JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2023

Director Nils Muižnieks issued his statement after Greece’s Court of Appeal of Mytilene dropped some of the misdemeanor charges previously laid against the volunteers. The statute of limitations for the remaining misdemeanor charges against the two will expire in February. All we want is justice.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 1, 2021

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases last week. California , which involves whether police pursuits for misdemeanors justify a warrantless entry, an issue which has divided the lower courts. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two other cases. ” The most-closely watched case is Lange v.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 18, 2022

New legal filings in Texas describe an ongoing and consistent pattern of men being illegally detained for a month or more as their cases stagnate in overwhelmed courts, reports Click2Houston.com.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2024

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A trial court in Arizona agreed that Bassett was entitled to a hearing. On appeal, however, the Arizona Supreme Court denied Bassett’s request for a hearing and dismissed his petition for post-conviction relief.

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At the Lectern

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Actions of note at yesterday’s Supreme Court conference — a double one — included: Supreme Court denies writ petition against Court of Appeal for criminal case delay, but asks for Judicial Council study. The court granted review in People v. The court denied review in In re A.C. ,

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Holistic representation requires an interdisciplinary team that includes not just criminal defense lawyers and related support staff (investigators and paralegals) but also civil, family, and immigration lawyers, as well as social workers and nonlawyer advocates — all working collaboratively and on an equal footing with each other.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 6, 2023

With the decriminalization of jaywalking in Nevada , Virginia and now California — the “ Freedom to Walk ” Act will take effect in Los Angeles in the new year — it appears that people understand this when it comes to jaywalking, but not when it comes to immigration. . In 1969, the Supreme Court held in Shapiro v. Controlling Movement.

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JURIST

MARCH 18, 2024

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito indefinitely extended a stay blocking the enforcement of a Texas law that criminalizes illegal entry into the state from other countries. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit later stayed that injunction, allowing the law to go into effect.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2023

Share Federal immigration law requires the deportation of noncitizens who are convicted of an aggravated felony, which includes offenses “relating to obstruction of justice.” By a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in Pugin v. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit held in Pugin’s case that it did not.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star using state law enforcement to enforce immigration law by arresting migrants for trespassing is overwhelming local courts and resulting in few convictions. Just 3 percent of the about 1,500 people arrested on misdemeanor trespassing charges since July, 2021 have been convicted, all via guilty pleas.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. This week, we highlight petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether cellphones are similarly entitled to greater Fourth Amendment protection than other belongings at the U.S. In Mendez v.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

There is nothing unlawful about conveying individuals who are lawfully in the country pending their immigration hearings. Many migrants are released soon after capture, including some without a hearing date or court dates that are years in the future. The reason is that these claims are made for cable news, not courts of law.

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JURIST

MAY 9, 2024

Civil rights groups filed a complaint on Thursday against Iowa state officials to stop the state’s recently enacted immigration law from going into effect on July 1. The law makes it a crime for a foreign national to enter Iowa after having been deported from the US in the past, regardless of current immigration status.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

On April 13, 2018, in the Circuit Court of Arlington County, Virginia, Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos staked her position on sentencing for a man convicted of a misdemeanor and a low-level felony. Norway is predominantly ethnically Norwegian, but the immigrant population also tripled from 1998 to 2013.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The bill creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses. It also empowers state magistrate judges to hear immigration cases and issue removal orders in addition to giving law enforcement the responsibility of ensuring compliance with the law.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2022

“ Travis County judges can’t hear appeals from migrants arrested under Texas border security push, court rules ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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JURIST

JULY 4, 2023

The most recent spate of United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decisions handed down late last week have left American citizens more divided than ever. Harper ), immigration ( US v. ” Despite this, the average US citizen has generally seen the Court as an independent and reliable arbiter. Milligan and Moore v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Federal Court Denied Oakland and San Francisco Motions to Return Climate Change Nuisance Cases to State Court; Found Federal Common Law of Nuisance Could Apply, Despite AEP v. The court dispensed with the cities’ three primary arguments for remanding the cases. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 107.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. The Supreme Court reversed an intermediate appellate court’s decision affirming a superior court determination that the defendant could not present a necessity defense.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2024

The hearings this week may reveal conduct that reaches the level of a high crime and misdemeanor. It is also true, in my opinion, that none of those things amount to high crimes and misdemeanors warranting his impeachment. Immigration has long been an area of intense policy disagreements. 2680(a) for policy-based judgments.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The Supreme Court on Thursday released the calendar for its February argument session, which begins on Feb. Innovation Law Lab , a challenge to the Trump administration’s “remain in Mexico” policy, which allows the Department of Homeland Security to return immigrants seeking asylum to Mexico while they wait for an asylum hearing in U.S.

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The Estrin Report

MARCH 16, 2025

Judicial Appointments A significant reshaping of the judiciary, particularly to the Supreme Court and federal appellate courts, has reshaped the judiciary. They know their rights, and fight battles in their home court in front of judges, also lawyers. Some stay quiet out of fear of retribution, but many are fighters.

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