JURIST

AUGUST 12, 2022

According to court documents , Robertson, 49, and co-defendent Jacob Fracker were both officers with the Rocky Mount, Virginia, Police Department and were off duty when they headed for Washington, D.C. The men were sentenced in the District of Columbia. in Robertson’s car on the morning of January 6, 2021. Attorney Matthew M.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

This year’s rich harvest brings the total number of criminal record reforms enacted in the past three years to over 400 separate laws,” the report said, celebrating what it said was a bipartisan commitment to end “unwarranted discrimination” against the formerly incarcerated. not disenfranchising at all).

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 25, 2022

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. On Thursday, the court issued its first major ruling on the Second Amendment in over a decade , striking down a New York gun regulation and holding that the right to bear arms extends outside the home. In Whitaker v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 2, 2023

this would more likely constitute a criminal misdemeanor. In Bowman’s case, the criminal act is captured on videotape, but it is also likely a misdemeanor. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and a practicing criminal defense attorney. It could be a crime.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 27, 2022

In district court, Georgia corrections admitted that its policy substantially burdened Smith’s religious exercise, but it argued that various safety and security concerns justified its refusal to allow beards of any greater length. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reversed , re-instating the half-inch limit.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

While possession prohibitors are critical to public and survivors’ safety, they cannot account for indicators of dangerousness that do not result in an active court record. However, local law enforcement officials who have responded again and again to violence perpetrated by the same individuals know these abusers.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Department of Justice, as director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) during Bill Clinton’s administration, Travis helped to advance the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (Crime Bill) of 1994. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Later, at the U.S. Tell me what you saw.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

. “We don’t have strong enough laws,” Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald told reporters at a Dec. That law doesn’t require the gun purchaser to use the safety device sold with their firearm. And, there are no federal laws mandating gun storage practices after the owner takes position of a legally purchased firearm.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon declined a request from Stephen Bannon, who served as an aide to former President Donald Trump, to delay the start of his four-month prison sentence while he asks the Supreme Court to review his case. Because the Supreme Court could decide it differently than the D.C.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 11, 2024

That included the case of Daniel Goodwyn , who pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of entering and remaining in a restricted building. Walton of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia decided that he would use the case to regulate what Goodwyn was reading and communicating with a chilling probation order.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A day later, Trump posted on his Truth Social account that “ the Supreme Court must intercede.” The law increased protections for investors and whistleblowers in the corporate-finance industry. But the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The court dispensed with the cities’ three primary arguments for remanding the cases. applied federal common law. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal. and non-U.S.

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