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US Supreme Court weighs online platforms’ liability in Google recommendations case

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The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments in Gonzales v. The statute broadly shields online platforms from liability for content posted to the platform by its users. Instead, Stewart urged the the court to “distinguish carefully between liability for the content itself, [and] liability for statements about the content.”

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US Court of Appeals partially revives suit alleging improper FBI surveillance of Muslims

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday partially revived a suit alleging improper FBI surveillance of Muslim residents of Southern California. The case was heard on remand from the United States Supreme Court and decided on the findings of the District Court. In the present case, Fazaga v.

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US Supreme Court makes it harder for state prisoners to pursue ineffective assistance of counsel claims in federal court

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The US Supreme Court Monday ruled 6-3 in Shinn v. Ramirez that “a federal habeas court may not conduct an evidentiary hearing or otherwise consider evidence beyond the state-court record based on the ineffective assistance of state postconviction counsel.” However, [m]ake no mistake. However, [m]ake no mistake.

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“Parsing Invalidating Statutes (Part I)”

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“Parsing Invalidating Statutes (Part I)”: John F. Coyle has this post at the “Transnational Litigation Blog.” ” Therein, he writes, “There are hundreds of state statutes that direct state courts not to give effect to choice-of-law and forum selection clauses.”

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US Supreme Court refuses to reinstate a Florida law targeting drag shows

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The US Supreme Court, in a split decision, issued a brief statement on Thursday refusing to reinstate a Florida law that targets drag shows. A lower court order previously prohibited the law from coming into effect. The post US Supreme Court refuses to reinstate a Florida law targeting drag shows appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Court holds statute of limitations under Quiet Title Act is not a jurisdictional bar

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United States broke no new ground, as it followed a steady line of cases applying a rule under which time limits in federal statutes do not create jurisdictional bars unless the statute makes that intent clear. Sotomayor wrote that jurisdictional rules “have a unique potential to disrupt the orderly course of litigation.”

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Justices wrestle with statute of limitations in Rodney Reed’s effort to revive DNA lawsuit

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Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard the case of a Texas death-row inmate seeking DNA testing for evidence that he believes will clear him. A federal appeals court threw out Rodney Reed’s federal civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Texas law governing DNA testing, explaining that Reed had filed his suit too late.

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