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US appeals court dismisses suit challenging Tennessee anti-drag law

JURIST

A US appeals court on Thursday dismissed a challenge to a Tennessee law that restricts drag performances, reversing a lower court’s decision that blocked the law from taking full effect. ” FOG, however, said it was “shocked and disappointed” by the court’s decision on Thursday.

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Federal judge declares Tennessee’s anti-drag bill unconstitutional

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Judge Thomas Parker, a judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Friday ruled that Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act (AEA) is unconstitutional. The court analyzed the AEA using strict scrutiny, the most demanding standard of judicial review. Parker previously enjoined the AEA in April.

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US federal judge sides with Tennessee Pride festival in challenge to drag ban

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US District Court Judge Ronnie Greer issued a temporary restraining order Friday to prevent Blount County, TN District Attorney General Ryan K. Desmond from interfering with the Blount County Pride Festival under Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act (AEA). The Blount County Pride Festival was held on Saturday as planned.

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Case preview: Justices to consider procedural issue in major climate-change lawsuit

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The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by the city of Baltimore against companies that produce fossil fuels, seeking to hold them responsible for their role in global warming. The case now before the Supreme Court, BP PLC v. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Background.

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In back-to-back cases, justices will scrutinize traditional limits on challenges to agency proceedings

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Cochran present a frontal assault on the traditional framework under which federal courts have entertained complaints about federal agencies. The ALJ imposed a substantial monetary penalty and barred her from practice before the SEC, but the decision was vacated after the Supreme Court ruled in Lucia v.

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Brnovich, election-law tradeoffs, and the limited role of the courts

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Share This article is part of a symposium on the court’s decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee set the path for the six-justice majority of the Supreme Court to reject challenges to two Arizona laws. And it is the latest in a string of cases pushing the federal courts out of second-guessing state election laws.

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Homeowners argue for interest on escrow accounts held by national banks

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Through the years, the Supreme Court has faced many cases in which state statutes have limited the activities of national banks, and it has held that the National Bank Act preempted many, though certainly not all, of those local enactments. Tuesday’s Cantero v.

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