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Victim’s Family in the University of Idaho Murders Appeals Gag Order

JonathanTurley

The family of University of Idaho stabbing victim Kaylee Goncalves is appealing a gag order imposed upon them and others in the case against suspected killer, Bryan Kohberger. However, courts have steadily increased the scope of these orders despite the curtailment of First Amendment rights. In Gentile v State Bar of Nevada , 501 U.S.

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‘Dead Crimes’ are Alive — and Dangerous

The Crime Report

Reflecting long-discarded community prejudices, such crimes are largely unenforced; nevertheless they can still trigger arbitrary prosecutions and questionable or biased law enforcement practices, writes the essay’s author, Joel S. Such a formulation may enable American courts to void dead crimes.

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Former BSU Professor Arrested For Defacing Lincoln Statue With Feces And Paint

JonathanTurley

The latest example is in Boise, Idaho where former Boise State University adjunct professor Terry Wilson, 37, has been arrested for defacing a Lincoln statue. It is possible to reach a deal without such an admission, but it can reduce the inclination of the court to sentence the client within the recommended range of the plea.

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Supreme Court allows emergency abortions, for now, in Idaho

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for emergency abortions to go forward, at least for now, in Idaho. Less than 24 hours after Bloomberg News reported on the brief and accidental release of an opinion on the Supreme Court’s website, the justices officially announced that they had dismissed a pair of cases, Moyle v.

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Supreme Court divided over federal-state conflict on emergency abortion ban

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday was divided over whether a federal law requiring hospitals that participate in Medicare to provide “necessary stabilizing treatment” in an emergency overrides an Idaho law that bars most abortions. Shortly after the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. After a divided U.S.

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Court releases April argument calendar

SCOTUSBlog

The court on Friday released its calendar for its April 2024 argument session , which will feature nine hours of arguments over six days, beginning on April 15 and concluding on April 24. After two lower courts blocked the city from enforcing the ban, the Grants Pass asked the Supreme Court to intervene.

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The Real A.C.B.

Above The Law

(Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, once celebrated as a stalwart conservative and a crowning achievement of the Trump presidency, now finds herself under fire from the very base that championed her confirmation. Her recent vote in Department of State v. Lets unpack the data.

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