undo parts of these bills in the courts. It seeks to negate the Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County v.

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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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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Black churches feeling like they are going to get shot up, like at a Bible study that’s happened in South Carolina. With 382 saleswomen and models, the court found that the group was too large. However, with the 25 salesmen, the court found that an action could be maintained. The Court in cases like New York Times v.

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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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Above The Law

APRIL 24, 2025

It’s a South Carolina insurance dispute, not the Voyager Golden Record. Which brings us to this latest opinion, in which he contemplates the mortality of man, the meaning of justice, and then affirms the district courts ruling that the insurer owes nothing more under the contract.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 30, 2022

Tim Scott of South Carolina proposed the JUSTICE (Just and Unifying Solutions to Invigorate Communities Everywhere) Act, which includes reforming police hiring practices and funding training that would end the practice of chokeholds. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act from Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif.,

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 1, 2025

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a case that, at first glance, appears to involve only a technical interpretation of the federal Medicaid Act. Edwards and Planned Parenthood went to federal court in South Carolina. The Supreme Court, it says, has made clear that this is a stringent test.

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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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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 29, 2025

The OMB memorandum was immediately challenged in multiple lawsuits, temporarily stayed by two federal district courts, and then rescinded. This may be due in part to the fact that the underlying Executive Order still stands, and in part to the governments failure to comply with the court orders. In State of New York v.

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