The Crime Report

JUNE 29, 2021

Nationwide, research over the last decade has documented how skyrocketing court fines and fees cause harm to those least able to pay them, and make future justice involvement more likely. Mostly white and rural states like Idaho regularly impose substantial monetary sanctions on people without the means to pay them.”.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

“How Elizabeth Prelogar Stands Up to a Runaway Supreme Court: From Idaho beauty pageants to Harvard Law School to the chambers of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the solicitor general of the United States has stood in front of judges all her life; Yet her role as the government’s last line of defense may be her toughest yet.”

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Colorado courts have a dedicated page for "Efiling for Non-Attorneys" at: [link] There are links to forms and video/written tutorials listed. We share what we found below.

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JURIST

APRIL 26, 2024

Additionally, if municipalities pass authorizing legislation, county or municipal attorneys may also enforce the law. The bill also removes the public library exemption from the state’s criminal obscenity laws. This means that state governments are free to pass laws that limit obscene speech.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A temporary program in Idaho that houses “dangerously mentally ill” patients, who often face no criminal charges, in prisons has continued for five decades, Audrey Dutton reports for ProPublica. Idaho has continued to ignore warnings over and over that its law fails mental health patients by sending them to a cell block.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 13, 2021

You probably know the refrain: No attorney was involved here.

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JURIST

AUGUST 31, 2024

Six major book publishers Friday sued the Florida Department of Education, challenging a 2023 state law used to restrict books in school libraries. The plaintiffs are suing on the basis that the state law is overbroad and violates the freedom of expression protected under the First Amendment of the US Constitution.

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 17, 2023

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled for a transgender college student who challenged an Idaho law that bars transgender athletes from participating in women’s…

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 25, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday established a more stringent test to determine whether the Clean Water Act applies to a wetland. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit applied the test outlined by Justice Anthony Kennedy in Rapanos v. On Thursday the Supreme Court reversed the 9th Circuit’s ruling.

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JURIST

JUNE 27, 2023

Three Virginia citizens disqualified from voting due to felony convictions joined a nonprofit organization to file a lawsuit Monday in federal court against Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin and several state elections officials. Youngkin , in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. high court says in unprecedented ruling (Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, The Washington Post) Labrador asks U.S. 21, the court expects to issue opinions in one or more argued cases. Striking It Down Could Be Worse.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 1, 2024

AP ] * Blame US Trade laws for fentanyl. AP ] * Blame US Trade laws for fentanyl. appeared first on Above the Law. Courthouse News Service ] * El Chapo lawyer launches music career. [ Reuters ] * Alaska's taxing AI and they've got a pretty good plan. and then immediately shut down that competitor.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 7, 2022

The University of Idaho has lost a major free speech and religious freedom case after a federal judge ruled in favor of three Christian law students at College of Law. Students, faculty, and staff from the law school gathered in front of the Moscow, Idaho, campus to express support for all students.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Idaho's attorney general told a federal court on Tuesday that his office would be moving to defend the constitutionality of a largely untested law passed in Boise to let companies use federal courts in the state to punish so-called patent trolls.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 17, 2024

Share The court expects to issue one or more opinions this morning in argued cases from the current term. Following the opinion announcements, the court will hear oral arguments in Thornell v. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 29, 2022

There is an interesting defamation case out of Idaho in which Rebecca Scofield , an associate professor and the chair of the history department at the University of Idaho, is suing TikTok personality Ashley Guillard for defamation. to murder the students. Gary Condit by the late Dominick Dunne. Bower, 232 Cal.App.3d Guillard.

