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Maryland Lawmakers Vote for Police, Prosecutor Accountability 

The Crime Report

Police departments in some Maryland counties have collective bargaining agreements that expire in June, and an extension could allow them time to sign a new agreement and not be required to adhere to the new law.

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Status quo watch

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court made substantial progress at last week’s conference to reduce the accumulation of relisted cases. But the court denied review without recorded dissent to two-time relist Alaska v.

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Beards and Brady (i.e., religious freedom and criminal procedure)

SCOTUSBlog

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. In Blankenship v.

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Five cases on the January calendar include (at least) one with an adequately percolated issue

At the Lectern

The Supreme Court has announced its January calendar, the first one to be presided over by Patricia Guerrero, who will be sworn in as Chief Justice days before the arguments. At its current pace, the court will issue only 48 or 49 opinions this term, on a par with last term’s historically low output. Maryland (1963) 373 U.S.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. The court therefore found that the stay was unauthorized and vacated it. FEATURED CASE. A divided D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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Court Officers Told Jurors Not To Discuss Cases During Deliberations, Says Grand Jury Foreman

The Crime Report

This article was originally published on May 24 5:02am EDT by THE CITY When 22-year-old Aaron Narraph Fernando was selected as a grand jury foreman at the Queens Criminal Supreme Court in January, he was given a state court–issued handbook that detailed the work of the 23-member civilian voting body. It’s irregular. It’s improper.”

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What constitutes “identity theft”?

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. In recent years, the Supreme Court has expressed misgivings about white-collar prosecutions under broadly worded statutes. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit affirmed. United States. New Relist.

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