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Minnesota Supreme Court upholds felony disenfranchisement law

JURIST

The Minnesota Supreme Court Wednesday upheld a state law prohibiting convicted felons from voting while on probation or parole in a 3-1 ruling. The court rejected this argument. Justice Thissen’s opinion also held that the statute did not create the racially disparate impact of felony disenfranchisement.

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Supreme Court likely to let vape company’s FDA challenge proceed

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Share At oral arguments earlier this week the Supreme Court was skeptical of the Food and Drug Administrations effort to block a North Carolina-based company from challenging the denial of its application to market e-cigarettes in the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana.

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Court rules that e-cigarette retailers can seek judicial review in the 5th Circuit

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The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a challenge by retailers to the Food and Drug Administration’s denial of an application by R.J. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, where the retailers are based. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which includes North Carolina.

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Two cases alleging disability-based discrimination

SCOTUSBlog

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the viability of certain types of disability-based claims under three federal statutes. courts of appeals are “nearly evenly divided” on this issue, the county asks for the justices’ review. Mississippi. Exby-Stolley.

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Court Upholds Anti-Stalking Injunction Stemming from Public Pressure Campaign Over Allegedly Wrongly Withheld Cat

The Volokh Conspiracy

Supreme Court Thursday in D.V. see also the newspaper coverage of the initial controversy ; court records reflect that the parties are Valente v. The trial court reasoned (see pp. The New Hampshire Supreme Court agreed , reasoning: [1. From the N.H. In June 2024, the defendant let her cat outside. United States v.

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Justices add one religious-rights case to docket but turn down another

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Montana Department of Revenue , the Supreme Court ruled that although states are not required to subsidize private education, states that choose to do so cannot exclude religious schools from receiving funding simply because they are religious. A new case on public funding and religious education. Last year, in Espinoza v. In Carson v.

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Ruling that nursing home arbitration agreement was invalid reversed.

Day on Torts

The trial court ultimately ruled that the brother was incompetent and lacked capacity to sign the power of attorney for health care, that the power of attorney for health care was therefore invalid, and that the arbitration agreement was accordingly unenforceable. In Welch v. National Health Corp. , 3d 876 (Tenn. internal citation omitted).