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LawSites

MARCH 11, 2024

The other is the continuing lack of public access to the law. We can never fully resolve the access to justice crisis unless we also resolve the lack of free and open access to the law. For many with legal problems, simply knowing the law and their rights is the first step toward achieving a resolution.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Tennessee is not only the Supreme Court’s first oral argument of the 2021-22 term, but it is also the first time that states have asked the court to weigh in on how they should share an interstate aquifer. Mississippi first came to the court in 2014. Like most original jurisdiction water cases, Mississippi v.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Do state laws permitting individuals to carry concealed weapons undermine federal legislation banning weapons in the vicinity of schools? Resolving the contradiction will require an amendment, according to a paper in the Texas Tech Law Review. candidate at the Texas Tech University School of Law and author of the paper.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Owens is senior counsel at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center. Bruen represents the first significant Second Amendment case to be taken up by the Supreme Court since District of Columbia v. gun laws to plan attacks in the United States. Heller in 2008. soil since Sept.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Whether the court actually listens to the child is another matter altogether.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

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. That is fairly common.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. In recent years, that “mop-up” conference has overwhelmingly happened the day the court hands down the last opinions of the term. 922(g) , which the court was holding for United States v. Munsingwear, Inc. ;

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LawSites

MAY 25, 2021

May it please the court,” I begin. I again hear the judge asking me to begin, and this time I hear my tentative voice, “May it please the court …” I realize I must do better next time, must keep my face focused on the judge and jury, must move my hands more smoothly, must stand more confidently. Honorable members of the jury.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Supreme Court started its October 2022 Term with an environmental case that is poised to make waves. 715 (2006), the Court held that the CWA does not regulate all wetlands. However, the divided Court could not agree on the proper standard. . Issues Before the Supreme Court. The issue in Sackett v. Facts of the Case.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A former Division I golfer at the University of Idaho, Lindzee grew up in a golf-loving Seattle family, with her dad as her swing coach and a golf course architect, and her brothers as PGA pros. The post 3 Questions For A College Athlete Turned Birdie Girl (Part I) appeared first on Above the Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 21, 2022

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court in Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation heard oral argument in a case under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act concerning choice-of-law rules. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in early 2019. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s commercial-activity exception.

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APRIL 18, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down a decision in California Restaurant Association v. The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. O n Monday, April 17, 2023, the U.S. City of Berkeley.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

Take a look at our 2022 Broadcasters’ Calendar to see if your state has an upcoming primary election (though confirm these dates locally as some dates have changed since the calendar was prepared – for instance, just this week, a court ordered the congressional primaries in New York state be postponed from June until August).

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NewmanFerraraLLP

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Engine Defect Cost GM $103mm In a California federal court, a class action was filed against auto-manufacturing giant General Motors LLC (GM). It was alleged that the company breached certain warranties and consumer protection laws by knowingly selling cars that caused excessive consumption of oil and had engine defects.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Singh , in which the court will consider what kind of notice the government must provide before a noncitizen can be deported for not appearing in court. Sheetz came to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to apply the court’s Nolland/Dolan test and find the county’s fee a violation of the takings clause. Under 8 U.S.C.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 21, 2022

A strategy championed by Lathrop GPM, a Kansas City, Missouri law firm, encourages municipalities to settle civil rights claims in part because case law established by the firm shows cities can stick insurers with the bill, reports Bloomberg News.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 17, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Over 40 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Baker v. Sosa went to federal court, arguing that the officers violated his constitutional rights. A federal district court in Florida dismissed his lawsuit.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

As we wrote here in early January, GMR and RMLC entered into a conditional settlement to end their long-running court battle over music royalty rates, but enough radio stations had to agree to the licensing terms set by GMR before the settlement would become effective. See our post on the Broadcast Law Blog for more information.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

2022) , the court says “YES THEY ARE” (at least when an alternate forum is provided). Although the court did not enter into any serious policy analysis or consideration of Supreme Court precedent promoting patent challenges such as Lear, Inc. The district court denied motion for the preliminary relief.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 29, 2023

The NAB filed a petition with the US Court of Appeals for a “writ of mandamus” to force the FCC to resolve its 2018 Quadrennial Review. As we wrote on our Broadcast Law Blog , the FCC started its 2022 Quadrennial Review in December despite not having concluded its 2018 review.

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Customs & International Trade Law

JULY 28, 2023

CBP announces decision on hours at six ports of entry following temporary expansion During the temporary expansion, the ports of entry at Porthill, Idaho, and Maida, Northgate, and Sherwood, North Dakota, each expanded operations by two hours. sanctions and export control laws to DOJ, BIS, and OFAC.

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