The Crime Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

Leaving intact the nation’s “most aggressively broad” statute criminalizing certain speech and conduct directed toward school employees, the Masters case involved Johnathan Masters, an education graduate student who distributed surveys to secondary school students as part of his research. Examining Masters v.

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Statute Education Misdemeanor Court 128

JURIST

AUGUST 4, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday upheld an Indiana law requiring medical providers to report complications “arising from” abortions to the state. Failure to comply with the law is a class B misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in prison and $1,000 in fines.

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Statute Laws Court Misdemeanor 288

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal. The Court declined to review the companies’ other grounds for removal, finding that the “wiser course” was to allow the Fourth Circuit to address them in the first instance.

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