SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Abbott involves a long-running series of multi-district litigation cases arising from du Pont’s government-permitted releases of chemicals from one of its plants; because the claims of harm from exposure were varied, the cases proceeded through multidistrict litigation rather than as part of a class action. relisted after the Sept.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 14, 2022

Instead, he filed a lawsuit in federal district court, arguing that the school district had violated his First Amendment rights and federal civil rights laws. Kennedy came to the Supreme Court in 2018 seeking to get his job back while litigation continued.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Below is my column in the Wall Street Journal on the ongoing opioid litigation and an important ruling out of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. ” The Oklahoma Supreme Court last week struck down a $465 million opioid award against Johnson & Johnson based on a legal theory that has previously been tried and failed against guns.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The case highlights the problem with criminalized negligence standards, particularly in these weapon confusion cases. The question is whether justice is truly served by applying criminal laws to acts of negligence by officers in these cases. There is a tendency to treat criminal law as the only way to address fatal tragedies.

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Above The Law

APRIL 7, 2025

Her commitment to textualism, judicial restraint, and deference to Congresss intent shapes her approach to statutory cases, where she generally resists expansive interpretations and favors narrow readings of the law as written. This reflects a more moderate concern for the balance between law enforcement and individual rights.

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